Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever by Stephen King & Scott Turow & Mitch Albom & Amy Tan & Dave Barry & Roy Blount Jr. & Matt Groening & Ridley Pearson & Sam Barry & James McBride & More

Author:Stephen King & Scott Turow & Mitch Albom & Amy Tan & Dave Barry & Roy Blount Jr. & Matt Groening & Ridley Pearson & Sam Barry & James McBride & More [King, Stephen & Turow, Scott & Albom, Mitch & Tan, Amy & Barry, Dave & Blount, Roy Jr. & Groening, Matt & Pearson, Ridley & Barry, Sam & McBride, James & More]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographies & Memoirs, Young Adult Fiction, Arts & Literature, Arts & Photography, Music, Authors
ISBN: 9781937804268
Amazon: B00DGCIVIW
Publisher: Coliloquy, LLC
Published: 2013-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

ROGER MCGUINN: FROM HEADLINER TO BYLINER,

Photo by Joseph Peduto

Entering a rehearsal studio was nothing new to me, but this time Camilla and I were both a little intimidated. The Rock Bottom Remainders had instruments strapped on, but underneath those guitars they were carrying “the mighty pen.” We were scared of them and they all looked scared of me. We didn’t exhale until Kathi came over and declared that this was going to be fun.

Kathi told me that she had met me in the seventies at my house in Malibu. She had come to one of my many parties with our mutual friend Kinky Friedman. After entering the kitchen, she noticed a guy sitting on a table next to the stove, eating bits of lamb shank with his fingers. He was trying his best to look and sound like Bob Dylan. Kathi couldn’t believe he was bold enough to try and pull that off in a house where people actually knew Bob Dylan! Kinky later introduced her to the lamb shank eater…Bob Dylan.

Kathi loosened me up and we started playing. Dave always downplays the musicianship of the Remainders, but I found them to be very good—especially when they practiced. Most of them had played in bands before they realized there might be a more lucrative way to make a living. The front line of the RBR is a rocking band. Dave and Greg on guitar, Ridley on bass, Mitch on keyboards, Sam on his soulful harmonica, and James rocking his sax. With core musicians that good, you can always add the “dark and stormy night guy,” Stephen, for a bit of drama and Scott to “shoot the sheriff.” With sultry Amy strutting around with her whip, the band not only sounded good, there was eye candy, too!