There’s nothing like a good rock memoir, and Alan Edwards’s I Was There is an instant classic of the genre. Edwards is the legendary music PR who has been at the pinnacle of music for 50 years; on the scene and pulling strings for David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Blondie, the Spice Girls, Motörhead and many more.
This enables him to deliver exactly what you want from a behind-the-scenes music autobiography: anecdote after anecdote. You could flick to any page and find a gem. From being sacked by Mick Jagger (who comes across as exactly the part-frontman/part-CEO you’d expect) midway through a Stones tour — only to then hang around until he was re-employed — to playing football with Bob Marley, to managing the tension at Led Zeppelin’s final, legendary, gig at the O2.
