{"id":84,"date":"2011-08-10T22:26:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T21:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2016-08-31T11:05:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T10:05:47","slug":"the-big-wheel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/?page_id=84","title":{"rendered":"Rough Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RNx1<\/a>I was finally persuaded to write Rough Notes<\/em> when a friend remarked: \u2018There\u2019s only one history of rock and pop \u2026and you were there!\u2019<\/p>\n

It follows my career from the paper-round I did to buy my first guitar, and see the Beatles \u2014 all the way through to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame \u2026and beyond.<\/p>\n

Obviously a major part of the book recalls my time as an Attraction. There are the background stories to all the albums we made \u2014 which answer a lot of the questions I\u2019ve been asked on here over the years \u2014 and there\u2019s even a wee bit about bass playing for those who want to know about that. And, I hope, it finally sets the record straight about the so-called \u2018feud\u2019 between me and \u2018the Singer\u2019.<\/p>\n

There are also accounts of working with Paul McCartney, traveling on Elton John\u2019s private jet, spending a day at Johnny Cash\u2019s ranch, having dinner with Yoko Ono \u2014 as well as my brief encounters with the likes of Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Abba, Howling Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, the Who, Freddie Mercury, Pink Floyd, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, John Belushi, Michael Hutchence \u2026and a certain Jimmy Savile.<\/p>\n

But Rough Notes<\/em> is far more than a personal memoir or catalogue of trivia \u2014 it also traces the entire story of rock and pop from its very beginning, right through to the present \u2026despite the fact it\u2019s sometimes been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture.<\/p>\n

Yes, there is only one history of rock and pop \u2026and we were all there.<\/p>\n

Available as a trade paperback \/ 6\u201dx9\u201d \/ 412 pages<\/p>\n

Buy at Amazon UK<\/a> \/ Amazon US<\/a><\/p>\n

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I was finally persuaded to write Rough Notes when a friend remarked: \u2018There\u2019s only one history of rock and pop \u2026and you were there!\u2019 It follows my career from the paper-round I did to buy my first guitar, and see the Beatles \u2014 all the way through to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame \u2026and beyond. Obviously a major part of the book recalls my time as an Attraction. There are the background stories to all the albums we … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2829,"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions\/2829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brucethomas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}