I've, ahem, dropped a new compilation of the blog (to buy, click in the links section) - I believe that's what the modern media folk say. this is the introduction, written by m'learned colleague Shev, who appears in the book almost as much as I do.
I first met Shane Kirk in
1997 when I auditioned for his Beatles specialist band The Star Club. I
was feeling very pleased with myself until he dryly informed me that I
was the only applicant.
In
the intervening years we have shared many stages together. When I have a
harebrained musical idea, he is most often the first person I call. “Do
you want to help me start a songwriters' night?” “Shall we start a band
where we pretend to be an American family playing Country songs?” The
answer is always yes.
There
have been many books written about the goings on and antics of rock
stars. This is not one of them. However, this is one in a series of
books that you may enjoy if you want to know both the struggle of
writing, recording and performing your own songs with very little
prospect of retiring on the proceeds of these endeavours, as well as
spending your weekends working in a covers band, playing songs you
wished you'd written, in pubs you wished you weren't in.
Someone had to write this book; I'm glad it's Shane Kirk.
Someone had to write this book; I'm glad it's Shane Kirk.
My
name crops up in a few of these stories. I look forward to more musical
mayhem with the author. And then reading about them...
He also very kindly supplied me some notes. In the immortal and probably entirely fictional words of Salieri...
