A poet is a rock star without the sexndrugs or the rocknroll. But that never stopped Simon Armitage dreaming & in Gig" he explores how music & the muse intertwine in work & in life. Crammed with stories anecdotes jokes absurdities the odd informal homily pitfalls & pratfalls (not all the authors own) Yorkshire life & death " Gig" is about the dream & reality of what you are & what you might have been."