Holiday Books???

AlexO

I'm off to Italy on Monday for a week with MRS O. 

I need a few new books for when we are lounging round the pool and the flight. 

The more guitar related the better!

stimpsonslostson

Bruce Springsteens autobiography is quite good. 
Bruce Dickinson has just released one too. I'll bet that's worth reading too. 

fftc

My bass and other animals by Guy Pratt.

I'm just re-reading it, and while I still have mixed feelings about him there have been a few bits where I have actually laughed out loud!

boogieman

If you haven't read Motley Crue's "The Dirt", then you definitely should. You don't need to be a fan of the band, it's a good read anyway.

Led Zep's bio "Hammer of the Gods" is decent too.

bacchanalian

I really enjoyed Keith Richard's autobiography.

(not sure if he goes by Richards or Richard these days)

mudslide73

Zen Guitar and Robbie Robertson's Testimony (amazing who he's spent time with).

AlexO

Cheers chaps! Some suggestions to keep me going. Will have a browse on amazon now!

GSPBASSES

If you want to read something that's not exactly about guitars, but a pretty good ghost story that incorporate music, will actually it's all about the music, then try "December" by Phil Rickman, is a real page turner.

rsvmark

bacchanalian said:

I really enjoyed Keith Richard's autobiography.

(not sure if he goes by Richards or Richard these days)

This is my book of choice starting tomorrow.... With a large strawberry daiquiri 

Philly_Q

rsvmark said:

bacchanalian said:

I really enjoyed Keith Richard's autobiography.

(not sure if he goes by Richards or Richard these days)

This is my book of choice starting tomorrow.... With a large strawberry daiquiri 

I'm not a fan of biographies - so you should probably ignore me - but I did enjoy the Keith Richards book.  It's not just "then we did a record and then we toured and then we did this and then I did that", there's a bit more to it.

The Guy Pratt book is similarly good.  And there's The Real Frank Zappa Book which isn't exactly a biography but it's a very good book by a very interesting man.

stimpsonslostson

Soul Music by Terry Pratchett is pretty funny discworld stuff. 

sev112

A Man called Ove

it will make you laugh and cry, and you will probably recognise a lot of ones self in him

i read it in 3 days, gave it to my 13 year old and she didn't put it down for 2 days solid.  Says it is the best book she ever read.  Wife is reading it now

TTony

AlexO said:

I need a few new books for when we are lounging round the pool and the flight. 

stimpsonslostson said:

Bruce Dickinson has just released one too. 

I see what you did there

LaCathedrale_UK

Audible Free Trial -> how to listen to, and appreciate great music - 40 something hours of the best music of all time, with notes on context, understanding, explanations, etc. 

snakemanStoo

stimpsonslostson said:

Soul Music by Terry Pratchett is pretty funny discworld stuff. 

Music With Rocks In!!!!

Teyeplayer

 Can I be that annoying guy that asks what were the thre books that you enjoyed most in recent memory? I mean I love Keith and Robbie Robertson would be on my list, but this presumes this is what you want to read, not what you would enjoy.

sev112

Any 2019 suggestions for me to load up on Kindle for holiday ? 

EricTheWeary

My favourite 'rock' autobiography is Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys by Viv Albertine. Must read if you are interested in the punk era but I found it utterly engaging as a read.
Weekend Rockstars should be free this weekend on Kindle ( the author is amongst us). 
I read Francis Rossi's autobiography the other week, cheapish on Kindle. Something of a mystery how he is still alive. I don't think it's a spoiler to say it should be subtitled Alan Lancaster is a bit of a knob. Not a literary masterpiece but it's fine. 

boogieman

sev112 said:

Any 2019 suggestions for me to load up on Kindle for holiday ? 

Are you after music related stuff or just general reading? @sev112 ;

sev112

boogieman said:

sev112 said:

Any 2019 suggestions for me to load up on Kindle for holiday ? 

Are you after music related stuff or just general reading? @sev112 ;

Either , I tend to have 7 books on the go at one time - fiction, non, music, sport, biog

MagicPigDetective

Recently read Everybody loves our town,  a history of grunge, by Mark Yarm. Made up of quotes from those involved in the Seattle grunge era, it is extremely readable and interesting.