Grumpy Old Rock Star: and Other Wondrous Stories - Softcover

Wakeman, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848090056 ISBN 13: 9781848090057

Publisher: Preface Publishing, 2009

Around about August 1948, Mr and Mrs Cyril Wakeman had an early night and some time later, at Perivale in Middlesex, Mrs Wakeman produced a bonny baby son. They named him Richard, but he quickly became known as Rick.

Rick was a likeable little fellow who had a talent for the piano and for making trouble. Music became Rick's life - he joined a popular music group called Yes and became a legend. Much later he became a Grumpy Old Man who appears on Countdown, hosts a hugely popular radio show on Planet Rock and performs a one-man show telling stories about his rather extraordinary life.

Which is where this book you are holding comes in. Mr Wakeman is simply one of the great storytellers of our age - let's face it, he has some fabulous material. It seemed a shame that some of the funniest yarns should not be more widely known. So he accepted some cash and here we are.

Curl up by the fire with a Grumpy Old Rock Star and your nearest and dearest. We defy you not to want to read it aloud and laugh.

Review:

"We defy you not to laugh" (www.bettybookmark.co.uk)

Book Description:

Grumpy Old Rock Star is a collection of never-before-told stories from Rick Wakeman's amazing life, from ordering a curry on-stage to how he ended up with the earth from around Che Guevara's body in his shed.

• Publisher: Preface Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848090056
• ISBN 13: 9781848090057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224