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Mostly sports related myself, enjoyed Gazza's, and most recently Joey Barton, Bobby Charlton's and Fred Trueman's also spring to mind.
Keith Richards' autobiography is great.
Heart of a Soldier by James B. Stewart, about Rick Rescorla, a Cornishman who fought in Vietnam & died on 9/11, amazing life.
Has Ronnie Wood ever brought one out? Hero of mine when he was in the Faces. Always wanted to read The Wayward Lad about Jockey Graham Bradley. Used to follow him, hell of a jockey.
Like great_fire, enjoyed Keith Richards' autobiography but particular enjoyed reading it at about the same time as the biography that came out about Brian Jones for a contrasting view on the early Stones years.
Because of his contribution to acoustic guitar, Bert Jansch's biography has to be up there for me.
Really enjoyed "Shaky" about Neil Young and David Crosby's book but thought Graham Nash largely came over as a bit of a prat in his offering. Ditto Ray Davies from the Kinks.
Nobody has written anything really good on Brian Wilson, in my view. Ian Dury was very well done.
Generally prefer biography to autobiography though Keith Richard is the exception that proves the rule.
The best group biography was the (relatively) recent one on Pink Floyd. Also really enjoyed one on the two guys who formed Squeeze. Their name escapes me at the moment.
You asked the question, IBS. What's your take on biographies?
Anders Lasson SAS
Muhammad Ali ; His Life and Times.
Brian Cloughs