- Hardcover: 354 pages
- Publisher: Michael Joseph; 1st edition (2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0718149157
- ISBN-13: 978-0718149154
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 260,702 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The marvellously witty memoir by Britain's most popular pianist and bandleader. Jools Holland has had a fascinating life. From playing on bomb sites as a boy in South East London, to skiving off school and then rocketing to international success with Squeeze, the first twenty years of his life were eventful, chaotic and colourful. Then came The Tube, the seminal live music programme of the Eighties. Along with fellow icon, Paula Yates, Jools Holland's provocative and irreverent style of presenting broke the mould of music shows on British television. It was an exhilarating and exciting time. He made further shows in America and England, and in 1992, began broadcasting Later with Jools Holland, one of the BBC's most successful music shows of all time, which has given countless television debuts to now world famous bands. From playing pubs as a teenager greaser in the East End docks, to leading his rhythm and blues orchestra and selling millions of records in this century, it is his passion for music that has made Jools Holland into a doyen of the music scene and which suffuses the pages of this fascinating and delightful autobiography. This memoir is packed with hilarious anecdotes and unusual memories. It provides an inside look into the world of music as well a wonderful insight into the debonair gentleman and national institution that is Jools Holland.
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Jools Holland OBE DL, is a composer, pianist, bandleader and broadcaster. He is married with four children and lives in a world of his own.
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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
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't put it down,
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This review is from: Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts (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:
5.0 out of 5 stars
No real boasts,
By Pauly Boy "Curmudgeonly muso" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts (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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Throughly entertaining, just like the author's music,
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This review is from: Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts (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.
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