I Am The Rock Biography Queen

Although I've always read rock biographies, music books and autobiographies (interspersed with my usual fictional faves) in the past year I seem to have gone rock biography crazy. I've read loads, one after the other, and a great majority of them are tragic tales for some reason. Part of it is without a doubt because I enjoy increasing my rock and roll expertise but maybe, given the sad endings many have, part of it may be down to discovering that even those who seem to live impossibly cool and glamorous lives are not so impossibly cool afterall. Just like the rest of us in fact.
Whatever the reason, since I've read so many in the past 12 months I thought I've give a round-up of the music books I've read this year, and write a few things about each. Brace yourself, this is going to be long.

Caitlin Rose interview

I had the chance to sit down and chat with the wonderful Nashville singer-songwriter Miss Caitlin Rose before her show at Cargo the other night for Hive Magazine, where we discussed Linda Ronstadt, George Jones, country music and her new album Own Side Now. You can also read the results below: 

How’s the tour been going, you seem to have played a lot of shows in the UK so far. 

Yeah, it’s been going really well. I’m enjoying it. 

 

People have been calling your new record country but it seems more diverse than that. 

I don’t think the record is all that country. It’s got pedal steel on it but I wouldn’t call it country. But I don’t care what anybody else calls it. I don’t want to box myself into anything because I’ll be writing that for the rest of my life and I don’t want to do that. I’d rather change as much as I can and create something new. The whole point for me, is good songwriting. That’s all I care about.