The simple brilliance ofWhite Bicycles is that its author never overstates his own importance or exaggerates his failings, and still ends up telling an irresistible tale" -New York Times When Muddy Waters came to London at the start of the 1960s, a kid from Boston called Joe Boyd was his tour manager; when Dylan went electric at the Newport Festival, Boyd was plugging in his guitar; when the summer of love got going, Boyd was running the coolest club in London, the UFO; when a bunch of club regulars called Pink Floyd recorded their first single, Boyd was the producer; and when a young songwriter named Nick Drake wanted to give his demo tape to someone, he chose Joe Boyd. More than any previous 1960s music autobiography,White Bicycles offers the real story of what it was like to be there at the time. Boyd's greatest coup is bringing to life the famously elusive figure of Nick Drake-the first time he's been written about by anyone who knew him well. As well as the 1960s heavy hitters, this book also o
Neil Gaiman介绍 在电视和广播之前，在便士平装书和大规模扫盲之前，人们会聚集在门廊上，在家门口的台阶上讲故事。讲故事的人知道他们的手艺，当夜幕降临时，迷人的听众会坐在那里聆听很长时间。飞蛾是一个非营利性组织，试图夺回失去的艺术品，帮助讲故事的人 - 老手和新手 - 在演出之前磨练他们的故事，在充满活力的现场活动中挤满人群。 这些故事中*好的收集在这里：无论是比尔克林顿提高的新闻秘书，还是拥有家庭秘密的首席遗传学家; 一位医生向女修女致电德蕾莎修女的床边，或是一位电影导演，从赚钱的开发商那里拯救了她父亲的唐人街商店; 文莱的妃子苏丹或海明威的一位朋友偶然地将自己变成了一个替身斗牛士的角色，这些古怪，完美的故事 - 所有的，令人惊讶的是真实的 - 从凄美到彻底的欢乐。 With an introduction by Neil Gaiman Before television a
