Growing up in Seattle, Washington, this week’s guest, Peter Ames Carlin, has a distinct memory of the hubub surrounding the release of The Beatles “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band” even though he was only 4 years old at the time. “I have very vivid memories of “Sgt Pepper” being the new record…and then “The White Album” and puzzling through that stuff when I was very young”
Spending most of his life as a writer, for newspapers, People Magazine and co-authoring a few books, Peter turned to writing about his passion, music, with the release of his book “Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson”.
Books about Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Warner Brothers Records and R.E.M. followed, almost all to rave reviews. Some books were written with exclusive interviews for his subjects and others without that cooperation.
Tuesday August 5th sees the release of “Tonight In Jungleland: The Making of Born To Run”, a second Springsteen book in the Springsteen universe. This time Carlin focuses on a very specific late 1973-late 1975 time frame to chronicle the process of Springsteen writing and recording and dealing with the aftermath of his make or brake third album which is celebrating its 50th anniversary on August 25th, 2025.
Join us for a conversation about reading, writing and rocking with Peter Ames Carlin
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