Too much window facing glass to get a better photo. Tommy Stinson signed my ‘Mats LP last year. RIP, Garth Hudson. What album cover(s) would make your office wall?

5 of the “music” books I read in 2024. You know, the usual Gram Parsons-Taylor Swift-Chuck Berry combo…

A few thoughts after 120 pages…
Success came pretty quickly for REM.
Stipe was gung-ho for rock stardom.
The inspiration for equally splitting songwriting royalties came from…(unknowingly) Jefferson Starship!
YouTube has a charming vid of Eddie Vedder inducting REM into the Rock Hall of Fame.

Anyone else like music memoirs and books about bands? (If not, please ignore me while I play with a few ideas on Bluesky.) All my best.