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Here Comes The Sun is the joint autobiography of Jeremy Oxley musician and member of the legendary Australian 80's group the Sunnyboys and his wife Mary. In this book they talk about their upbringings Jeremy in Northern New South Wales and Mary in Brisbane, Jeremy started get into music as a teenager which he played in Wooden Horse and Golden Syrup and forming with his brother Peter form the Sunnyboys who would become one of the popular Australian groups of the 80's who would go on to have successful hit singles including alone With You, Happy Man and You Need A Friend which the group would last until 1984, Mary becoming an nurse and marrying Griff which they would have 2 sons before he passed away from cancer, Jeremy having mental illness which he had schizophrenia which he tried to hide it from friends and family as well as his bandmates as well as having drinking problems as well as living as a hermit in a small town in New South Wales, meeting Mary who was an Sunnyboys fa

' Snakes Gullitones Electric Chairs is the autobiography of the bassist and song writer of the Alice Cooper Group Dennis Dunaway and in this book talks about meeting Vince Furnier who would become Alice Cooper, playing in teen clubs, prisons and cowboy bars as the Earwigs and the Spiders, went to California where they were called the Nazz and eventually becoming Alice Cooper, working in Detroit, the parties , brainstorming recording sessions that revealed the talent,drama and characters that would drove these teenagers who would become one of the biggest acts in America, the great success with hits like No More Mr Nice Guy, I'm Eighteen, School's Out and many others. It is an AWESOME,FANTASTIC and an BRILLIANT book with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT stories and I enjoyed reading it. This book is co written with Chris Hodenfield who has written for Rolling Stone magazine, Playboy,Sports Illustrated and others and Dennis Dunaway still performs as he plays with a group called Blue

In the 60's and 70's for an decade and an half the youth of Toowoomba Queensland along young entrepreneurs and long established family businesses explored as well as reveling and propelling an cultural revolution to the heights that no other Australian country town would ever experience and this is written by 2 guys Kent Trussell an career writer who printed and radio ads for Terry Herbert's venues in 1969 in Toowoomba as well as been an freelancer and an writer and an producer for the ABC as well as commercial radio stations in Sydney and South East Queensland as well for magazines and also written for magazines and Don Duffus who is Toowoomba born and bred who was on the music scene as well as working in the media as a radio annoucer,producer, sales manager, and Station manager as well as working on tv as a writer,producer,director,production manager, sales manager and general Manager and more recently was the Marketing manager for Home Ice Cream. In this book it has s

You Should Be Dancing My Life With the Bee Gees is the autobiography of Welsh drummer Dennis Bryon. In this book he talks about his upbringing in Cardiff Wales, starting playing drums in his teenage years, played in Local groups the Strangers and Brother John and the Witnesses, formed the successful group Amen Corner who would have successful hit records in the 60's with Bend Me Shape Me, Hello Susie and High In the Sky, played in the group Fair weather who had the big hit Natural Sinner in 1970, joining the Bee Gees in 1973 which he would be with them until 1979 which he played on their biggest hits like How Deep Is Your Love, Stayin Alive, Night Fever, Jive Talkin, Too Much Heaven, Tragedy etc as well as touring the world and working with people like Jimi Hendrix and Andy Gibb. It is an FANTASTIC and an BRILLIANT book with FANTASTIC stories which I enjoyed reading it. Dennis Bryon lives in Nashville Tennessee these days and is planning an tour next year with the Italian Bee Gee

Reckless is the autobiography of legendary singer and founding member of the legendary British-American rock band the Pretenders Chrissie Hynde. In this book she talks about her upbringing in Akron Ohio, her taste for rock n roll, motorbikes and the get down boys at gigs in and around Cleveland, witnessing the shooting of student antiwar protesters at Kent State in 1970, going to London in 1973 where she was a reviewer for New Musical Express, an shopgirl, hanging around with the Sex Pistols and the Clash, forming the Pretenders in 1978 which would achieve success with hits like Brass In Pocket, Back on the Chain Gang, Tattooed Love Boys, the sad deaths of Pretenders members James Farndon and James Honeyman Scott and others. It is an FANTASTIC and an BRILLIANT book with great and FANTASTIC stories which I enjoyed reading it very much. Chrissie Hynde is still around which last year she released an solo album called Stockholm and the Pretenders lasted performed in 2012 for the Singapo

Fortunate Son is the autobiography of legendary American singer-songwriter as well as founding member of the legendary American rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival John Fogerty. In this book he talks about his upbringing in El Cerrito in the San Francisco area, his parents divorce in the 50's, started getting into music at a young age, getting his first guitar at 12 or 13, forming the band called the Blue Velvets who would become the Golliwogs and eventually Creedence Clearwater Revival, the great success they had between 1968-72, his 2 marriages, the issues between the Creedence members, the solo career which it's still going to this day, his brother Tom's death, the lawsuits and many others. It is an AWESOME, BRILLIANT and an SUPERB book with great and FANTASTIC stories which I enjoyed reading it very much. John Fogerty is still touring and recording as he'll be performing in Las Vegas in January 2016 as he has been on the scene since 1968 and still going stron

Live Wire is an book about AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott written by 3 people who knew him John D'Arcy who was an roadie for the Valentines an group that Bon was an member in the late 60's who had an hit called My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man as well as working with other Australian rock bands as well as working on the first tour for singer Leo Sayer, Gabby D'Arcy who is married to John was 14 when she met the Valentines and went out with John 2 years later which they are still together to this day and Mary Renshaw an soulmate who had met Bon Scott in 1967 at an Valentines gig when he admired the beads she was wearing and asked if she could make him more which they would become friends from then on. In this book they talked about the Bon Scott we never knew which we learn what was it like to be his friend as well as living and touring and becoming part of the close knit world that of the biggest bands in the world emerged as well the humor, the intelligence and warmth of

A Master Apprentice Living in The Sixties is the autobiography by Australian musician and member of the legendary Australian rock group Masters Apprentices Peter Tilbrook and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Adelaide, getting his first guitar when he was 12, played in early Adelaide bands like the Avengers, Roger Ball and the Bouncers, the Bentbeaks and the Sounds of Silence,joining the Masters Apprentices in 1967 which he played on Elevator Driver, Bridgette, Four Years Of Five which he co wrote with Jim Keays, Merry Go Round and Linda Linda, Hoadley's Battle of The Sounds, the scene in Adelaide and Melbourne, the touring, the line up changes of the Masters during his time there, the drugs. his leaving the group in 1968 and many many others. It is an AWESOME,BRILLIANT and an SUPERB book with SUPERB stories which they're very entertaining and I loved reading the book very much. It is 50 years when the Masters were formed and are still fondly remembered to this day

Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink is the autobiography of legendary English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Liverpool and London, having success with the Attractions as well as his own as well as working with people like Bob Dylan, Paul mcCartney, foundations behind many of his songs, his family as his father was an musician who became an radio dance band singer and his grandfather was an trumpeter on the White Star Line, played in an duo called Rusty and many others. It is FANTASTIC,BRILLIANT and an AWESOME book with FANTASTIC stories and I certainly enjoyed reading it. Elvis Costello is still touring and recording and this book is a must for Elvis Costello fans which I give it 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourself a favour and BUY IT.

On Tuesday November 3rd I went to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre to see legendary American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond which it was my second time seeing him live as my first was at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Tuesday March 15th 2005 which it was an FANTASTIC show too and in 1976 my Aunty Dawn went to see Neil Diamond in Sydney which former Prime Minster Gough Whitlam was in the audience. Dad took me to the train station at Cannon Hill, caught the train to Central, went to Maccas where I had McChicken Burger and Fries for dinner, had an Coke to drink, had an McFlurry to eat, went to 7-11 where I had to recharge my phone as I was running out, went back to central, use mobile, caught 6.18pm train, got off at Boondall and walk to the Entertainment Centre. Rang home, bought a program and an hat, saw Leisa Wilkinson who I knew from Creek Road, bought Diet Coke and an packet of Chips, went inside, ate chips, drank Diet Coke, Took Photos, rang home, use mobile, had a look at p

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