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by Stuart Maconie (Author)
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`Stuart Maconie is the best thing to come out of Wigan since the A58 to Bolton’ --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wittly and articullate , 12 Sep 2006
This review is from: Cider with Roadies: From School Bus to Tour Bus Without Ever Growing Up (Paperback)
I inherited this book from a mate while we were on a motorbike tour. He'd got half way through and chucked it over to me saying it was the biggest load of rubbish he's ever read - he'd not even got half way through it!

Maybe it's just as well that, "One man's meat is another mans' poison" because I thoroughly enjoyed reading of Maconies journey, as he takes us from his first Beatles influence to his life as a Top DJ: via INXS, The Smiths, work as Teacher at Skelmersdale college and journalist for NME.

Witty and articulate, Maconie's tale of his life as a "Muso" unfolds with great ease and at times I actually laughed out loud at some of his tales - 4 days with a "Napalm Death" in the tour van in France is priceless. Being a Scouser who loves music and lives in Wigan maybe I can identify with this book more than most but whatever, it's a nice easy read that flows very well.

There are a couple of inaccuracies in here. Stuart, if you can get from Edge Hill College in Ormskirk to Liverpool on a bus in twenty minutes I salute you, because you'll be the first person ever to achieved such a feat! Also if you drove through Limoges to get to Le mans in France let me tell you, you went one hell of a long way round.

Some of the tales in the book are obvioulsy "flowered up" for the sake of effect but then again aren't most autobiographies? A great little book, highly recommmended if you need a bit of light reading and a good laugh.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 29 Feb 2004
This review is from: Cider with Roadies: From School Bus to Tour Bus Without Ever Growing Up (Paperback)
Funny, witty, insightful, dry... for anyone who loves music, and I mean, LOVES music. I had to stop reading it at tea time as I was laughing so much I was getting on my husband's nerves. The descriptions of Wigan Casino in the '70s are outstanding. For 40 somethings, it's a must. Followers of Mr Maconie would also do well to check out his sometime compadre Andrew Collins' book 'Where Did It All Go Right'.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a cracking read, gromit, 21 Jan 2005
This review is from: Cider with Roadies: From School Bus to Tour Bus Without Ever Growing Up (Paperback)
I may have an axe to grind, as I come from the same town, went to the same school, was intimidated by the same religious psychopaths and am nearly the same age as Maconie, but that said, this book is a very entertaining read for anyone who went through their teens in the seventies and is interested in popular music
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