Quote Originally Posted by great_fire View Post
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.

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?