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Too Late To Stop Now
More than 40 stories from the glory days of rock’n’roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash.
 
 Allan Jones brings stories – many previously unpublished – from the golden days of music reporting. Long nights of booze, drugs and unguarded conversations which include anecdotes, experiences and extravagant behaviour.
  
 - A band's aftershow party in San Francisco being gatecrashed by cocaine-hungry Hells Angels
 - Chrissie Hynde on how rock'n'roll killed The Pretenders
 - What happened when Nick Lowe and 20 of his mates flew off to Texas to join the Confederate Air Force
 - John Cale on his dark alliance with Lou Reed
  
 Allan Jones remembers a world that once was – one of dark excess and excitement, outrageous deeds and extraordinary talent, featuring legends at both the beginnings and ends of their careers.

Too Late To Stop Now

  • Allan Jones

    More anecdotes, interviews and out-of-this-world experiences withbr the wild men (and women) of rock from one of the UK's best musicbr journalists.p

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    Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishingbr Publication date: May 2023br Format: 234 x 153 mm | 320 pagesp

  • About the Author

    Allan Jones is an award-winning British music journalist and editor. He was editor of Melody Maker from 1984 to 1997 then launched Uncut magazine and for 15 years wrote a popular monthly column called Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before, based on his experiences as a music journalist in the 70s and 80s, a prosperous time for the music press. His book, Can't Stand Up For Falling Down, was the Sunday Times' Music Book of the Year 2017.

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