One of the Spirits Burning: A Music Memoir
By: Don Falcone - Stairway Press - $24.95
Overview: Don Falcone presents a world where anything can happen and often does: collecting albums and then recording with some of the musicians on those albums; reading paperbacks and then collaborating with one of the authors (Michael Moorcock).
He resurrected a club band into a collective - Spirits Burning - with almost 300 classic and independent rock musicians across 20 albums. And so in a world where mistakes are made, lessons are learned, and dreams are brought to life, with over 125 of the Spirits Burning crew ready to provide their thoughts, One of the Spirits Burning: A Music Memoir is a book all music lovers need to own!
Verdict: In what is an incredible 530 plus-page autobiography, one that comes complete with an insightfully brilliant foreword from Michael Moorcock (English writer, particularly of science fiction and fantasy), we are gifted an incredible insight into the world of the captain of the Spirits Burning music collective and so much more.
More than just a basic, one-dimensional memoir, this new prose provides an impassioned, colorful and openly honest narrative that shares memories from various time periods of his life/career, whilst at the same time reflecting on Falcone as a producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, oh, and also his career as a technical writer for Pro Tools and Dolby Atmos content creation tools.
With over 125 of the Spirits Burning crew ready to provide their thoughts at any given turned page, sure this book is going to be catnip for all Spirits Burning devotees, but moreover it goes to the very soul of the man himself, revealing not just more information on his collaborations with Daevid Allen and other luminaries, but we also get an up to date and full discography with descriptions of each Falcone-touched full-length release.
Inclusive of a plethora of details on his closer collaborations with Daevid Allen, Bridget Wishart, Cyrille Verdeaux, and the aforementioned Michael Moorcock, there is also a CD attached to the book, with pieces featuring all those artists and more, along with a previously unreleased song with David Jackson, and two demo cuts from Don’s early ensembles.
About the Author - Don Falcone (born November 5th, 1958) is an American producer and multi-instrumentalist, and the guiding light behind the Spirits Burning space-rock collective. In Spirits Burning and other offshoot bands and projects, his primary collaborations have been with Albert Bouchard, Bridget Wishart, Cyrille Verdeaux, Daevid Allen, and English writer and musician Michael Moorcock.
Falcone was a member of Thessalonians and the original Melting Euphoria, and had a solo project called Spaceship Eyes.
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