Former Whitesnake guitarist’s hilarious rock’n’roll tales from the British blues boom of the sixties.
By the age of nineteen, Micky Moody had left home twice, recorded two LPs for the famous Island label, fathered a child, and formed bands with Paul Rodgers (Free) and Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello).
Raised in Northern England in the Fifties, music represented a way for a working class lad to escape further education or the steelworks. With gritty wit and self-deprecating humour, Moody takes us to grotty hotels, the move to London, the legendary Marquee, brushes with John Mayall, the competition with other aspiring hopefuls to follow in the footsteps of Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, whilst endless changes of line-up and the battle for recognition take its toll on all concerned.
Autobiography/memoir
Publication date: 22 June 2006
A Hardback Original
156mm x 234mm, 256 pp
UK £14.99 US $26.95
Report code: NP
ISBN: 0 946719 86 1
EAN: 978 0 946719 86 0
BIC Code: CV
Availability: Worldwide
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PLAYING
WITH TRUMPETS Micky
Moody
In 1981, whilst onstage with hard rockers Whitesnake at the Monsters of Rock Festival at Donnington Park, in a rare moment of self-analysis as he raised a clenched fist in salute to 65,000 faithful fans, Micky Moody pondered the question, “How the hell did I get here?” This is that story…….
Anyone with aspirations of playing in a band for a living will empathise with this romp through the days when rock was young and innocent.
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