ONE TRAIN LATER: A MEMOIR PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Andy Summers | 464 pages | 05 Jul 2007 | Little, Brown Book Group | 9780749951504 | English | London, United Kingdom One Train Later: A Memoir PDF Book There are quite a few memorable stories here, such as his time with The Animals, which was short but certainly memorable, particularly his trip to Tokyo, where a gig involved some upset members of the Yakuza. Synchronicity Tour. Seller Inventory DH29pgto I get the feeling that if this was about Summer's photography it would overflow with excitement in the prose. Buy it, read it.. Sumari haiku. In fact it's so good you wonder if he has a Billy Wilder ghost giving him some advice Engaging memoir by the guitarist for megaselling rock band The Police. On Montserrat, while going through a painfully difficult recording session for the album Ghost in the Machine, AS gets verbally ripped by Sting Certainly, having been almost Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page and came thiiiis close a zillion times, but this individual still made it, therefore get over it. As the show comes to an end my mum is standing there with a mug of Horlicks, telling me to get up the apples and pears. The band were truly a sum of all three members. Trains Hardcover Books. He tells me to do it harder, so I oblige, giving him a good half a dozen strokes, feeling like Captain Bluebeard in the process. The thick smell of decomposition pervades my senses like a perfume, and under the low-piled clouds I kick my way through dense leaves, used condoms, tea-colored ferns, and tossed Black Cat cigarette packs, wearing a vivid blue cloak because I am Captain Marvel. No trivia or quizzes yet. I give it a strong tug and it crashes down, releasing about fifty million venomous and pissed-off bees that rise like a thick black cloud. Bonus: I picked this up at a used book sale and only realized months later when it finally rose to the top of the TBR pile that it is a signed first edition Until then and even afterward , this book comes across as a travelogue of a skilled, albeit marginally creative session musician. Memoirs Hardcover Books. Greedily in fact. He gives his version of events with a telling amount of restraint, but still reveals enough to give us a feel and flavour for the power struggle that went on. Search for all books with this author and title. He has followed his work with the Police with a career that encompasses more than twelve solo albums, soundtracks, and collaborations in addition to concerts and exhibitions of his photography around the world. Mar 06, Bruce rated it it was ok Recommends it for: fans of session musician memoirs. Summers is refreshingly endearing. He describes things, events, experiences, and people with flourish but gives them zero substance. A dying Walter Neff Fred MacMurray narrates the folly of his criminal affair into a dictaphone in the "present" and the action develops as a series of flashbacks. Consorted with a number of the key London guitarists of the sixties, including Clapton and Page Oh yeah He describes life at the top, and also the knowledge that Sting was going to break out on his own eventually, and the dizzy ride would end. A narcissist ramble? Oct 13, Roxanne rated it it was amazing. Ironically, towards the end, in discussing the deterioration of The Police and his marriage, Summers examines the role of egos and selfishness but One Train Later isn't much different than ice skating. Hiding behind a tree full of Granny Smiths, I calculate carefully. Additional Product Features Dewey Edition. One Train Later: A Memoir Writer An inspiring figure, Lash dresses in black from head to toe, with a black eye mask and a broad stiff-rimmed black hat. It's spontaneous, like speaking Synchronicity Tour. Seller Inventory S It's sitting on my bookshelf waiting for the electricity to go out when I have nothing else to do but read a book. Bonus: I picked this up at a used book sale and only realized months later when it finally rose to the top of the TBR pile that it is a signed first edition What happened? Esdeveniments importants. It's a great line. He has followed his work with the Police with a career that encompasses more than twelve solo albums, soundtracks, and collaborations in addition to concerts and exhibitions of his photography around the world. Lash is a popular Western hero and features in a popular comic I read from cover to cover every week. I understand music theory and this bored me, frankly. In fact, some of the best stuff is when AS goes into his interior voice, mimics the situation: "Hi, my name is Julie Hiding behind a tree full of Granny Smiths, I calculate carefully. But Red, with her attraction to the occult still in place and me dangling from her nipple, struggles up and looks across expectantly. Yes, he was nearl Wow, either Andy Summers or his ghostwriter is a florid little writer. Around the town are the ruins of several buildings, destroyed after the Luftwaffe dropped their remaining bombs before heading back over the Channel to Germany. It is akin to playing to a deer in the forest, a tremulous moment when you might easily scare the creature away. The tight confines of the car and the intoxicating haze of perfume combine with the leather seats and the smell of petrol to make the drive a voluptuous and sacred ritual. I was amused by the fact that he and I experienced the exact same issues with someone living below us blasting music and we dealt with it in the exact same way, as I said in my autobiography, An American in Acapulco. If you're a guitarist, get ready to start practising again. From his first guitar at age thirteen and his early days on the English music scene to the ascendancy of his band, the Police, Summers recounts his relationships and encounters with the Big Roll Band, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, the Animals, John Belushi, and others, all the while proving himself a master of telling detail and dramatic anecdote. Reproduction of any article or any portion thereof without express written consent of The Daily Vault is prohibited. Llocs importants. Andy has witnessed and participated in far more that just The Police musically and Certainly, having been almost Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page and came thiiiis close a zillion times, but this individual still made it, therefore get over it. I give it a strong tug and it crashes down, releasing about fifty million venomous and pissed-off bees that rise like a thick black cloud. One day Dad comes to collect us, telling us that she is back from the hospital and that it is time to go home. This is a well-written memoir, filled when not name-dropping Police song titles with impressionistic passages such as this typical one from page 9, "Between the ages of seven and twelve the overpowering sense of nature makes me feel drunk, and in a future filled with electricity, lights, and loud music, it will linger like a sanctifying echo, a chord I used to know He describes life at the top, and also the knowledge that Sting was going to break out on his own eventually, and the dizzy ride would end. On View at the Five Spot Cafe. Stock Image. Summers is a thoughtful and insightful guide through his own psyche. Skip to main content. I strike the first chord. One Train Later: A Memoir Reviews It's also a detailed record of the inhuman grind of rock and roll touring, how exhausting, alienating, inhuman, and ultimately how it turns anyone narcissist and infantile. Eighty thousand lighters go on in the stadium, an incendiary salutation. But, of course, the early work is only part of the story, and Andy's account of his role as guitarist for the Police - a gig that was only confirmed by a chance encounter with drummer Stewart Copeland on a London train - has been long-awaited by music fans worldwide. After reading both Sting and Stewart Copeland's autobiographies, and then hearing that the official? Sense ressenyes afegeix-hi una ressenya. No n'hi ha cap. Thorne bends over the bench and asks me again with a small sob in his voice to give it to him. Summers is a thoughtful and insightful guide through his own psyche. As I pull myself closer and closer to these things both living and dead, the world -- in my nascent imagination -- becomes alive and vivid. It is his memoir and it is, without a doubt, all about him. It is akin to playing to a deer in the forest, a tremulous moment when you might easily scare the creature away. This book really humanized the "rock star" image, and brought into perspective why The Police were such a great band. Afegeix-lo a Els teus llibres Afegeix-lo a la llista de desitjos Dreceres. Ets tu? From time to time in the dream of life that spins from four to eleven years of age, there are points of gold— moments of completeness—the happiest of these times being when my parents take me to the cinema to see the latest film. Still wired at 64, he now writes a memoir, One Train Later. Andy's not going to slag his bandmates, although if dramatic conflict is your thing, you do get a frank detailing of some of the tensions among the players in the studio and while gigging on the road.