Alan Clayton Of The Dirty Strangers: The Authorised Biography

John Wombat SELF-PUBLISHED

Keef-splattered tribute to Dirty Al.

The author might call his irrepressible force of nature subject “rock ‘n’ roll’s forgotten man”, but luminaries lined up to offer glowing thoughts and affectionate memories in this much-deserved tribute biography, including lifelong mate Keith Richards, Stash Klossowski, MC5 guru/poet John Sinclair, Brian James and many more.

While leading the Dirty Strangers as the UK’s last true rock‘n’roll band since 1978, Clayton finds himself hanging at Richards’s Redlands mansion, travelling the world with the Stones’ elite road crew, recording with Keith or Sinclair, and much more. The bond with Richards may be at the book’s cross-eyed heart, but beneath the mirth, music and mayhem lies the touching tale of the London-bred family man who enlisted his mates to realise his crooner dad’s dream of making an album before he passed away.

Recommended to anyone in love with the rock‘n’roll world. ■■■■■■■■■■