[hekawi]

didn't know what to expect going in...was it going to be a music biz tell-all, or a Police-bashing-angry-diatribe, or an amatuerish musician-who-wants-to-be-writer exercise.

i was very surprised on all aspects: well written in a conversational style, LOTS of guitar detail, fascinating anecdotes from his career (who knew that he actually backed up Neil Sedaka?) turned out to be one of the best musician bios i've ever read (after Guralnick's 2-volume set on Elvis)