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Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon Book

When the young Keith Moon was beating the tar out of his drum-kit in Shepherd's Bush in 1964 it would have been unthinkable that this sparky little mod kid would have been the subject of a door- stopping 500-page biography. But young Keith soon mutated into Moon the Loon and joined the pantheon of legendary rock and roll wild men who lived fast and died young and 500 pages now seems the minimum space needed to cover his many excesses. Tony Fletcher has drawn heavily on interviews with Moon's wife, his sister and his girlfriend for the last eight years of his life. Oliver Reed, Alice Cooper, and Larry Hagman also have their say and the picture that emerges is of a man whose outrageous antics sprung from an absurdly over- generous personality. The drink, the drugs and the trashed hotel rooms are all splendidly chronicled as is the music. His drug-fuelled demise is not a pretty sight but Moon had always walked the walk and so the fact that, unlike the other members of The Who, he actually did die before he got old, ultimately comes as no surprise. --Nick Wroe.Read More

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    A new edition with a new after word and details of John Entwistle's death and The Who's ongoing career.

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    Keith Moon was more than just rock's greatest drummer he was a phenomenal character and an extravagant hell raiser who - in a final uncharacteristic act of grace - actually did die before he got old. This new edition includes a newly written After word that consiers Moon's lasting legacy the death of John Entwistle and The Who's ongoing career in the new millennium. In this astonishing biography Tony Fletcher questions the myths avoids the time-honoured anecdotes and talks afresh to those who where closest to Moon including Kim his wife of eight years and Linda his sister and Annette Walter-Lax his main girlfriend of the final years. Also interviewed are Oliver Reed Larry Hagman David Putnam Alice Cooper Dave Edmunds Jeff Beck John Entwistle and many others who worked and partied with him. In interviewing over 100 people who knew Moon Fletcher reveals the truth behind the 'famous' stunts that never occured - and the more outrageous ones that did! He also uncovers astonishing details about Moon's outrageous extravagance which was financed by The Who's American success.

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    Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon : Paperback : Omnibus Press : 9781844498079 : : 22 Jun 2005 : A new edition with a new after word and details of John Entwistle's death and The Who's ongoing career.

  • 1844498077
  • 9781844498079
  • Tony Fletcher
  • 11 July 2005
  • Omnibus Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 632
  • 3Rev Ed
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