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Jools Holland has had a fascinating life. From playing on bomb sites as a boy in the East End, to skiving off school and then selling millions of records with Squeeze, the first twenty years of his life were eventful, chaotic and colourful. Then came The Tube with Paula Yates, the seminal live music programme that propelled him to fame. Over the following three decades, Jools succeeded in placing himself at the epicentre of a global community comprising just about anybody who is anybody in music. Through Later with Jools Holland, the longest-running music programme on television, he has given British TV debuts to countless now world famous bands.
Packed with hilarious anecdotes written in Holland’s own inimitable style and laced with quirky insights and deliciously acute detail, this autobiography by one of Britain’s most gifted and debonaire musicians is not just for music fans, but for anyone who is looking for something several cuts above the conventional showbiz memoir.
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Jools Holland is a virtuoso pianist, bandleader, television presenter, architectural eccentric and music enthusiast. He was awarded an OBE in 2003 for his services to the British music industry. He lives in Kent.
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I was born on 24 January 1958, shortly after Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced to the British people that we'd 'never had it so good'. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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I was born on 24 January 1958, shortly after Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced to the British people that we'd 'never had it so good'. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book was wonderful, an honest and touching story of a gifted lad from a humble background who survived excesses of the pop industry and who has grown to be a pillar of the musical establishment. He's got a 'live and let live' attitude and is rarely critical of others, seeing good in many. His insights of the great and good of music are fascinating and his fondness for Paula Yates stands out. He heaps praise on many, including Bono, Bob Geldof and George Harrison. It was a great read.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Some great anecdotes here, including the time he first met Bob Dylan at George Harrison's house.
Jools' humble manner is such that he drops names like Dylan and Harrison with the same love and affection that he recalls pub landlords, and friends and neighbours.
As a great fan of his music, I loved his insights on the music, and those he has worked with throughout the years.
One (small) gripe is the way that the last 15 or so years are crammed into about 20 pages, (possibly) leaving scope for a second half of the memoirs?
You get an overall sense of the honesty, and humble upbringing of Jools throughout, and I found it very hard to put this one down.
Jools' humble manner is such that he drops names like Dylan and Harrison with the same love and affection that he recalls pub landlords, and friends and neighbours.
As a great fan of his music, I loved his insights on the music, and those he has worked with throughout the years.
One (small) gripe is the way that the last 15 or so years are crammed into about 20 pages, (possibly) leaving scope for a second half of the memoirs?
You get an overall sense of the honesty, and humble upbringing of Jools throughout, and I found it very hard to put this one down.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Some people live on the sunny side of the street, seeing the good in people and bringing luck their way. Jools Holland is such a person, his irrepresible good nature leaps off every page.
In an age when so many celebrities seem to spend their biographies telling us how tough they have had it, it's refreshing to read about someone is completely happy because they spend their life living their dream.
This story starts from childhood, through school and into early years performing in pubs, first recording contracts, TV presenting and up to date with Later and the Big Band.
Holland tells a lot of entertaining stories of bad behaviour on the road but only hints at the more depraved things, which is no bad thing - sometimes less is more.
One review mentioned that the one weakness was that the more recent years were told at a bit of a gallop, and I would agree, would perhaps have been better to spend a few more chapters on them.
But then I think life has become a little more ordered and settled since he got into a rhythm playing with his big band and doing Later, so maybe the best stories are from the early days.
Whatever, if you like your music then you couldn't ask for a better narrator to take you on a music journey. Jools seems to have made many great friends through his career and this book makes it quite clear why.
In an age when so many celebrities seem to spend their biographies telling us how tough they have had it, it's refreshing to read about someone is completely happy because they spend their life living their dream.
This story starts from childhood, through school and into early years performing in pubs, first recording contracts, TV presenting and up to date with Later and the Big Band.
Holland tells a lot of entertaining stories of bad behaviour on the road but only hints at the more depraved things, which is no bad thing - sometimes less is more.
One review mentioned that the one weakness was that the more recent years were told at a bit of a gallop, and I would agree, would perhaps have been better to spend a few more chapters on them.
But then I think life has become a little more ordered and settled since he got into a rhythm playing with his big band and doing Later, so maybe the best stories are from the early days.
Whatever, if you like your music then you couldn't ask for a better narrator to take you on a music journey. Jools seems to have made many great friends through his career and this book makes it quite clear why.
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A good read
An interesting insight into the life and influences that have made Jools the character he is today.
Possibly rather more name-dropping than I would have liked but then he has... Read more
Possibly rather more name-dropping than I would have liked but then he has... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Marian Jones
Interesting insight into Jools' background and the music scene
I read this because I am a great fan of Later with Jools. This has a great mix of music, and has introduced me to many excellent artists, previously unknown to me. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. R. J. Wyndham
Jools Holland's Big Bland
I must have been reading a different book from the other reviewers. This is bland ghostwritten pap, in which JH leans over backwards to avoid saying anything that might be... Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2009 by markinblack
Jools is too nice!
Jools has a good way with words and the Tube era with Paula Yates was of particular interest to me. He's obviously met some brilliant musicians and celebrities and this book is... Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2009 by Ms. L. C. Paine
Hugely Entertaining
Jools Holland's eccentric world view and old fashioned turns of phrase make this a fantastically readable and enthralling autobiography. Read more
Published on 19 July 2009 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
Fabulous story of many talents
Jools Holland just simply doesn't look old enough does he? And what a prodigous talent he enjoys!
There are many things I love about this story. Read more
There are many things I love about this story. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2009 by Mick Read
Great book
What a great book, it is so entertaining. I found it difficult to put down. It is full of characters and there are lot's of LOL moments. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2009 by Purley Girl
MR BOOGIE WOOGIE'S LIFE - SMUG GIT ALERT
Julian 'Jools' Holland has had one hell of a life. He has played with, or met, most of the great music stars of the late 20th Century and has personally enjoyed phenomonal success... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2008 by Mr. Christopher J. Welch
An optimist and a gentleman
Ever since watching him on The Tube years ago, I have disliked Jools Holland. Although in later years his highly lauded BBC2 music showcase, Later with Jools Holland, as almost... Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2008 by Bantam Dave
Squeezing the Tube
I first came across Jools Holland as the somewhat eccentric pianist with the wonderful Squeeze and later as the somewhat shambling presenter of the Tube. Read more
Published on 31 July 2008 by Ian Wood, Author of 'Here's 2 Absent Fathers'
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