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Ted Myers

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

After twenty years trembling on the brink of rock stardom and fifteen years working at record companies, Ted Myers left the music business—or perhaps it was the other way around—and took a job as a copywriter at an advertising agency. This cemented his determination to make his mark as an author.

As a musician, Ted sang, played guitar, and wrote songs for five seminal rock bands between 1964 and 1984. Perhaps the most noteworthy of these was his first, The Lost, based in Boston MA. They were signed to Capitol Records in 1965, and were thought of as big stars in Boston and upstate New York at a time when fans of local bands didn’t know they were only a regional phenomenon. In 1967 Ted started Chamaeleon Church (with Chevy Chas ABOUT THE AUTHOR

After twenty years trembling on the brink of rock stardom and fifteen years working at record companies, Ted Myers left the music business—or perhaps it was the other way around—and took a job as a copywriter at an advertising agency. This cemented his determination to make his mark as an author.

As a musician, Ted sang, played guitar, and wrote songs for five seminal rock bands between 1964 and 1984. Perhaps the most noteworthy of these was his first, The Lost, based in Boston MA. They were signed to Capitol Records in 1965, and were thought of as big stars in Boston and upstate New York at a time when fans of local bands didn’t know they were only a regional phenomenon. In 1967 Ted started Chamaeleon Church (with Chevy Chase on drums!), and, in the ‘70s, two more bands in California. But, ironically, the most well-known band he played with was Ultimate Spinach, a San Francisco-style Boston band that was founded in 1967. When they lost their founder and lead singer, Ted and his co-writer, Tony Scheuren were tapped to fill in for one last album and tour in 1969. In 1972 he wrote the song “Going in Circles” for the major motion picture “X, Y & Zee” starring Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Caine. It was recorded by Three Dog Night on two of their albums and a top-20 single, selling about 6 million records. As a compilation producer for Rhino Records, his folk box set Washington Square Memoirs earned a Grammy® nomination in 2001.

His short fiction has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies. His epic and amusing memoir, Making It: Music, Sex & Drugs in the Golden Age of Rock was published in 2017. Fluffy’s Revolution, published in 2019, was his first novel. His second novel, Paris Escapade, was published in December 2020. The forthcoming Tales From the Hereafter is a themed collection of short stories, all first-person accounts of what it’s like to be dead. It is scheduled for publication in August 2023.

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	Fluffy's Revolution 3.74 avg rating — 80 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Ink Stains, Volume 9: A Dark Fiction Literary Anthology by Clay McLeod Chapman (Goodreads Author), Stacey Longo (Goodreads Author), Kathleen Wolack 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Listen very carefully to the first criticisms of your work. Note just what it is about your work that the reviewers don’t like; it may be the only thing in your work that is original and worthwhile.”
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