The original idea of putting together a ‘Seeker’s Guide’ to music as the first summarized all in one package of seven musical genres took birth in the early nineties. Having searched the global bookshops of the world it became evident that nobody had yet achieved this. The book digs deep into family tree and historic biography while artistic discernment is often valued above global popularity. The strength of the book could more honestly be deemed a guerrilla discography of the more reputable musicians the wallowed in the shadows of the past. A dramatic exposure of Nordic, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Krautrock are bountiful amongst the Ramases & Sel, String Driven Thing, Lee Clayton or Japanese East. (For the first time a full biography on Skin Alley, Arc, Cressida, Ginhouse, Every Which Way, The Seeds, Rodriguez, Unicorn, Whitsuntide Easter Shawn Phillips and Spring- never before printed) Here you will find Room, Home, T.I.M.E. Crow, Kestrel, T2, Lighthouse, Jody Grind and Galliard.
I know of no other rock book that illuminates these two overlooked musicians. A further embrace to Chris Hewitt ‘Ozit Music’, Tractor, Manfred Mann, ‘brother’ Norman Barrett -Gravy Train, Tweke Lewis-Man, Fred Glickstein-The Flock, Martin Cockerham- Spirogyra, Sonja Kristine-Curved Air, Geoff Sharkey-Ginhouse, Keef Hartley, Paul Hooper-Indian Summer, Rick Gardiner - Beggars Opera, Anisette & Anders Koppel of Savage Rose, Paul Brett -Sage, Alison O Donal and Dave Williams of Mellow Candle, and Shawn Phillips. A million shalom’s to a Gordon Sumner’s guitar teacher, a kind hearted soul called John Hedley of Every Which Way who travelled 200km by train, caught a bus and walked many tube stations to meet me at Portobello for a 60min cup of coffee!!! (‘Sting’ you don’t know how lucky you are’)
I know of no other rock book that illuminates these two overlooked musicians. A further embrace to Chris Hewitt ‘Ozit Music’, Tractor, Manfred Mann, ‘brother’ Norman Barrett -Gravy Train, Tweke Lewis-Man, Fred Glickstein-The Flock, Martin Cockerham- Spirogyra, Sonja Kristine-Curved Air, Geoff Sharkey-Ginhouse, Keef Hartley, Paul Hooper-Indian Summer, Rick Gardiner - Beggars Opera, Anisette & Anders Koppel of Savage Rose, Paul Brett -Sage, Alison O Donal and Dave Williams of Mellow Candle, and Shawn Phillips. A million shalom’s to a Gordon Sumner’s guitar teacher, a kind hearted soul called John Hedley of Every Which Way who travelled 200km by train, caught a bus and walked many tube stations to meet me at Portobello for a 60min cup of coffee!!! (‘Sting’ you don’t know how lucky you are’)
