Mickeyboro Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Have now finished this - PM me if you want it![/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan_da_man Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 If anyone here is a fan of Led Zep, I can recommend 'Trampled Under Foot' which I got for Xmas. Very good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjag Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Sorry to re hash an old thread, I stumbled on it while looking for something else Jerry Scheff related. I have read the book and found it thoroughly enjoyable and funny. Particularly some of his early Jazz gigs he mentions. And getting his lips stuck to a frozen mouthpiece. I would have liked more info on his bass guitars for sure, it didn't disappoint. It's possibly like Guys Pratt's book (which I'm yet to read properly) a collection of funny and amusing stories that have happened on his musical journey. In the mean time, I'm transcribing some of Jerry's Live Elvis bass lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I really liked this book. It's not a book about being a bass player cos, well, no-one would buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 On the up side I've just bought Steven Adler's book after reading through this thread to take on holiday along with Anthony Keidis' Scar Tissue and Lemmy's White Line Fever. I've read the other two previously but Adler's one is new to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blamelouis Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Sounds a decent read...i like reading about peoples journeys not their gear. Must pick it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 (edited) I recently reviewed a book on the history of Yes. It was a really good read (for a Yes fan). It was written in a timeline format with interviews, clippings and stuff interspersed along the way. The author also introduced each decade of the band's career with a couple of pages of editorial and scattered his own reviews through the timeline. Funny thing was, though, while I really enjoyed the book I disagrees with every word the author had to say. His views on every album and song were 180 degrees opposed to mine... Pinnacle of the band's artistic and musical achievements? Tales from Topographic Oceans. Every second is pure listening gold. Me - Er, no. Best two tracks on Tormato? Me - The two that I always skip when listening to it because they are so twee sugary and saccharine that I can feel them stripping the enamel off my teeth while I listen. 90125? Rubbish, not a decent song on there and the production is crap. Me - What? Trevor Rabin can't write good songs, can barely play guitar and his singing... Yuck. Me - I don't think so. Close To The Edge? Well it's ok but no TfTO and there's at least one very sub par song on there (there are only 3 songs). Me - ??!?!?!!!??????? What???!?!? First Asia album... Just a few lightweight pop songs with bad singing (John Wetton) and crap drumming (Carl Palmer). Sold shed loads so it must be crap. Me - Erm, but I think every song on that album is a solid gold rock, pop, prog fusion. Love it. The strange thing was that my frustration and astonishment at his opinions didn't reduce my enjoyment of the book at all. Still a cracking read. Total rock and roll soap story... Edited April 9, 2016 by TrevorR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1460147778' post='3023165'] I really liked this book. It's not a book about being a bass player cos, well, no-one would buy it. [/quote] Exactly, too many bassists assume that when a bass player writes a book or gives an interview it should be about basses, gear, technique etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 I made my peace with Jerry a long time ago. He's a genuinely lovely guy, and we had a few very constructive email exchanges about my comments, then Silvie (bluejay) and I went up and met him a couple of times when he was playing the rock'n'roll Mecca that is ... erm ... Stourbridge. In fairness, my problem was always with the description of the book on the cover, which implied that the book was going to be about playing bass with Elvis, The Doors and Bob Dylan. It wasn't. I still reckon Jerry has another book inside him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1460190225' post='3023342'] In fairness, my problem was always with the description of the book on the cover, which implied that the book was going to be about playing bass with Elvis, The Doors and Bob Dylan. It wasn't. I still reckon Jerry has another book inside him. [/quote] Yeh, but imagine a book by a celebrity chauffeur who drives movie stars, politicuans etc that centred on the cars, druving etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 [quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1460190492' post='3023345'] Yeh, but imagine a book by a celebrity chauffeur who drives movie stars, politicuans etc that centred on the cars, druving etc? [/quote] OK, imagine that book by that driver, only it doesn't actually centre on the cars and the driving ... it centres on the car he learned to drive in, and the driving instructor, and the different types of cars that existed when he was a teenager, and the amount he was drinking while driving celebrities around. The only reason that you know he was actually the actual guy who drove Les Dawson to his epochal meeting with Ronald Reagan is because you read about it somewhere else ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1460192294' post='3023358'] OK, imagine that book by that driver, only it doesn't actually centre on the cars and the driving ... it centres on the car he learned to drive in, and the driving instructor, and the different types of cars that existed when he was a teenager, and the amount he was drinking while driving celebrities around. The only reason that you know he was actually the actual guy who drove Les Dawson to his epochal meeting with Ronald Reagan is because you read about it somewhere else ... [/quote] Ha ha, fair enough Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 There was enough bass in there for me - it was more about the journey, and all the better for it. What an exciting time it must have been to be a musician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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