A review by lindagreen
Power Ballads by Will Boast

4.0

When I first opened this book, I thought I had perhaps been given the wrong book. The first selection is the story of a tuba player in a local polka band which is the complete polar opposite of “Power Ballad” which has its own unique connotations to anyone that lived through the eighties. I continued on, though, and quickly realized that was the point of this book – to take music industry people from all walks and all points in their career and give us a snapshot of what their real lives are like. At this it excels phenomenally. For anyone interested in music, this book provides a wonderful foundation of what lives are really like underneath all the glitz and glamour of rock stars that we usually hear about. The highs, the lows, the struggles and successes – it’s all here for the reader to submerge themselves in. Written in what feels like individual diary entries, each chapter brings you close to the person and allows you insight into their world as no other book I’ve read has ever done. If you are interested in music or just curious of how real musicians live and work, then I highly recommend you try this book.