Phil Gernhard, Record Man, by Bill DeYoung University Press of Florida Score: 80 Bill DeYoung’s bio of record industry wearer-of-many-hats (producer, promoter, publisher) Phil Gernhard is a fast read. Perhaps not … Read more
“Honestly, I never heard of him.” If I had a penny for every time I heard that when I was spreading the “Gospel Of Gamble,” then I would probably never … Read more
Accomplished author and ex-Apple Records U.S. Manager, Ken Mansfield takes the reader on a “not so magical mystery tour,” inside Apple’s building at 3 Saville Row; centering on the pivotal … Read more
I’m assuming here that 99.9 % of Elmore readers do not need any introduction to Jorma Kaukonen. But there are always new people turning up on our planet, so with … Read more
The troubled life of one of the ‘60s biggest folk acts is examined with unflinching honesty and moving compassion in Michael Schumacher’s engrossing biography of Phil Ochs, There But for … Read more
Steely Dan: The band that was too cool for touring, too cool for the Grammys, too cool for the Rolling Stones, and too cool for Top 40 hits. They placed … Read more
As I read the windup chapter of John McEuen’s memoir, “Full Circle: I Didn’t Know I Would Get Here From There,” I kept hearing the closing voiceover from Naked City: … Read more
Delbert McClinton’s many fans will find One of the Fortunate Few (Texas A&M University Press) reaffirming, shedding light on a truly selfless, generous soul. Those unfamiliar will Delbert will be … Read more
Rock and Roll With It! Imagine that it’s 1953 and you are living in Memphis, Tennessee, in a public housing place called Lauderdale Courts. You’re a new tenant there and … Read more
For an unfiltered literary account of all-out rock ‘n roll debauchery, it’s hard to beat Motley Crue’s salacious tell-all “The Dirt.” Ian Gillan’s new autobiography Highway Star (Lesser Gods) doesn’t quite … Read more
