Michael Francis (Bücher)

Michael Francis Bücher

Michael Francis Johns Schreiben ist tiefgründig geprägt von einem abenteuerlichen Leben an vielfältigen und oft ungewöhnlichen Orten. Nachdem er sein Elternhaus in jungen Jahren verlassen hatte, erlebte er eine Vielzahl von Leben an „vielen seltsamen Orten auf dieser Welt“. Schließlich ließ er sich in Los Angeles County nieder, und sein Werk schöpft aus diesem reichen Erfahrungsschatz und bietet den Lesern eine einzigartige Perspektive, die durch umfangreiche globale Erkundungen geprägt ist. Seine erzählerische Stimme zeugt von einem Leben voller tiefgreifender Beobachtung und unkonventioneller Reisen.

Star man

310 Seiten
11 Lesestunden

Life changed for Michael Francis at the age of 21 when Paul McCartney walked into his father's boxing gym to watch his friend preparing for a fight. Paul hired Michael as his security guard, beginning a thirty-year music business career in which he worked with such legendary names as Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, The Osmonds, Sheena Easton, Frank Sinatra, Bon Jovi, Cher, and Kiss. As tour manager, Michael was responsible for every aspect of their safety and their comfort, from making sure they were not mobbed on stage to making sure they got paid. To some of them he became close. He was best man at Jon Bon Jovi's wedding, and provided personal security for Cher at her Malibu home. He shared their wildest excesses, their highs and their lows; he saw their fears, and all too often, their loneliness and paranoia. Sometimes hilarious, frequently shocking, always perceptive, Star Man is the outrageous, uncompromising, and brutally honest story of one man's life with the biggest stars of rock.