Get Ready to ROCK! » author https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Backstage Heroes: DARREN JOHNSON https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/06/backstage-heroes-darren-johnson/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/06/backstage-heroes-darren-johnson/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:30:14 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=89027 Slade in the 1970sAuthor and reviewer Darren Johnson has three published books to date, with ‘Slade in the 1970s’ recently published by SonicBond Publishing. Here we find out more about his introduction to rock music, why he loves glam rock in particular, all … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/06/backstage-heroes-darren-johnson/feed/ 0 Book review: SKY TRAILS & PIE TALES – by Trev Turley https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/book-review-sky-trails-pie-tales-by-trev-turley/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/book-review-sky-trails-pie-tales-by-trev-turley/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2023 12:47:05 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=87591 Trev Turley - Sky Trails & Pie TrailsThe Cherished Synapse [March 2022] Trevor Turley’s ‘Sky Trails & Pie Tales’ is described as an autobiographical memoir and  for the most part  that of a semi-pro musician. It’s a heart felt work that celebrates an ongoing musical heritage driven … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/book-review-sky-trails-pie-tales-by-trev-turley/feed/ 0 Book review: WHO IS BLUES Vol.2 – The Interviews. Blues Encounters 2000 – 2020 by Vincent Abbate https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-who-is-blues-vol-2-the-interviews-blues-encounters-2000-2020-by-vincent-abbate/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-who-is-blues-vol-2-the-interviews-blues-encounters-2000-2020-by-vincent-abbate/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:15:37 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75334 Vincent Abbate - Who Is BluesSelf Published [Publication date 01.09.21] ‘Who Is The Blues Vol.2: The Interviews. Blues Encounters 2000-2020′ is an interesting cross section of 20 years of interviews of contemporary blues artists by the German based, New York blues scribe Vincent Abbate. Abbate … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-who-is-blues-vol-2-the-interviews-blues-encounters-2000-2020-by-vincent-abbate/feed/ 0 Book review: Live to Win – A Casual Guide to The Music of KISS Frontman Paul Stanley by Neil Daniels https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/09/book-review-live-to-win-kiss-paul-stanley/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/09/book-review-live-to-win-kiss-paul-stanley/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2015 21:10:32 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=32376 Live to Win - A Casual Guide to The Music of KISS Frontman Paul Stanley by Neil Daniels www.neildanielsbooks.com KISS frontman Paul Stanley only recently released his autobiography and so you may be thinking that the release of this new “Live to Win” book is untimely. Forget that, whilst “Face the Music” was the man’s life story, this … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/09/book-review-live-to-win-kiss-paul-stanley/feed/ 0 Book review: THE HISTORY OF CANADIAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL by BOB MERSEREAU https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/07/book-review-the-history-of-canadian-rock-n-roll-by-bob-mersereau/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/07/book-review-the-history-of-canadian-rock-n-roll-by-bob-mersereau/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:29:49 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=31369 THE HISTORY OF CANADIAN ROCK Backbeat Books [Published 22.05.15] RRP £16.50 A quick word of advice: this book covers rock ‘n’ roll in its broadest terms, heck even Celine Dion gets mentioned and Triumph get a one page mention, so don’t go expecting any Maple … Continue reading →

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