Music On My Brain (What's new, huh?)

Just finished two music reads for the summer.  Both are easy reads and very insightful into their respective topics.  I really enjoyed both of them.

First was The Road to Woodstock by Michael Lang (co-creator of the festival).  Cool behind the scenes tales of the music festival that defined a generation.  I knew quite a bit about this already but to hear it from Mr. Lang himself was cool.













Second was Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of HEART, Soul, and Rock & Roll.  The story of the rock band HEART.  Told by both Ann and Nancy Wilson.  I never knew much about the band and this book did a great job of explaining the battles these two talented sister-musicians had to take on throughout their entire career.  From sexism in a male-dominated profession to drugs and alcohol to relationships, this book tells a lot.  Having seen them several times during their 80's heyday, I know feel a bit bad knowing how they really felt about that moment in the band's history.  It's ironic how the common theme in their story is the tight bond between Ann and Nancy during their entire lives but now, currently, they don't even speak to each other and the future of the band may be in doubt.













Not sure what the next read will be.  I'll see where the music takes me......