Reading this book brought back a lot of memories for me, both of touring myself, with others, and with Bruce Duff himself. Matter of fact, as I type this, things are shaping up for he and I to hit the road again in Spring 2014 for a short jaunt up and down the West Coast. We’ve done the trip before, as well as one to Spain in 2004, and several recordings and gigs in the eighties in L.A. with Jeff Dahl (one with matching Firebirds!) before the events described in this book. One of those shows was my last time on stage together with Stiv Bators, at the Music Machine in Santa Monica in early 1990.
Two things I can say about Bruce: he knows what he’s talking about, and it’s always great to see him. Can’t say that about everybody, but it comes easy in his case. He’s always been a calm force in the most turbulent waters, and a voice of reason in crazy times. And he’s funny as hell, too! This book reminds me of that, and makes me wish I’d been along, and that’s why I’m glad he wrote it. It also makes me look forward to those gigs in the Spring!
—Nashville, TN
January 2014