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This is a rare gem of a book, in that it is the true story of a songwriter who has flirted only very briefly with fame, despite devoting his life to writing and performing his music. The book has two strands, being both an autobiography and also the story of a small group of friends making a music documentary called ‘Tribute This’
The basic premise of this film is that established rock performers are approached about recording one song each, written by the author himself, for an album. During this quest the group of friends travel throughout the USA and into Europe.
The most enjoyable aspect for me were the authors chapters about his early days in the music industry back in the early 1980’s, when his band did achieve a degree of success in the UK charts.
Charmingly written throughout, with searing honesty and plenty of moments of humour I highly recommend this book
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A Far Cry from Sunset
It tells of the adventures of four friends traveling the world to ask ten famous artists to appear Having been a singer/songwriter my entire life, A Far Cry from Sunset is the title of my first book.
It tells of the adventures of four friends traveling the world to ask ten famous artists to appear on a tribute album to an unknown songwriter and making a documentary of their quest. The unknown songwriter in question was myself.
Apart from being a road trip tale of epic proportions it is also a memoir of my life in music from the mid 70s til the present day.
It was released on Amazon a few weeks ago and for one day was the fourth best selling paperback and the number one selling book in the music category.
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