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NEW!
ALAB
36 Years of Musical Mayhem
by Eddie Hardin
Oliver worked with Eddie Hardin on this most bizarre
of rock autobiographies.Fans of Oliver's pevious books VOLUME and
V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N. will love this one!
Copies are available NOW at a bargain price of £9.99. If you'd
like one, please order direct
from this website, or from Amazon,
or from www.eddiehardin.com,
or just order from a bookshop.
The fledgling Hammond organ player and singer Eddie Hardin was just
seventeen when he passed the audition to replace Steve Winwood in
the Spencer Davis Group. His life, from that moment on, could never
again be "normal", but even by rock and roll standards,
Eddie has seen and done it all.
The Standard Rock Biography specializes in lengthy musical analyses
and track-by-track album reviews, plus the customary doomy tales
of drug-fuelled excess and shady business shenanigans. But this
is not your Standard Rock Biography. With an irrepressible sense
of fun, Eddie prefers to concentrate on the sheer madness of life
in this most unreal of professions. Be careful if reading ALAB on
a train, since your laughter may well disturb your fellow-travellers'
mobile phone conversations.
Read how Eddie
• played the NME Pollwinners' concert at the Albert Hall at
the age of seventeen
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caused numerous riots in German venues during the
Sixties and Seventies
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befriended Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft
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played the final night of Hamburg's Star Club
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upstaged Todd Rundgren and the New York Dolls at the
New York Waldorf
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witnessed drummer Tony Newman setting fire to his
testicles in a pub
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built a brick wall down the middle of the inside of
his mansion during a marital dispute
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drank Paul McCartney's last beer
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got into numerous scrapes with the likes of Rod Stewart,
Mick Jagger, Ian Gillan, Keith Moon, Christine Perfect and even
Cliff Richard (whom he characterizes as a "God Botherer").
Plus, of course, the inimitable Spencer Davis
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made a million and lost it again
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was given weeks to live if he didn't curb his alcoholic
excesses
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finally found love and contentment and came to terms
with his "life on the road
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Oliver's other two books, VOLUME and V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N., have both been critically
acclaimed. Both are tongue-in-cheek memoirs, taking a lopsided look at the
music industry (VOLUME ) and the travel industry (V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N.).
Here's what the critics had to say about VOLUME:
And here's
what they say about V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N.
"Few come better - it proves that the saga of an individual, far
beyond the main spotlight, can be as interesting as that of any two-a-penny
pop star" - Record Collector, UK
"It's honest and very, very funny. You'll love it" - The
News, Portsmouth, UK
"Offers all manner of charming insights" - Daily Echo, Southampton
"Funny and highly entertaining" - The Beat Goes On, UK
"A gripping and very funny book" - Electric Light magazine,
France
"The anecdotes make better reading than a holiday novel" - Good
Times magazine, Germany
"A most enjoyable read" - Blueprint, UK
"Witty, frank, irreverent and gleeful - an essential read" -
Hants Chronicle
"If you only ever buy one book about the music biz, make it this
one" - Amazon.co.uk.
"Provides a damn good read and many a laugh" - The Latest,
Brighton
"Tweaks the nose of boredom and laughs in the face of normality!"
- Level magazine, UK
"Highly entertaining." - Venue, Bristol
"A worthy addition to anyone's rock bookshelf." - Record
Buyer
...and the readers (all comments unsolicited!):
"It reads really well" - Tony Clayton-Lea, Dublin.
"I loved it" - Caroline Sullivan, London.
"It's keeping me up way past bedtime" - Melanie Oxley, Hants.
"Superb. The whole thing is a masterpiece" - Tim Barron,
London.
"So much better than most rock books" - Nick Barber, London.
"I've never read a book like it. It's really, really enjoyable. You
just can't put it down" - Richard Cartridge, BBC, Southampton.
"It's a delightful read" - Greg Watkins, Scotland.
"Should be compulsory reading" - Tom Oldham, Brighton.
"I laughed my socks off!" - Sean Body , Helter Skelter, London.
"A bloody good read, very funny" - Simon Vigar , ITN, London.
"A great read" - Nick Saloman, Bevis Frond, London.
"I was captivated" - Paul Dominy, Southsea.
"Absolutely great!" - Mark Andrews, Portsmouth.
"I enjoyed all of it" - Eddie Hardin, France.
"It was fascinating and amazing reading such a personal account.
Thank you!" -
David Baker, Bristol
"It captures the hopes, aspirations, failures, tragedies, non-events,
successes, tears, laughter and all the nonsense that is rock 'n' roll."
- Mark Easton, Hove
"The question I keep asking myself is, why? Why?" - John
Otway
What they say about V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N.
"The 'Never Mind The Bollocks' of travel writing." Winchester
Observer
"Like Tony Hawks on amphetamines." Press Association
"Humorous and engaging ... an ideal gift and highly recommended."
Hants Chronicle
"It leaves Bryson and Cahill standing at the bus stop." amazon.co.uk
"A more self-depracating, fouler-tongued and generally funnier version
of Bill Bryson."
-Canal Boat Monthly
"It made me laugh a great deal." Susan Osman, BBC Radio Bristol
"Hugely enjoyable." Peter White, BBC Radio Solent
"An absolute killer of a read." Record Collector
The books each cost £7.99 plus £1 p and p direct from Oliver
or from Amazon (see above)
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