As a roadie for some of the worlds biggest music stars, James “Tappy" Wright has seen and done it all. He was there when The Animals were formed, he was there when an unknown guitarist, named Jimi Hendrix, played to a handful of listeners in a smoky New York club, and he was there the day he recorded one of his biggest hits, “Hey Joe." Tappy has looked after superstar Tina Turner and her fiery husband, Ike, worked for Gene Vincent, and hung up on Elvis for impersonating...Elvis.
Funny, revealing, even frightening in parts, Rock Roadie blows open the world of rock and roll in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, including an explosive revelation about the mysterious circumstances of Hendrixs death and his managers role in it.

Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: JR Books Ltd (June 25, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1906779066
ISBN-13: 978-1906779061

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1985 - Bart Mills - Vom Country Girl zur Rock Lady - Germany
1985 - Bart Mills - Tina - United Kingdom
1985 - Bart Mills - Tina Turner - Holland
1985 - Laura Fissinger -Tina - USA
1985 - Roger St. Pierre - Tina Turner - United Kingdom
1985 - Ron Wynn - Tina - U.S.A.
1985 - Alice Miller - Tina Turner - USA
1985 - Philip Kamin - Tina Turner - USA
1986 - Steven Ivory - Tina! - USA
1986 - Teresa Koenig - Tina Turner - USA
1986 - Gerhard Augustin - Tina Turner - Germany
1986 - D.L.Mabery - Tina Turner - USA
1986 - Chris Welch - Take you higher - United Kingdom
1987 - Chris Welch - The Tina Turner Experience - USA
1987 - Gene Busnar - The Picture life of Tina Turner - USA
1987 - Kurt Loder - I, Tina - USA
1987 - Kurt Loder - Mein Leben - Germany
1987 - Kurt Loder - Moi, Tina - France
1987 - Kurt Loder - I, Tina - United Kingdom
1987 - Kurt Loder - Ik, Tina - Holland
1988 - Andres Rodriguez Fernandez - Tina Turner - Spain
1988 - Kate Preston - Tina Turner - United Kingdom
1988 - Georgia Holt - Star mothers, the moms behind the celebrities - USA
1991 - Karin Aderhold - Tina Turner - Germany
1993 - Katja Röcker - Tina Turner - Germany
1994 - Kate Preston - Tina Turner - Germany
1994 - Kate Hammer - Tina Turner - United Kingdom
1996 - Angela Schöneck - Queen of Rock - Germany
1996 - H.Van Der Horst - The Empress of Rhythm - Holland
1996 - Louis Du Moulin - Simply The Best - Holland
1997 - Gianni Versace - Rock and Royalty - USA
1998 - Eddy Hampton Armani - The real T - USA
1999 - Kate Preston - Tina Turner - United Kingdom
1999 - Judy Hasday - Black Americans of Achievement - USA
2003 - Mark Bego - Tina Turner - Break every rule - USA
2008 - Konrad Heidkamp - Sophisticated ladies - Germany
2009 - Mark Bego - Tina Turner - Die Biografie - Germany
2009 - James 'Tappy' Wright - Rock Roadie - United Kingdom
2010 - Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken - Tina Turner
2011 - Bob Gruen - Rock Seen - with Photos of Ike and Tina Turner - USA
2018 - Tina Turner - My Love Story - USA

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