The purpose of this book is to present a history of Thin Lizzy through their music - to cover every song released through official channels, presented in context, including an overview of its content.
A raucous tour diary of rock 'n' roll in the 1980s, Lemon Jail puts us in the van with the Replacements in the early years. Bill Sullivan-the young and reckless roadie-shows what it's like to keep the band on the road and the wheels on the van, and when to just close your eyes and hit the gas.
Swafford portrays a man who had his sorrows like everybody else, but who was a high-spirited, high-living bon vivant fond of games of skill, well-read and thoughtful if also at times playing the clown: in the end fundamentally a happy and happily married man who had a wide circle of friends.
Jan Swafford's biographies of composers Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life.
From teaming up with Tom Morello to push social justice causes on unsuspecting metalheads, arguing with LAPD officers over the best way to quell his rioting fans, and traveling with Anthony Bourdain through Armenia one meal at a time, Down With the System is an immigrant's tale, an activist's awakening, and rock memoir unlike any other.
Tales of Boomtown Glory is a collection of the complete lyrics from Bob Geldof's Boomtown Rats and solo albums, accompanied by an introduction and 25 song stories written by Geldof, and exclusive scans from his notebooks over the years.