Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2014 16:11:33 GMT -5
I came across this book not long ago written by Road manager Mark "Hoss" Amans. The book is called "Where The Action Was - On the inside of the evolution of Rock'n Roll" and was published in 2011. It is mainly about the author Mark Amans putting on paper what he experienced as a Rock'n Roll Road manager in the 60s and 70s. Acts he worked with included Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Viceroys, The Who, Herman's Hermits, and Cat Stevens.
It seems he was hired for the North American 1972 Tour (known as the Moonshadow Tour) but refered in the book as the "Catch Bull At Four" tour. He was to be Road Manager and bodyguard, he would also set up the drums for each concert. The chapter on Cat Stevens is not very long, he mentions the first thing he noticed about the audience at most of the concerts was how quiet and calm it was compare to other bands/acts.
There is a story about about Amans being a bodyguard to Cat one night at a local club in Denver where Miles Davis was playing.
He does mention a few cities from the tour: Tempe AZ, Denver CO, Miami FL, New York City, Detroit MI. It would have been nice if he had included the complete calendar from that tour.
In any case, some interesting tidbits (no sleaze) about touring with the Cat.
I must say though that this book won't win any literary prizes. Even for me (whose mother tongue isn't English) it is quite obvious that the language here is pretty plain and simple. The other thing I find odd is the numerous mispelling of words and names. He always refer to Cat as Cat, not Steve (but then again they worked together for only a month). Jean Roussel becomes Gene Russell in the book, stuff like that.
Even "Catch Bull at Four" is referred to "Cat Bullet Four" at one point!! It is as if some of the book was written phonetically.
What's even more bizarre is one of the copyright notice stating that it is a work of fiction! Which doesn't make any sense at all. I'm not doubting the authenticity of what is said in the book but still the whole presentation is weird.
Anybody here knows about the author Mark "Hoss" Amans, anybody heard his name before?
That was pretty much before my time but somebody who followed Rock'n Roll more closely in these days might have heard of this guy, or maybe not.
The book is available through Amazon among others outlets.
Thanks for reading and thanks for showing mercy on my English, it's not always at par!!
It seems he was hired for the North American 1972 Tour (known as the Moonshadow Tour) but refered in the book as the "Catch Bull At Four" tour. He was to be Road Manager and bodyguard, he would also set up the drums for each concert. The chapter on Cat Stevens is not very long, he mentions the first thing he noticed about the audience at most of the concerts was how quiet and calm it was compare to other bands/acts.
There is a story about about Amans being a bodyguard to Cat one night at a local club in Denver where Miles Davis was playing.
He does mention a few cities from the tour: Tempe AZ, Denver CO, Miami FL, New York City, Detroit MI. It would have been nice if he had included the complete calendar from that tour.
In any case, some interesting tidbits (no sleaze) about touring with the Cat.
I must say though that this book won't win any literary prizes. Even for me (whose mother tongue isn't English) it is quite obvious that the language here is pretty plain and simple. The other thing I find odd is the numerous mispelling of words and names. He always refer to Cat as Cat, not Steve (but then again they worked together for only a month). Jean Roussel becomes Gene Russell in the book, stuff like that.
Even "Catch Bull at Four" is referred to "Cat Bullet Four" at one point!! It is as if some of the book was written phonetically.
What's even more bizarre is one of the copyright notice stating that it is a work of fiction! Which doesn't make any sense at all. I'm not doubting the authenticity of what is said in the book but still the whole presentation is weird.
Anybody here knows about the author Mark "Hoss" Amans, anybody heard his name before?
That was pretty much before my time but somebody who followed Rock'n Roll more closely in these days might have heard of this guy, or maybe not.
The book is available through Amazon among others outlets.
Thanks for reading and thanks for showing mercy on my English, it's not always at par!!
