LONG JOHN BALDRY and the BIRTH of the BRITISH BLUES

 
It Ain’t Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues (www.douglas-mcintyre.com), is the new definitive biography of influential and charismatic British music legend, Long John Baldry. In his lifetime, Baldry directly inspired and/or discovered a number of timeless talents and is thanked and remembered throughout It Ain’t Easy in the many exclusive interviews with Baldry’s friends and associates, including Rod Stewart, Elton John, Mick Fleetwood, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, John Mayall, Brian Auger, Ian McLagan and other friends and family members. Myers’ book is also a dramatic history of the formative years of British blues based rock with first-person accounts from interviews with Long John Baldry himself in addition to a who’s who cast of eyewitnesses. CLICK HERE FOR THE PODCAST It Ain’t Easy is published by Greystone Books. Order online, see below, or visit a bookseller in person, they’ll be happy to see you too!http://www.douglas-mcintyre.comWhat_Im_Thinking.../Entries/2007/9/12_PODCAST_1_Myers_discusses_Baldry_and_his_book,_It_Ain%E2%80%99t_Easy.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1

“Long John Baldry lit the fuse to the ‘70s British rock explosion, watching protegés like Rod Stewart and Elton John find superstardom, but only now do we learn of Baldry's own charismatic life outside that bright spotlight. Paul Myers’s masterful book is a roller-coaster ride through the era, complete with all its chaos, glory and fortune. Rock on, and turn it up!”

            -- Cameron Crowe, legendary Rolling Stone journalist

                         and the writer/director of Almost Famous.


PUBLISHING IN CANADA:  SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

                    IN THE U.S.A.:  OCTOBER 19, 2007


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