Re: Was: Ian Hunter in the New Yardbirds, now, good Rock History books - NZC

[TangerineMan <tangerineman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Constance writes:

> As far as good Rock history books, do you mean overviews of Rock, or
> certain genres, or musician/group bios?
> 
> Right off the top of my head, I highly recommend:

<snipped a bunch o' good book titles>

I'm always reading more than one book at a time and it takes me forever to
get through 'em, but I recently started Nick Mason's autobio of Pink Floyd,
"Inside Out." Very engaging, aided immensely by his very droll style. In
particular the self-deprecating humor in his descriptions of their emerging
musical talent during their school days, and the earliest pre-Floyd gigs.

I remember really loving the Hendrix bio "'Scuse me While I Kiss The Sky" by
David Henderson, when I read it, must be about 20, 25 years ago.

I picked up a Bob Marley bio, "Catch a Fire", by Timothy White, a while
back. Very well researched and written by the looks of it but I never got
past the first coupla chapters. Should go back to it.