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 Legendary record producer Joe Boyd reading from his memoir “White Bicycles”, with Q&A host Steve Tibbetts (who will also provide the odd musical interlude).
"White Bicycles may not be the last word on the '60s, but it's refreshing and cleverly observed one. Nor was Boyd one of its casualties, later founding his own Hannibal label and remaining active as a producer... He's a man who always seemed to be in the right place at the right time, and that rarely happens by accident. " -Uncut, Liege & Leaf. May 2006
Joe's humility and sure-footed narrative grasp. He never allows the book to be about him and he never sings his own praises or embarks on kiss-and-tell, wasn't-I-a-stud type tales. -Max Reinhardt. Straight No Chaser, Word Up. Autumn 2006
Born in Boston in 1942, he graduated from Harvard in 1964. After university, he worked as a production and tour manager for George Wein in Europe where he traveled with Muddy Waters, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz and others; and at Newport where he supervised Bob Dylan’s electric debut. In 1966, he opened UFO, London’s psychedelic ballroom.
His first record production was four tracks by “Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse” for Elektra in 1966. He went on to produce Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard & Linda Thompson, Maria Muldaur, Toots and the Maytals, REM, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, 10,000 Maniacs, Billy Bragg, Cubanismo, Taj Mahal and many others. "This is the best book about music I've read in years, and a gripping piece of social history."-Brian Eno
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