If you’re going to the Isle of Wight Festival, but you didn’t manage to get a ticket to see Alan Edwards at his sold out talk at Dimbola Museum and Galleries this week, you can meet him at the Dimbola Marquee in Penny Lane on Friday (20th June) between 4.30 and 5.30pm.
The godfather of British music PR
Alan Edwards, the godfather of British music PR, who has worked with artists such as David Bowie, the Spice Girls, the Rolling Stones, the Stranglers, Prince and Amy Winehouse and who is currently PR for The Corrs, will be signing his book ‘I Was There – Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll’ at the Dimbola Marquee.
What to expect
In ‘I Was There’, Alan describes getting his break in the mid-’70s as a scruffy, stoned 20-year-old just back from the hippie trail; his encounter with London’s thriving punk scene, which inspired him to set up his own PR company; broadening his horizons as his work with the likes of Blondie takes him to the US and beyond; and his move into the world of pop with the Spice Girls during the tabloid-crazed ’90s.
Almost 40 year collaboration with Bowie
At the centre of this story sits the defining relationship of Edwards’ career: his close, almost forty-year collaboration with David Bowie.
He guides us through a series of vivid, funny, always insightful behind-the-scenes reports, whether he’s playing a spontaneous game of football with Bob Marley, listening to Prince discuss the future of civilisation in a nightclub VIP area, or being used as a pawn in the power struggle between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
Fascinating observations
Alan has fascinating observations about the brilliant artists he has worked with and what makes them tick, as he looks back on his role in the last five decades of music and culture.
Books are priced at £10.99 and all profits go to the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust who run Dimbola Museum and Galleries for us to enjoy.
News shared by Jo on behalf of Dimbola Museum and Galleries. Ed
