Ronnie

Mit 200. indlæg på denne blog vil jeg gerne donere til et lille uddrag fra bogen Ronnie - en selvbiografi af Ronnie Wood fra Rolling Stones:

"I wanna tell you a little about what it was like between tours. I was settling into the London scene and it was nice to be home. I shared a house with Jimi Hendrix in Holland Park, on and off, for about six months when he first came to England. Actually, it was PP Arnold's house. She rented the basement to Jimi and the ground floor to me while she was in the big flat upstairs. He was in the charts with hits like 'Purple Haze' and 'Hey Joe', and she had a hit with 'The First Cut is the Deepest'. These were days when she was going out with Jim Morrison and he was always bringing her diamonds. Ironically, he died a year after Jimi at the same age. Two more guys for Keith's now infamous list of those who weren't meant to reach thirty."

Mens Jimi ikke nåede de 30, så må man sige, at både Ronnie og Keith Richards nåede det. Og meget mere til. Og det er deres lange liv i rock'n'roll, som bogen handler om.

Den er mættet med name-dropping som ovenstående, men giver et sjovt og interessant indblik i den tids musikbranche, hvor stoffer, alkohol, kærlighed, utroskab, kammeratskab, vold og guitar er basale krydderier.

Bogen er godt skrevet og nem at gå til, selvom den til tider bliver lidt triviel, når han fortaber sig i selvros og name-dropping, men bestemt læseværdig.

Den er til låns i Tyksens bibliotek, hvis nogen ønsker det.