Published in hardback in the UK by MACMILLAN in November of
1998, 'All The Rage' started as a collection of remembered funny
stories which then developed into an account of my life: As I looked
back in time, doors seemed to open on all sides and memories came
flooding into my head. That old chestnut, 'If you remember the
sixties, you weren't actually there,' is a lot of old codswallop!

Whether writing about my childhood summer holidays in Ireland,
art school days in Twickenham, first band The Muleskinners'
revelatory gigs with blues legends Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy
Williamson and Little Walter, or big-time Small Faces, Faces,
Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan tours, I've definitely been around
the block a few times and met some very colourful people.

PAN published it in paperback in the UK in 2000 and are already on
the second printing. I updated the last chapter, added stories, oiled
the brakes, watered the plants, corrected mistakes, fixed the index
and put together a thoroughly detailed discography that was already
out of date before it got to print, but check my discography page now!

BILLBOARD BOOKS published it in large format paperback in USA
& Canada, and the fact that my name is spelled wrong in the index
must surely make it a collectors item...

I wrote 'All The Rage' over a two and a half year period in Austria,
Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, England, France,
Germany, Holland, Hounslow, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Philippines,
Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan,
Thailand, Turkey and the USA, on planes, trains and buses, in
airport terminals, hotel rooms and dressing rooms, bathrooms,
toilets and pissholes, on tour, on vacation and at home near
beautiful Austin, Texas, USA.

These are authentic quotes:

Howlin' Wolf:
"My boys."

Rod Stewart:
"The Faces would shag anything with a pulse!"

Noel Gallagher:
"As a musician you hope maybe to be part of one great band in your lifetime.
Ian McLagan was in two!! (The jammy bastard!!!)

Ronnie Wood:
"What #@?&ing book? You never said anything about writing a book, did you? I don't remember that. It's just as well you are, because I wouldn't remember a bloody thing!"

Bonnie Raitt:
"All any of us has to do is think of Mac and a big grin spreads across our face. His brilliance as a keyboard player is as legendary as his hilarious sense of humor and wit. I've loved his playing since his days with The Faces and The Stones and still can't believe my good fortune to have gotten to play with him for a while in the eighties. If I could pick one pair of eyes through which to see that whole rock and roll era from the sixties on... It would definitely be Mac's."

Now I wouldn't dream of arguing with Bonnie, but maybe you can judge for yourself

Have a look, have a laugh, have a listen!

All the best,