A Rockin' Good Read...Or Not? Part 6

Finally a rockin' good read from start to finish. The book about South Dakota based Rock'n'Roll group Myron Lee and the Caddies is one of the most entertaining and interesting books on music I have read in a long time.

Most of you will know the band for its Rockabilly classic 'Aw C'mon Baby', the B-Side to the band's self released first 45 'Homicide'. These two songs can be found on different European compilation albums. Other recordings by the band or Myron solo are harder to get hold of, unless you own the 'Rock'n'Roll Midwest Style' LP or 'Rockin' And Rollin' Out Of The Midwest' CD. Both include some more 50s and quite a few 60s recordings by Myron Lee, with the Caddies or solo.

This book starts right at the beginning with Myron as a kid and it takes us on a journey through his musical life until the point when he decided to finally put his guitar away in the early 90s. Yes, all those times from the 50s till the 90s Myron Lee and the Caddies were active and played countless amounts of gigs, not only in the Midwest. They toured the USA and Canada as well and during these times played in Texas together with an unknown young english band called the Rolling Stones or as the backing band for Dick Clarke's 'Caravan of Stars' in 1963 and 1965. They were in Dallas when Kennedy was shot, just blocks away from the assassination, Myron flew out to California to record with Dorsey Burnette, he became good friends with Buddy Knox, he organized sold out Rock'n'Roll shows in the little South Dakota town Spearfish in the Black Hills with the Everly Brothers and Conaway Twitty, a biker got killed during their show. All these stories and many more are in the book.

It is well written, sometimes funny(there's even a pee story) and if Myron has an opinion of any 'star' he met during his life on the road he will tell it, no matter if it's about George Jones drinking habits or Roy Orbison's hospitality. I was surprised to learn all these things about the band and Myron's achievements because all I knew before I read the book was that they had recorded one of my all-time favourite Rock'n'Roll songs. I had no idea there was so much more to say.

Seriously, this is worth getting! You won't regret it. It has tons of amazing old pictures as well. Get it directly from Myron Lee here: AW CMON