What is a Wommett?

图书信息

作者	Abrahams, Mick
出版社	Andrews UK
ISBN	9781907792373
出版时间	2010-05-26
字数	221.1万
分类	Andrews UK,进口书,外文原版书,艺术,建筑,历史

读书简介

Mick Abrahams first rose to fame as a guitarist during the 1960s and was a founder member of Jethro Tull, although his time with the band was to prove short lived owing to the vividly contrasting musical styles of himself and Ian Anderson. In his autobiography What is a Wommett Mick finally puts the record straight about this parting of the ways and the events that have shaped the man and his music since that time up to the present day. Perhaps best known for his time with Blodwyn Pig, the band he formed after leaving Tull, Abrahams has continued to delight fans with his own brand of blues, jazz and rock on highly acclaimed albums spanning several decades. With a fitting foreword by radio presenter and champion of great music, Bob Harris, this autobiography provides a fascinating insight into the character of an upbeat man who hasn't allowed anything to keep him down for long. Packed with anecdotes and stories about Mick's life in and out of the spotlight, this book is a must have for his fans and anyone who remembers the excitement of the emerging new musical talent of the sixties.

目录

Cover

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Preface

Part 1

1975: Putting It All Away

Me and Hermann Goering 7th April; the year 1943

What a Memory!

The Beginning of Innocence

The Hated Years of Education!

The Start of Skiffle and Rock’n’roll

Rock Around the Clock

School Teachers - What a Bunch of Bastards!

Death to all Bullies!

The Awakening and the Reckoning

Learning Lessons

The Fabulous Futurama Guitar and the Front Room Band

The Front Room Band

The Advent of the Hustlers

The Royal Artillery…. Gunner 2265???? Abrahams

All by Default!!

Moving Up and Onwards

Part 2

Deutschland over Alice

Home Sweet Home?

The Reign of Mad McGregor

Tull Death Do Us Part

The Big Move

The Road Back Home for Some

How Ian Became Ian

The Branding of Jethro Tull

Sunbury Festival 1968, the day we will always remember!

Fame and Fortune?

The Curtain Falls on Tull for Me

Marriage and the Coming of the Pig

Flying Pigs

The Pig Goes On

Swine Behaving Badly

Getting To This

Vandals of a Higher Class

High Altitude Problems

Rednecks, Guns and Rock’n’roll

Pigs, Hotels, Mooney and BJ

Coming Back To Earth

Wommett and the Mick Abrahams Band

Part 3

The MA Band Shapes Up

More MA Band Mayhem

The Same Old Crap!

At Last

God’s Hand on Me

Major Changes 1974/5

Getting Back At It

The Second Rebirth

Modern Times

The Nice 90s

Friends and Places Revisited

Confusion, He Says

Health Problems. 2000: The First Operation

Birthday Bash

Looking Back From Now

The Interim Albums and DVDs

Back With The Blues Again, Can’t Stop Now and the Doomsday Clock

Different Strokes

My Family and the Future

My New Sister

New Contacts

The Best is Yet to Come

The Last Word

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