Recommended Guitar/Music Reading?

BRISTOL86

Hi Folks

Anyone have any recommendations for guitar/music related reading? I'm thinking mainly things like autobiographies, writing from people within the industry etc as opposed to theory type stuff but all recommendations welcome!

Cheers!

Teetonetal

The Eddie kramer one on hendrix is good as is memphis love about Elvis. Killer: Jerry Lee Lewis Story shows alot about the USA at that time.

darcym

there is a book I finished around a year ago called "the roadie" that's worth a ready, I'm sure you can get the idea of it, (not fiction). Get Alex James (bass player from Blur) biography, I don't like blur, but he tells a really good story and it feels a very honest story. 

Obviously the slash and clapton biogs are a good read and well written. 

Nitefly

Our very own @Dave_Vader wrote at least two himself!

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/82230/i-wrote-a-book-about-being-in-a-covers-band/p1

I bought (and enjoyed) the first one, haven't yet got round to the second.

sev112

Recently read “Fire and Rain” - very good. All about 1970, what was happening with the world seen through the career defining moments for Simon & Garfunkel, CSNY, Beatles and James Taylor, and the intertwining of their careers at that time

almost finished Graham Nash, Wild Tales -also very good

scrumhalf

Any of Deke Leonard's books about Man and his solo career.

Axe_meister

I find a lot of biography book are far less about the music more of a what a naught boy I was or I was a real arse hole (Clapton in particular)

Phil_aka_Pip

darcym said:

Obviously the slash and clapton biogs are a good read and well written. 

This. Plus I rather enjoyed Tony Scaduto's Bob Dylan

Vibetronic

The Motley Crue book The Dirt is well worth a read

Winny_Pooh

Guitar Man is a good laugh

richardhomer

One Train Later by Andy Summers is a great read.

BRISTOL86

Thanks all, great suggestions  

Moominpapa

I recommend Bill Bruford's autobiography - he's a very thoughtful, articulate guy and you get a lot of glimpses into what it was like playing in King Crimson.

HAL9000

Ones I’ve particularly enjoyed...

Johnny Marr - Set the Boy Free
Buddy Guy - When I Left Home
Wilko Johnson - Looking Back at Me
Will Birch - No Sleep Till Canvey Island
 Nick Mason - Inside Out

blobb

If you are feeling determined, you could try Electric Don Quixote: The story of Frank Zappa by Neil Slaven. Brilliant, you find out what Zappa was so pissed off about, but prepare yourself for an overwhelming amount of content. FZ was no one hit wonder.

If you're not feeling that determined but want a good read, try The Real Frank Zappa book.

If you can only choose one, or you want to read on the toilet, the second is a must.

iseverynamegone

Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugarman. 

EricTheWeary

I like an autobiography. As a well written book or for reading pleasure this probably isn’t top of my list but for I was in a band and this is what happened Horace Panter’s Ska’d for Life. 

You could try The Music Instinct by Philip Ball which is a wide ranging, multi cultural book about how music works. There is supposed to be an accompanying website with examples but I gather that has gone down now. 

zepp76

Lemmy's Bio, White line fever is a cracking read, very funny.

57Deluxe

Ronnie Woods' if you like constant tales of larking about council estate stylee...