THE STORY OF A SEMINAL ‘70s ROCKER WHO IS ENJOYING A NEW WAVE OF POPULARITY TODAY.
Includes an 8 page black & white plates section
Foreword by Will Birch
‘A rollicking read’ – Jake Riviera
There are plenty of books about 1970s excess - of chauffeur-driven limos, soulless stadiums and endless supplies of cocaine. For Tyla, though, it was mainly unreliable tour vans, smoky pubs and amphetamine sulphate, plus occasional glimpses of the Promised Land to keep him going. This is a fascinating autobiography of the highs and lows of a musician’s life in the 1970s.
Starting with his entry into the music business in 1970 as a jobbing songwriter for Lionel Bart, the book covers ace pub rockers Ducks Deluxe, The Tyla Gang and a solo career which earned him a gold disc in Germany. Le Monde dubbed him ‘Un nouveau Christ’ - Tyla was huge in mainland Europe.
There are marvellous anecdotes about childhood friend and Stiff Records stable mate Nick Lowe, Michael Nesmith, AC/DC and even Clint Eastwood. It also covers Tyla’s uncanny ability to pass on the main chance - he turned down an offer to join Motőrhead and declined to produce the Sex Pistols. Doh!
Tyla has reformed both Ducks Deluxe and the Tyla Gang and is touring and recording. The resurgence of interest in pub rock makes this book very timely.
Sean Tyla formed Ducks Deluxe in 1972, then the Tyla Gang in 1976. The single Styrofoam was only the second record to be released on Stiff Records. In 1979 he signed a $250,000 five-album deal with Polydor International and had his first solo Top Ten single in Germany, which went gold. He quit the music scene in 1985 working as a car salesman, pig farmer and cricket coach for Major Ronald Ferguson! He returned to music with the aptly titled Back in the Saddle in 2008 to rave reviews; his first album since 1983. He has reformed both Ducks Deluxe and the Tyla Gang with a touring and recording schedule to daunt a man half his age.
ISBN: 9780956642004
Price: £14.99
Pages – 208 (including 8 pages of black & white photos) Binding: Paperback
Available to buy from Amazon at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jumpin-Fire-Sean-Tyla/dp/0956642004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1285172025&sr=8-1
Sean Tyla’s website: http://www.seantyla.com