Wow, thank you, Keith, that's quite a list of recommendations! I'm going to dig into that. Honestly? The only book on that list that I know of is Drums & Demons, I've heard it mentioned here on Substack, and Jim Gordon is notoriously legendary, actually in good company, with the likes of Peter Green and Syd Barrett. Mental health and a professional musician's life is heady cocktail. Go All The Way also sounds interesting, and I note that tomorrow Substack's Matty C of WAIM is dropping a post "What The Hell Is Power Pop?" I wonder if Matty C and S.W. Lauden are on the same page when it comes to power pop? Anyway, thanks again, for the comments and the repost.
DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed the World by Darren Paltrowitz - for an upcoming interview. Is it time to re-evaluate the uniqueness of David Lee Roth?
Any recommendations?
Ohio by Stephen Markley
Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver
Last Few Miles by Eric Beetner
Drums & Demons by Joel Selvin (out in Feb... book on drummer Jim Gordon)
Leon Russell by Bill Janovitz (of Buffalo Tom)
Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop, edited by Paul Meyers & S.W. Lauden.
Dignity by Chris Arnade
What’s on your ‘to read’ list and why?
Killing Me by Michelle Gabon - a recommendation from Eric Beetner
That's top of the list... I have about 20 other books in the queue.
Wow, thank you, Keith, that's quite a list of recommendations! I'm going to dig into that. Honestly? The only book on that list that I know of is Drums & Demons, I've heard it mentioned here on Substack, and Jim Gordon is notoriously legendary, actually in good company, with the likes of Peter Green and Syd Barrett. Mental health and a professional musician's life is heady cocktail. Go All The Way also sounds interesting, and I note that tomorrow Substack's Matty C of WAIM is dropping a post "What The Hell Is Power Pop?" I wonder if Matty C and S.W. Lauden are on the same page when it comes to power pop? Anyway, thanks again, for the comments and the repost.
What have you been reading?
DLR Book: How David Lee Roth Changed the World by Darren Paltrowitz - for an upcoming interview. Is it time to re-evaluate the uniqueness of David Lee Roth?
Any recommendations?
Ohio by Stephen Markley
Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver
Last Few Miles by Eric Beetner
Drums & Demons by Joel Selvin (out in Feb... book on drummer Jim Gordon)
Leon Russell by Bill Janovitz (of Buffalo Tom)
Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop, edited by Paul Meyers & S.W. Lauden.
Dignity by Chris Arnade
What’s on your ‘to read’ list and why?
Killing Me by Michelle Gabon - a recommendation from Eric Beetner
That's top of the list... I have about 20 other books in the queue.