{"product_id":"joe-whyte-chaos-from-cash-book","title":"Joe Whyte - Chaos from Cash (book)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRotator Pm in association with FOAD is delighted to launch the first book by Joe Whyte\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"If all rock n roll is a bricolage of other people’s ideas moulded into your own vision then perhaps covers bands are the only honest bands on the planet. Far from cashing in on Johnny Cash, Joe Whyte celebrated the man in black for nearly twenty years whilst dreaming of making his own music which he details in this pithy book of the realities of playing guitar at the genuine front line.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Robb, writer, musician, TV star.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChaos From Cash- the Trails, Triumphs and Tribulations of a Tribute Band.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAuthor- Joe Whyte\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSome people become musicians for the fame, the fortune and the adulation.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSome people actually find all of these along the way.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe other ninety-nine point nine ad finitum percent find the road littered with disappointment, boredom, failure and little recompense for their investment, both musically and financially.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is the story of one such musician.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJoe Whyte learned to play guitar in the febrile early punk scene in the small Scottish town of Airdrie and went on to play in a myriad of middling bands in the subsequent years with little success. This book tries to capture the dark humour and dismay in never reaching the apex of music.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCarving out a career in the NHS in frontline mental health services, music always remained a constant and he joined Jericho Hill, a Johnny Cash tribute band in 2009.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis story takes in the on the road madness, the mundanity and the world of sheer weirdness encountered by the band in the years on tour thereafter. We revisit Airdrie in the seventies and take a detour into the rave and party scene of nineties Glasgow on the way.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIncluding encounters with Johnny Rotten, The B52’s, Ian McCulloch, Ally McCoist, Black Lace, The Buzzcocks and Billy Connolly along the way, this is the story of the other musicians who never graced the pages of MOJO or played at Live Aid.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is the story of ordinary people, playing extraordinary music and making audiences happy, sad and whatever else. This is the story, not only of Jericho Hill but of all of the jobbing musicians who do it simply for the love of the music.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJoe Whyte is a staff writer for Vive Le Rock magazine and contributes regularly to Sea Angler magazine. He has previously written for Louder Than War magazine and website. He has contributed articles and pieces to books and articles on The Smiths, The Clash, Oasis and Gibson Guitars.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHe lives in Glasgow and has spent 40 years working in frontline NHS mental health services.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Advance Record Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54142921998674,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1053\/6501\/2818\/files\/front_24f568c0-59c1-4269-9fe4-1fdde2e589e9.jpg?v=1785488887","url":"https:\/\/www.advancerecorddistribution.com\/products\/joe-whyte-chaos-from-cash-book","provider":"Advance Record Distribution","version":"1.0","type":"link"}