Ian Hunter: Reflections of a rock star

I had an original copy of this book years ago. Many, MANY years ago, and at some point, it got lost in a move. It was well read, and kept safely between my copy of "The Bach Reader" and Edward Jablonski's "Gerswhin". I love all kinds of music, (as long as it's good), as well as the people who make it. In an age of overblown biographies, (made from overblown egos), this book is short, sweet, and has a charm of it's own. It was written a we bit earlier than when I began going to shows..... just a wee bit, (it was written at the end of 1972.... I went to my first real rock concert a few years later in 1977). Ahhhhh, but all that 70s music.... I still love it, and this book really evokes a time. In fact, it is an interesting read from the point of just how much things have changed, not musically, but in general. The description of airlines, (many now defunct) and airports is but a foggy memory.... oh how the times have changed. And despite it being written by a rock and roll artist, there is an innocence..... sure, there were parties and such, but there is a certain non-jadedness to it, and spontaneity... about everything that makes it a very entertaining read. Sometimes he shares a bit too much, (how all the travel wreaks havoc on one's bowels, and how his wife "takes the smell like a trooper".... uhm, ahem. Okay, yes, that is probably very true, but did your wife REALLY want that in the book? Perhaps not, but that said, the two of them are still married, this many years later, and for that matter, Ian Hunter is still rocking. If you ever should look up his website, check out The Horse's Mouth, where fans, or anyone with a question, can sent it to the man himself, (yes, he does read them.... all of them), and look for your name with the answer when it is posted once or twice a month. His answers are written very much in the same vein as the book, which makes for very entertaining reading, and you get the real impression that Ian Hunter is the genuine article. It's a might long way since the day when this book was written, but it is still relevant and quite a little gem. Now that I have it in my hands again, it is never leaving me, and is once again sitting next to "The Bach Reader" (Another musician with lots of long curls and attitude.... oh yes, and talent).

Great Book, Great Story. Nuff Said.