Synopses & Reviews
Even More Rock Family Trees is the eagerly awaited new collection by rock's premier draughtsman and archivist Pete Frame. He is justly celebrated for his unique contribution to the literature of the music he loves.
This latest set includes newly drawn family trees of Elton john, the Alman Brothers Band, ELP, Fleetwood Mac, Steve Winwood, the Drifters, Roxy Music, Roger McGuinn, the Beach Boys, Martin Carthy, Shirley Collins, Yes, Asia, Eric Clapton, the Yardbirds, Miles Davis, the Creation label and many more.
Review
Frame's Rock Family Trees are a class act, a loving archival trawl through rock's minutiae at once absurdly detailed and fantastically well observed. - The Independent
Review
Almost lunatic scholarship. - John Peel
About the Author
Pete Frame was born in Luton, Bedfordshire in 1942. In the early 70s he started Zigzag, a magazine he edited and wrote for (on and off) for several years. Since 1979, however, he has managed to scratch a living off his pen. His Rock Family Trees have appeared in Melody Maker, NME, Sounds, Rolling Stone, Q, Vox and numerous other publications; in tour programs and on record sleeves. He now lives in the Scottish highlands.