I interviewed Blow By Blow authors Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill about their Jeff Beck biography at the New York book launch a few weeks ago and wanted to share it with you here. Brad and Chris are both Guitar World mates, and Brad is the guy who hired me off the streets as Managing Editor in 1991 and changed my life. He has remained a close friend and trusted adviser.
Blow by Blow is a great book, and any fan of Jeff Beck’s should read it. You will understand the man and the musi better. The Amazon link is right here, but of course you can get it anywhere books are sold and supporting your local retailer is always a good idea!
And you don’t have to take my word for it. There’s a rave review in The Wall Street Journal right here. Reviewer David Kirby writes:
As the chapters accumulate, the reader gains a sense of the Jeff Beck that the authors describe as part genius, part unknowable eccentric. The ultimate guitarist’s guitarist, Beck reshaped the sound of guitar music without ever chasing mainstream commercial fame. He didn’t like composing radio hooks or fronting a traditional band. Instead, he became the musician other musicians watched. His perfectionism was his best friend and worst enemy: One source remembers him playing to a crowd of 60,000 and receiving a standing ovation, only to come off stage and say, “I suck.”
Brothers and Sisters: the Allman Brothers Band and The Album That Defined The 70s was my third straight book to debut in the New York Times Non-Fiction Hardcover Bestsellers List, following Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan and One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band. My first book was Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues and Becoming a Star in Beijing, about my experiences raising a family in Beijing and touring China with a popular original blues band. It was optioned for a movie by Ivan Reitman’s Montecito Productions. I am also a guitarist and singer who fronts two bands, Big in China and Friends of the Brothers, the premier celebration of the Allman Brothers Band.
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