This timely book the work of deep research & dedication is the story of the man who arguably kick-started the British pop & rock scene & remains one of the most important & infl uential fi gures in British musical history. It is the fi rst full-length biography of the skiffl e king & godfather of British rocknroll. The book contains numerous revelations about Lonnies extraordinary life &
Includes:: exclusive interviews with Mick Jagger Mark Knopfl er Paul Mc Cartney Brian May Tim Rice Bruce Welch Richard Thompson Bill Wyman & the late George Melly & John Peel plus many many others. Patrick Humphries has also interviewed Lonnies fi rst wife & daughter who were with him during the glory years of the 1950s & a number of jazz musicians who worked with Lonnie before he broke through & talk about him for the fi rst time.