Book description
What do Postman Pat, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and George Best have
in common with being abandoned in a Costa Rican jungle after a severe
bout of flatulence? Indeed, how are they also connected to trying to
buy an Australian brewery just to get a beer, owning twenty-two cars,
an American soccer team and a Swiss mail-order pornography company?
The common feature is of course a certain Richard Wakeman.
The Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star takes you,
the privileged reader, on a trip of absurd excess, a cultural car
crash of side-splitting hilarity and an unforgettable glimpse (again)
into the life of one of Britain's most legendary showmen, rock stars
and all-time great raconteurs.
Rick is one of the most gifted keyboard players of his generation, as
at home on stage at a rock concert as in the organ loft of a great
cathedral. He as known now for his TV appearances on
Grumpy Old Men
and
Countdown
and his hugely popular Saturday morning radio show on Planet Rock -
500,000 tune in the UK alone, and some say 10 million people listen
world-wide. He presents television shows and writes hymns.
