10 year old Miles Davis Book I Just Discovered.

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   I recently picked up a fantastic Miles Davis book, one of the few I have not read, surprised I missed this one. It is called: (Miles to Go: The Lost Years. An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road With Miles Davis 1973-1983- By Chris Murphy.)

I was really impressed with the book, the everyman perspective is 
appreciated and I was surprised at how Author Murphy and My self had 
some things in common, mostly father issues, Miles really became a 
father figure to Murphy who was his main roadie and eventually more of a
 personal assistant.

Since this guy was around all the band 
members all the time, he has some great stories to tell, he even goes on
 a tangent about a wild few months away from Miles in the early 70's, while 
running Country singer David Allen Coe's road crew. One of my favorite 
moments in the book was his hyperbolas description of Carly Simon during
 a chance encounter. I would have loved to have judged for my self.

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darkprinceofjazz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List JMA Jazz Reviewer Joined: 24 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 78	Post Options Post Reply Quote darkprinceofjazz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 10 year old Miles Davis Book I Just Discovered. Posted: 09 May 2013 at 8:19pm
	I recently picked up a fantastic Miles Davis book, one of the few I have not read, surprised I missed this one. It is called: (Miles to Go: The Lost Years. An Intimate Memoir of Life on the Road With Miles Davis 1973-1983- By Chris Murphy.) I was really impressed with the book, the everyman perspective is appreciated and I was surprised at how Author Murphy and My self had some things in common, mostly father issues, Miles really became a father figure to Murphy who was his main roadie and eventually more of a personal assistant. Since this guy was around all the band members all the time, he has some great stories to tell, he even goes on a tangent about a wild few months away from Miles in the early 70's, while running Country singer David Allen Coe's road crew. One of my favorite moments in the book was his hyperbolas description of Carly Simon during a chance encounter. I would have loved to have judged for my self.

js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 35038	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 May 2013 at 2:15am
	I have that book too, bought when it came out. I forget the Carly Simon bit, I feel like I want to look that up now. A part I do remember was a later tour of Europe during which Cicely Tyson's clothes purchases became more to carry around than the band equipment, ha. I do agree with you about the unpretentious tone of the book, something that can be hard to find in a book or article about Miles.

Slartibartfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List JMA Special Collaborator Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 625	Post Options Post Reply Quote Slartibartfast Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 May 2013 at 12:46am
	I've only had (flood victims)/read a couple - The Autobiography and the one on making Kind Of Blue. Really enjoyed the auto.