Mike Buchanan is a Bedford-based author who interviewed eight well-known local guitarists, and wrote accounts of their colourful lives:
- Finger Pickin' Good Paul Bonas
- Hollerin' Bob Foley
- Amazin' Max Milligan
- Blindin' Dave King
- Lightnin' Hands Pete Rose
- Mumblin' Cliff Hanson
- Thunderin' Paul Carrington (star of the author's travelogue Two Men in a Car: a businessman, a chauffeur, and their holidays in France)
- Laughin' John Verity
