TITLE: Mania Tartan, Turmoil - and my life as a Bay City Rollers
AUTHOR: Stuart Woody Wood
GENRE: Memoir
RATiNG 3 out of 5 stars
While it seems as though every fan had their own reasons for liking one of the guys more than the others, I can say that I liked Les as a teenager and now, I can appreciate all of them as they all contributed to the music.
It was quite a rude awakening for me, as an adult, as I discovered how much each of the guys suffered while in the band, including sexual abuse . It was scary and sometimes I think how happy I was, not knowing any of it, so I could honestly enjoy Rollermania (no cell phones way back in 1977).
Over the last 20 years or so, Les wrote a memoir, as did Alan and I even managed to read the entirety of the brick of a book (over 400 pages) written on the music industry and how it chewed and spit out all of the Rollers.
I mention this because I will read anything on the Rollers. Having said that, Woody's book is, boring. Kind of vanilla. I really had to force myself to get through it. This is not something I felt with any of the other books.
While Woody describes events, accompanied by how he felt about them, the narration feels very one tone. There is very little actual dialogue and he does not know how to build a story, everything sounds as though he is reciting it in a neutral voice (I read the book, not the audio).
The end result was, in my opinion, a boring book
I appreciate all the contributions he gave the band and I even plan on seeing him if he and his new band come to my hometown, but he is a way better singer and songwriter than he is as author.
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