Pete Chrisp – författare

After the breakup of the Beatles in 1971, Paul McCartney formed Wings with his wife Linda on keyboards, ex-Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine, and American session drummer Denny Seiwell. For ten dramatic and turbulent years, the band weathered the critics, endured drug busts, survived a harrowing recording session in Nigeria, changed drummers constantly, and produced a great deal of remarkable music. One of the most successful bands of the seventies—this post-Beatles years book tells the stories behind the #1 hits "Listen To What the Man Said," "My Love," "Band on the Run," "Jet," "With a Little Luck," and "Coming Up." Pete Chrisp reveals the band's inner dynamics and Paul's determination to pursue a new sound, the criticisms Linda initially got from fans and bandmates, and the character conflicts that kept the lineup changing. With a feature on Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, the book features a complete discography, a list of singles and albums also includes a treasure chest of Wings promotional material—album covers, posters, ads, and photos of the band on tour.

In 1957, two teenage high school friends obsessed with the music of ElvisPresley and the Everly Brothers, formed a doo-wop music duo and releasedtheir first record entitled 'Hey, Schoolgirl', performing under the name ofTom & Jerry. Who could anticipate that, within five years, these two, bright, well-educated,young Jewish boys from Queens, New York City, would go on to become themost successful folk-rock duo in music history? Simon & Garfunkel. All largelydue to a song entitled 'The Sound of Silence'. Their spectacular career went on to produce five wonderful albums - the mostcelebrated being 1970's Bridge Over Troubled Water - one of the best-sellingalbums of all time. But, by then, sadly, best friends had become worst enemieswho would rarely perform together again.Instead, Paul Simon, always encouraging musical exploration and embracingnew sounds, went on to become one of the world's most loved and respectedsinger-songwriters. He has sold more than 30 million albums as a solo artist,with 1986's brilliant Graceland alone achieving sales of 16 million copies;Simon & Garfunkel are estimated to have sold more than 100 million albumsin total.In this beautifully illustrated, independent publication, music writer andjournalist Pete Chrisp explores how - despite his on-off relationship with ArtGarfunkel, his often tempestuous private life and the political controversiessurrounding his African masterpiece, Graceland - Paul Simon, now aged 82,has, after all these years, maintained world recognition as one of the greatestsinger-songwriters of all time.

Gerry McAvoy war von 1971 bis 1991 der Bassist der irischen Blues-Legende Rory Gallagher - die einzige Konstante auf allen 14 Soloalben des Ausnahmegitarristen, die weltweit mehr als 30 Millionen Mal verkauft wurden. Kaum jemand kannte Rory Gallagher besser als er, denn er begleitete ihn in seiner kreativsten Phase seines Lebens, bis eine schwere Krankheit seine Karriere frühzeitig beendete."On the road" ist die Geschichte von Gerry McAvoys Leben vor, mit und nach Rory Gallagher. Aber es ist auch die Geschichte einer Gruppe von jungen Musikern, die während der Unruhen in Belfast groß wurde und trotz Gewalt und Hass auszog, um die Welt im Sturm zu erobern und der irischen Musik zu Weltruhm zu verhelfen.Wie wurde aus dem schüchternen, leise sprechenden Jungen aus Cork im harten Musikbusiness eine Legende, die alle irischen Musiker von Bono bis Boyzone wesentlich beeinflusste? Basierend auf 100 Stunden persönlicher Recherche, Interviews mit vielen Freunden und Kollegen von Rory Gallagher in England und Irland und Dutzenden von einmaligen, teils unveröffentlichten Fotos aus Gerry McAvoys persönlicher Sammlung ist "On the road" ein teils schockierender, aber immer authentischer Einblick in das Leben eines Musikers, der in den 70er Jahren in einer der bekanntesten Rockbands spielte und eine Annäherung an einen der größten Gitarrenhelden unserer Zeit, der leider viel zu früh verstarb.