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In this intimate, revealing work, Andy Summers writes fluidly about his first guitar, his experiences with earlier bands, his relationships and encounters with Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, John Belushi, and The Police, and more.
Thomas Dunne Books
October 2006
On Sale: October 7, 2006
320 pages
ISBN: 0312359144
EAN: 9780312359140
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
"The train jerks to a halt, and as I get out at Oxford
Circus, Stewart gets out with me. We look at each other,
laugh, and make the standard remark about it being a small
world. But this is the brilliant collision, one train later
and it might all have turned out differently." In this extraordinary memoir, world-renowned guitarist Andy
Summers provides a revealing and passionate account of a
life dedicated to music. 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.
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. The heights of fame that the Police achieved
have rarely been duplicated, and the band's triumphs were
rivaled only by the personal chaos that such success brought
about, an insight never lost on Summers in the
telling.
Complete with never-before-published photos
from Summers's personal collection, One Train Later
is a constantly surprising and poignant memoir, and the work
of a world-class musician and a first-class writer.
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