One Love, One Life - Stories from the Stars

WHEN legendary music journalist Billy Sloan was fifteen years old he saw The Who play an incendiary live show at Green's Playhouse in Glasgow.

About the author

A music journalist and broadcaster alongside the likes of John Peel, Billy Sloan has interviewed Bruce Springsteen, Cher, David Bowie, Keith Richards and so many more. After becoming a music journalist in 1977, he has since worked as the Showbusiness Editor of The Sunday Mail and has written about music for several newspapers including The Daily Record, The Sunday Post, The Sunday Times, The Daily Express, The Evening Times and The Glasgow Herald.

Billy was awarded a Tartan Clef by Nordoff Robbins for his contribution to the music industry and became the first journalist to be inducted into the Barrowland Hall of Fame. As a broadcaster he hosted a ground-breaking alternative new music show for Radio Clyde for 23 years and currently hosts his own show for BBC Radio Scotland.

Summary

WHEN legendary music journalist Billy Sloan was fifteen years old he saw The Who play an incendiary live show at Green's Playhouse in Glasgow.

Foreword

Legendary music journalist Billy Sloan has been described as the John Peel of Scotland. He has interviewed musical icons and helped to launch the careers of huge international stars like Simple Minds and Lloyd Cole, all through his brilliant radio show and newspaper columns. Billed as "Scotland's No. 1 pop writer" in the era of Queen, Tina Turner, The Beatles and David Bowie, this is the story of four decades spent exploring the world with the most famous names in music, and how he helped take artists from obscurity to the bigtime.

Product details

• Authors: Billy Sloan, Sloan Billy
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2024
• EAN: 9781785306303
• ISBN: 978-1-78530-630-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 248 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs