{"product_id":"9780241371701-guitar","title":"Guitar","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead this rollicking rock 'n' roll memoir of the last 50 years of rock history, from David Bowie's longest serving lead guitarist and legendary sideman, Earl Slick.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He's played with everyone from John Lennon to the New York Dolls – and he's got the stories to prove it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Earl is a legendary guitar star. His playing is earth, timeless and never less than stellar’ DAVID BOWIE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘You play mean ass blues for a skinny ass white boy’ BUDDY GUY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Had a good night out did we .?’ JOHN LENNON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Earl Slick was barely out of his teens when \u003cb\u003eDavid Bowie hired him to play guitar on the ground-breaking 1974 Diamond Dogs tour. \u003c\/b\u003eIt marked the beginning of a relationship that would \u003cb\u003eendure through thick and thin for the next forty years. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGracing classic albums like \u003ci\u003eYoung Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStation to Station\u003c\/i\u003e and the 2013 comeback, \u003ci\u003eThe Next Day\u003c\/i\u003e, Slick played on the tour that followed Bowie’s smash hit \u003ci\u003eLet’s Dance\u003c\/i\u003e album and was at his side for the epic Glastonbury show in 2000.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But it wasn’t \u003ci\u003ejust\u003c\/i\u003e Bowie. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe young guitarist was in John Lennon’s band at the time of the former Beatle’s tragic murder. \u003cb\u003eOther collaborations read like a roll call of rock ‘n’ roll royalty including\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMick Jagger, The Cure, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Joe Cocker, Buddy Guy, Ian Hunter, David Coverdale and Eric Clapton. \u003c\/b\u003eAnd in the ‘80s he became an MTV star in his own right with the success of Phantom, Rocker and Slick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThrough it all he lived the rock ‘n’ roll life to the hilt. Until it nearly killed him.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of rock’s great sidemen, Earl Slick was in the room when music history was made. \u003ci\u003eGuitar\u003c\/i\u003e takes us there, shining a light on superstars like Bowie and Lennon, while recounting the extraordinary story of the boy from New York City who became a real-life Johnny B. Goode.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540072472673,"sku":"9780241371701","price":27.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32317958.jpg?v=1737185956","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241371701-guitar","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}