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The sixties and
seventies - a period that changed popular music forever.
A period that made
the transistor radio the most popular electronic communication device of the
age and gave birth to pirate offshore radio stations.
But what was it
actually like to be in the music business in the youth driven cultural
revolution that became to be known as the swinging sixties?
Barry Greenfield's,
'My Journey to Blue Sky' takes the reader on a ride through the halcyon
days of music. Beginning in 1968 auditioning for John Lennon at Apple Records,
and culminating in 1973, working in Hollywood, where he recorded his first LP,
'Blue Sky' with the help of Larry Carlton, Joe Osborn, Jim Gordon, Jimmie
Haskell and David M. Kershenbaum
Barry Greenfield
recorded and performed in Great Britain, Europe, America, and Canada. The Barry
Tales he tells are the intimate moments and interesting details he lived while
he attended 'music school'. His teachers and mentors were Cher, John Lennon,
Harry Nilsson, 10cc, Supertramp, Kenny Rogers, Mike Nesmith and more.
Through the use of
contemporary journals, diaries and the recollections of the people who were
there at the time, Barry paints a vivid picture with a no holds barred
approach. Fast paced, personal, and with heart wide open, Barry Greenfield lays
it all out for the reader to relive his journey to Blue Sky.
If you are a lover
of sixties and seventies music, then for you this is a must read.
Contents
Barry Greenfield Acclaim My Journey to Blue Sky
7
Chapters
1 My Journey to Blue Sky Began in Manchester 11
2 Apple Records, John Lennon in London, 1968 22
3 A Friday afternoon with Kenny Rogers in 1969
34
4 The day Cher kissed me (on the cheek) 1970 41
5 10cc, 'Sweet America' my first recording,
Stockport 1971 49
6 My first tour 64
7 The recording of Blue Sky in RCA Hollywood 1973
74
8 The afternoon that I met Harry Nilsson and
Richard Starkey 1973 90
Photo Gallery
9 Thanksgiving dinner at Mike Nesmith's Home 1973
96
10 The songwriter's triangle,
Joni, Buffy and me 1974 104
11 An
evening with Supertramp at the
Queen Elizabeth Theatre 112
12 The Art of Song Writing -
My passion 122
13 The 12 Bar Club, London.
19 September 2006 139
14 'My day in Auschwitz'.
Five songs. 2019 148
Tidbits
1 Understanding the greatness that is
Nashville 2007
and 2008 158
2 Some collaborations are platinum.
Some
collaborations are tin 166
3 My weird, short Dylan tale, Sound Emporium
Studios,
Nashville September 20, 2007 172
4 Graham Nash and Shane Fontayne Tarrytown
NY 2016 176
5 Taylor Hawkins and David Grohl Heathrow
Airport
Lounge October 2018 181
6 Taylor Hawkins and David Grohl Heathrow
Airport
Lounge
October 2018 186
Epilogue 190
Acknowledgements 192
