Well Rick my friend, we share the same taste in reading so here's some tips on music biogs. I have a collection covering all sorts of music because the life of the musician in any field is very much the same, problems, obstacles, achievements etc. One of my all time favourites is "A life on the road" by Tony Palmer..it's about the clasical guitarist Julian Bream who comes out as a great big folkie at heart with a guitar case stuffed full of "readies" ( banknotes) after his gigs and a fascinating view of the world."Last train to Memphis" the first volume of Guralnick's biog of Presley is unputdownable as is the second, darker volume that charts the decline, but for anyone interested in any form of popular muisc the first volume is a must."The Harry Chapin Story" by P. Coan is a good read and there's "Jacques Brel" by A Clayson still awaiting me as is "There but for Fortune" the biog of Phil Ochs.And then there's the collected letters of Mozart and Beethoven.The way they were treated will ring some bells. If you never read another novel try "Crazy Heart" by Thomas Cobb. It's about a country singer at the end of his road but it rings so true and will have you laughing and crying at the same time. The biggest cluncker of the year has to be "Don't forget me" a really bad paste and statistics look at Eddie Cochran. Now diaries!!!!! Well, hopefully you'll have a rummage through my library in September!