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'An attempt to retell an oft-told tale, this time informed by a desire to suck
the hot air out of the more inflated earlier versions . . . this late-arriving
history is perhaps the most reliable, and certainly the most entertaining, of
all' Guardian Few bands are as shrouded in the murky haze of rock mythology as
The Doors, and parsing fact from fiction has been a virtually impossible task.
But now, after fifty years, The Doors' notoriously quiet guitarist is finally
breaking his silence to set the record straight. Through a series of
vignettes, Robby takes readers back to where it all happened: the pawn shop
where he bought his first guitar; the jail cell he was tossed into after a
teenage drug bust; his parents' living room where his first songwriting
sessions with Jim Morrison took place; and the many concert venues that
erupted into historic riots. Both a time capsule of the 1960s counterculture
and a moving reflection on what it means to find oneself as a musician, Set
the Night on Fire is a must-read for Doors fans and an essential volume of
American pop. 'The very best . . . A well-told classic tale' Mojo 'Eschewing
mythologising for unvarnished, often amusing memories, this is a book that
Doors fans will love madly' Classic Rock Magazine Read more