“Do Stand So Close: my improbable adventure as Sting’s guitarist”: https://amzn.to/38OscAw This is the best book I’ve ever read about being on the road. Yes, even better than Ian Hunter’s long ago memoir. First and foremost, Jeffrey Lee Campbell can write. Positively astounding. Not a week goes by without someone sending me their music book, […]

https://amzn.to/3n46JHX 1 This is the best book of the year. But it’s not that easy to read. Readability. It’s the number one criterion for a good book. Oftentimes that which is lauded is all about style, plot is secondary, it’s like the self-congratulatory publishing industry, and the graduates of the writing factories, can only anoint […]

From: Alyssa Garcia Subject: Covid and touring crews Hey Bob, I’ve been receiving your emails for about a decade. I had a music industry teacher in college recommend I sign up. He would actually read a lot of your letters in class. I ended up dropping out of school early when the opportunity to tour […]

amzn.to/3kA6XWt I bought it before I found out it was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. We finished the second season of “Top of the Lake.” But there was no lake, the action shifted to Sydney, and it did not ring true until about halfway through, then I got hooked. And I’ve also become an […]