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It takes skill to deal with the massive corporations that are NFL, MLB, and NBA teams, just like it takes skill to play in those leagues. This newly expanded and updated second edition of "The Business of Sports Agents" is a guide to the subject of the title of the book. Covering the recent changes in the industry, including one agency closing in spite of its size, the constant changes that the business faces, and more. It also covers recent legal challenges, and the league's backlashes against some agents' tactics. "The Business of Sports Agents" is highly recommended for anyone looking to get into the industry.

This book is interesting, yet focuses primarily on sports business in the UK, and particularly in regard to dealings with soccer clubs. But in terms of applicability to the US market, it's mostly interesting only as a tangential reference.

This is require reading for our online Sports Agent Course.

Dr. G. Lynn Lashbrook
SportsManagementU

This book explains the basics of how to become a sports agent. If you are looking for more info, I would also recommend you check out these useful sites: http://www.all-sports-agents-directory.com, http://www.become-a-sports-agent.com, and http://www.allsportsdirectory.net.

I just wanted to refute the review below. It must be for another book. This book has nothing to do with British sports or soccer. It deals with American sports--basketball, baseball, and football--and discusses both the history and problems of sports representation. As earlier reviews recommend, it is a 'must read' for anyone aspiring to be a sports agent.

After seeing the positive reviews on this book, I decided to go ahead and get it, as I realized despite my having played viola for such a long time, I don't own a single tome detailing the principles of good technique and playing.

So far I've gone through sections dealing with left hand positioning (the frame) and intonation. The writing is clear and engaging; Galamian observes many times it is important not to lay down arbitrary rules on how things should be done - unless there is a compelling reason. I like how the sections contain exercises that are written out - the provide a concrete method to achieve the results he discusses. The photos of hand positioning are also very descriptive.

I can tell I'm going to refer to this book again and again in the coming years - it is so nice to have it reinforce what I've heard (and often forget!) from different teachers! Definitely recommended!

I'd like to add that I found this book for about $20 less at Shar Music - but at any of these prices it's completely worth it!

I would recommend this book to any musician. Although it extensively covers bowing and left hand technique, the most important aspects are in how to practice and master your art. The variations suggested can be used by any musician on any instrument and will take you to a new level of technical control.

I would not suggest this book for a beginner, this material is best learned from an experienced teacher. Advanced students and teachers should all have this book in their book collections.

As a former violin student of 9 years who moved towards piano instead, I have found this book immensely valuable in helping me as a Suzuki parent of a young violinist myself. If you have a child moving into the Kreutzer etudes, or in Book 7 or later in the Suzuki series, this book is a godsend. At this point in your child's studies, you have no doubt been listening to many great artists, and wondering how they attain the immense variety in tonal coloring, or how they actually implement such amazing shifts, or complex bowing techniques. This book, with its pictures, is outstanding in deconstructing these motions. While it is highly analytical in parts, the book is also excellent in addressing the body's motion as a whole - in showing the coupling between the hand, elbow, shoulders, violin... using well known extracts from etudes, caprices, and solo works as practical examples.

It most definitely helps to be an advanced instrumentalist in reading this book, as the author certainly presumes that the reader has a trained ear. The sections on how to practice will also be appreciated by those who have worked in intensive Master Classes, and have carried back from these classes some improved practice habits.

All-in-all, this is book not to be missed, particularly by the supportive parents of maturing artists.

this is a MUST for any violinist who is serious about playing the violin. This book has solution to all of the problems that a violinist faces, in addition, this is a great leaning tool, lines from major concertos are used as exemples. again, this book is a must for anyone who's serious about playing the violin or even becoming a concert soloist.

Ivan Galamian (1903-1981) was one of the great violin teachers of the 20th century. He taught people like Perlman and Zukerman, as well as countless other professional players of today. This book sets forth the essentials of his method. The text was written by Elizabeth Green, herself a Galamian student and a noted author and teacher in her own right. But the ideas are Galamian's. The small number of pages (100+) is deceptive; every sentence is packed with information and must be read carefully lest some important feature be missed. Violin playing is a complex mental and physical activity, and to learn it well demands the ability to focus on many small details as one trains the ear and the hands. This book is not really intended to be a self-tutor so much as a reference for the teacher and the student who is advanced enough to understand what Galamian is saying. It is not for beginners. A beginner book might tell you where (approximately) to put your fingers on the string to get certain notes. This book tells you (in words and photos) what your finger looks like when it is on the string, what part of the fingertip is pressing on the string, how hard it is pressing, how fast it should be traveling as it hits the string, the musical effect of different methods of lifting the finger, and so on. And that's only a tiny bit of what is written about what the left hand and fingers do. This is followed by a complete analysis of the mechanics and musical effect of every conceivable bow stroke. Matters of bow speed, pressure and point of contact with the string are all considered in light of the effects they produce, along with many more ideas concerning placement of thumb and fingers on the stick, angle of bow to string, and more. The book concludes with an analysis of effective practicing and teaching. There is much useful material on the relationship between technique and artistic interpretation as well. The many excellent photographs and musical examples add a further measure of depth to the book.

One small quibble: I don't think he spent enough time discussing how to play in tune. What he does say is all correct--he mentions that one must "think the sound" of the desired pitch as well as mentally prepare the hand and finger motion--he is speaking of shifting--but thinking the pitch needs to be stressed more, I think, and extended to thinking the actual sound of a beautiful violin tone as well.

This is a book for teachers and players who are advanced enough to know the areas they need to work on. It is considered one of a handful of classic books on violin playing, which include the famous treatises by Leopold Mozart, F. Geminiani, and Carl Flesch. First editions of this book (1962) are scarce and cost anywhere from ..., which says something about its importance, I think.

I am going to do this review on a personal level, instead of going into the content of the book. Why? Because after you read this book, you will see that Tab is made from a different mold than most people who have made it to Hollywood. He is more of an average person than the movie star so many have grown to enjoy. I am lucky to say...Tab Hunter is an amazing guy and friend. My mother and Tab became friends a few years back and I have gotten to know and love him through the eyes of my mom, who has since passed on. He is charming and sincere. So it was not a surprise to me that his book would be anything but absolutely wonderful. From the moment you pick up this book, you feel as though you are there...experiencing this incredible life through Tab's eyes. It will touch you in many ways. It is true and raw. The style in which Tab tells his life story allows the reader to feel the uninhibited emotions, joys and turmoils of his career. The pictures are subperb. I won't go into details of the book. That would spoil it for the ones who have not taken the opportunity to experience this fabulous read.
Once you have read this book, you will become to know and love Tab. So don't delay. You must add this to your collections of favorites today!

As movie stars' autobiographies go, this is one of the best I've ever read. Tab (a/k/a Art Gelien) is completely charming and open about his life, but what makes it truly wonderful is his guileless, disingenuous approach to himself. He frequently refers to himself in the third person because he's never truly believed that he IS that person. He makes me wish I had the chance to meet him. As a gay man myself, born about five years after him, I can relate to the obstacles he faced back in the uptight 1950s. Highly recommended.

Tab Hunter's ethics seem to have been shaped to fit his impulses in this well-written, well-paced autobiography. He takes us for a swim in the shallow end of the pool but that doesn't mean we don't enjoy the water.

Hunter is a proud and practicing Catholic, even after being chased out of the church by a torrent of abusive language after confessing to homosexual thoughts when he was young. This passage, one of the most startling in the book, makes you wonder why Hunter would ever want to return. But he does, saying he decided to imagine that God loves him just like everyone else. He has always been attracted to the pomp and ceremony of his religion and learns to comparmentalize the way he feels about things. To him, it is a practical matter. Not an ethical one. If they disapprove of what I am, I will change to suit their expectation of me, at least on the outside.

This of course is basic training for a career in acting.

From his late teens to his late twenties, Arthur Gelien (Hunter) is alternately groomed and groped up the ladder of success by a succession of drooling agents and producers who can't resist his golden good looks and the money to be made from them. A willing commodity, Hunter hooks up with the notorious Henry Willson, Rock Hudson's agent. Rock Hudson, Rip Torn, Reb Wheeler, Rory Calhoun, Tab Hunter. Willson was famous for giving his actors these odd names, and for taking a personal interest in them as well. Hunter eagerly follows Willson's plans for him.

The rumor mill had it that Henry, a particularly homely gentleman, slept with all his clients. Hunter doesn't go there in this book, though admits to taking a cruise with him to Bermuda (hmmmm). Later, the two men have a permanent break when Hunter suspects Willson of giving him up to Confidential Magazine to protect Rock Hudson, a story that is most-likely true.

Perhaps it's the fact that Hunter has grown so used to repressing his feelings that the reader finds himself reading a travelogue of facts and tidbits devoid of much human emotion. "These things happened to me. Here they are."

We get the whole story, and it's a pretty good one, but we never really make it into the deep end of the pool. It's like having a perfectly satisfactory meal. You can't really complain about it, but it doesn't leave you either raving about the food or wanting any more.

I don't blame some of these older actors like Tab Hunter and Richard Chamberlain for waiting until their 70's to "come out" with their autobiographies after spending their careers staying in. Of course, it's career suicide for a gay man to come out, even now. Women all over the world have a stake in the actors they turn into romantic idols, and they want them to be straight in real life too, not just on the screen.

I found the biography of Tony Perkins, Split Image, to be an interesting bookend to Tab Hunter's reminiscenses. Perkins entered intensive pschotherapy to come to terms with his conflicted sexual desires. Hunter dislikes psychiatry and endless bouts of self-investigation.

We get an image of Tony Perkins as being quite the kinkster in Split Image, which made me wonder what Tab Hunter left out. A lot, it seems. He focuses on his career and "studying his craft" even after most actors his age have mastered it. As career options dwindle at the end of his twenties, Hunter gently steps off the Hollywood merry-go-round and heads for Europe.

Tab Hunter is at least honest in the depiction of the positive and negative reviews of his work. He is most often described as being wooden. But he accomplished a lot in his career. He knocked Elvis Presley off the top of the charts with his insipid pop song "Young Love," and he was adored by millions of young girls around the world. Without a doubt, Tab Hunter was one of the top pop idols of the 50's.

While I would have liked a bit more candor in his big sell-out, tell-all moment, I was satisfied by the story he told. It was interesting and well done. I don't know if this is due to the input of Mr. Hunter or of his writer, but the result was a readable, enjoyable portrait of a conflicted teen idol and his hidden life.

This review is from: Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making Of A Movie Star

Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making Of A Movie Star, By Tab Hunter and Eddie Muller, is, in my opinion, a glossed over version about the story of an inflexibly wooden, dispassionate, and emotionally bankrupt actor whose main contribution, to the many movies he appeared in, was merely to serve as decorative window dressing - and nothing more.

To be fair, he did appear in a handful of A-List movies. But even in those roles, in which another young actor might have brilliantly excelled, Mr. Hunter's performances were always sadly lacking in both substance and meaning.

No doubt, his stoic upbringing had much to do with his inability to openly and effectively express the true depth of his innermost thoughts and feelings.

Having been brought up by a formidably stern, strong-willed mother, who, we are told, dearly loved both her sons (Tab and his adored older brother Walter) she, nonetheless, never really offered either one of them anything that might even tangibly resemble any sort of emotional stability. Neither, we are also told, did she ever openly show them any real affection. Apparently, this factor proved to be most instrumental in helping to create the impenetrable wall of reserve that Tab Hunter had built around himself very early in life, and which he conveniently used as a means to keep himself separated from the rest of the world.

Whatever the reasons involved, however, the sad fact remains that it greatly inhibited his earlier growth as a substantial human-being, and heavily contributed in his never being able to realize the full potential that he later might have aspired to as an actor.

This becomes increasingly clear when one is confronted with the undeniable truth concerning the severe limitations of his acting abilities - and by the painful realization that this one-dimensional actor was only capable of re-creating, time and time again, the same old familiar characterization of just being himself - Tab Hunter.

Throughout his entire career, he never once truly captured the subliminal spark that would have ignited within him all the necessary warmth, and sincerity of passion that is so vitally essential in bringing total believability to the elusive art of great dramatic acting. It was almost as if he was pre-ordained (by the limited range of his emotional output) to forever just remain the perennial blond surfer that he so tellingly portrayed in "Ride The Wild Surf."

If Tab Hunter should ever wonder why his acting career was so shortlived - perhaps the answer is a relatively simple one. The only thespians who endure the ages are those who infuse their acting by reaching far down into the very depths of their heart and soul and bring forth, through the magic of their artistry, an astonishing new interpretation on the age old verities of life that is an absolute revelation to watch. Those who are there merely for adornment purposes only - fade away after a brief time, and are completely forgotten.

Mr. Hunter's homosexuality, an important part of his life that has helped shape him into the person that he really is, is never fully addressed here. The several male lovers that he has had throughout the years, including some outstandingly famous ones like Anthony Perkins, Rudolph Nureyev, and ice-skating champion Ronnie Robertson, are mentioned, but barely. They appear as rather sketchily drawn presentations - in a matter-of-fact same sort of a way as footnotes that might appear at the bottom of a printed page. Here he is, in reality, being the same emotionally unresponsive person that so faithfully represented the trademark performances that he usually gave on screen.

It was always a no-strings attached, no commitment type of relationship that he usually shared with most of these men, conveniently affording him the option of being able to unceremoniously cut all existing ties with them whenever another more attractive prospect came along.

Because of the incredibly good looks that he had been endowed with, one gets the feeling that most of these men were merely conquests that he felt he could have just for the taking.

Although a warm, friendly and outgoing personality weren't exactly his forte, I'm sure there were other less visible attributes that more than certified his credentials as being a card carrying member of the human race.

Being an independent, self sufficient person was an admirable trait that had been successfully instilled in him by his mother, a stalwart woman, who, during very rough times, literally raised both boys by herself after having escaped from the clutches of a brutally abusive husband. Another admirable trait was loyalty. Loyalty to his mother, a woman he had often been at odds with, by vowing to support and care for her until the very end - which, I might add, was dutifully accomplished. To further enhance his humanistic resume, Mr. Hunter also has a genuine love for animals - especially dogs and horses. Horses, predominantly - a love for the animal that his brother Walt had helped to cultivate within him. Anybody who religiously vows to care for a parent (and actually does so) and has a deep, respectful and caring love for animals, certainly makes them alright in anyone's book - especially mine.

There is one touching, memorable moment in the book that literally shines with the true spark of heartfelt humanity. It happened during a horse jumping show at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Poised on his horse, and waiting to be called into the ring, Mr. Hunter was approached by a soldier, who, after inquiring if he was Arthur Gelien (Tab's real name) proceeded to soberly inform him that his beloved brother Walt, at age 35, had been killed in action in Vietnam. Dazed by the tragic, unexpected news, Tab somehow managed to go through with the show, winning the event in honor of his brother's memory. Later, alone in the stall of the horse he had ridden, he completely broke down into tears and sobbed uncontrollably. Evidently, Walt was about the only person in the world that he truly ever did love with his whole heart and soul.

The one thing that bothers me most about Tab Hunter is that he had all the opportunity in the world to try and become a better actor - but, instead, chose to squander it all away by not striving hard enough to put himself in touch with the vast reservoir of untapped human emotions that could have made him a far greater actor than merely being the recipient of an empty, superficial type of glamour fame that was only too briefly enjoyed.

There is much in this book that should be of considerable interest to the Hollywood buff. The authors have done a remarkably fine job in vividly re-creating the portrait of a particular time and place, and accurately describe, whether intentionally or not, the dizzying, merry-go-round existence of those celebrities viciously caught up in a whirlwind vacuum of self-idolatry and indulgence. We are also offered an insider's look into the workings of motion picture studios, the people who run them, and the rather dubious methods that are used in the hiring of what particular stars, for what particular movies, and for what particular reasons. In most instances, needless to say, inside politics always plays an important role.

Fascinating as these insights tend to be, it still doesn't quite overshadow the importance of the bigger picture here. In the final analysis, one comes away from this book with the sad conclusion that a bright light has been allowed to shine down, perhaps too brightly, upon an acting life that, at best, has been considerably less than stellar.

At the end of the book, Tab Hunter writes, and I quote: 'TODAY I AM HAPPY to be "forgotten". I can go anywhere and for the first time in my adult life be unrecognized'.

I pray that this is indeed true, and sincerely wish for him everything that is only the very best that life has to offer.

This books is an excellent read. Not overly familiar with the subject or his career, I still greatly enjoyed reading about Tab Hunter's varied experiences in the last years of the dying Hollywood studio system. Hunter got a lot of breaks because he was good looking, then experienced hard times as he aged out of the pretty-boy phase of his career. His persistence in the face of this drastic fall from grace is impressive - he certainly served his time in the dinner theater circuit. His willingness to take chances and to live his life his way without advertising his personal beliefs is admirable. Also nice was his discussion of the loves of his life, male and female, without coming across as a kiss-and-tell kind of guy. Best part, the sense of humor behind the narrative makes even the negative events interesting to read about. I will definately order some of his movies he describes in the book as I feel he gives a fair assessment of their quality.

I came in not knowing much of anything about the music industry...and after reading this book from cover to cover (its a long book), I can say I learned a lot. The book is very easy to read, with real and made-up examples, and simple language. The author does a great job breaking down the rules of the industry. It does not tell you how to run your operation or how to market a hit record...it just lays out all the rules for you to either follow, break, or bend.

The best chapters were about song ownership, copyrights, publishing, royalties, and taxes. Actually, the taxes chapter was really enlightening. You can tell a lawyer wrote this book from that chapter.

I've been in a band for several years, and unfortunately, everyone else that has been in my band has never had the experience of running it as a business. We have been skating by all these years just doing gigs, but now we are planning on releasing a CD and this definitely makes things more complicated. This book has been a godsend. Very informative and USEFUL information. Other music law type books are informative, but haven't been very useful on the level we needed it. You can use what is in this book right away. Its easy to read and understand.

Like all carpenters needing important tools to build a house, this book is the tool for all musicians. It covers all the important music business information and will help cut down unnecessary misfortune for musicians. Definitely a MUST BUY!!!

This offers a great foundation to Music Law. It is clear & easy to read w/ room in the margins for notes. Richard Stim even mentions a few legal loopholes you can benefit from.

You can also recieve free book updates on the Nolo website, which is a cool perk.

There comes a time in a musician or band's career when they get serious about what they're doing and need to start focusing on legal aspects of their endeavors. This book is and indispensable reference for that situation.

The book is written in easy to understand layman's terms. It covers a fairly broad range of subjects, and provides pointers to other resources for more in depth cover of the covered subjects.

One more notable point about the book is the pre-fabricated contracts and legal forms that it comes with. They seem to be solid, could be useful in a number of situations, and are explained thoroughly.

This book is so unique and a must for any Hitchcock movie fan. It gave great info on the movies it covered. I just wish it had "all" of his movies!

A visual delight & work of art! Though I would have liked more text, this would probably have detracted from the book's artistry & visual appeal; as it is, the text that is present is full of quirky facts & fits quite nicely with the images. Very unique & fun book!

When I read a review about this book in the Washington Post, I thought it would make a good present for my son because Hitchcock is one of his favorite directors. My son does not, however, enjoy reading, so I wasn't sure if he would want the book. Much to my pleasure he told me it was one of his favorite Christmas presents he received.

Seven of Alfred Hitchcock's most famous films are brought to life by Kees Moerbeek's complex paper engineering. Each of seven spreads is a large montage of scenes from the film and includes a brief synopsis of the plot. You may also lift a flap and view the scene in which Hitchcock has placed himself in the movie, something he did in almost every film he made. This is a must-have for any Hitchcock fan, and for pop-up collectors as well

I gave my GF this pop-up book for Xmas. She is a big Hitchcock fan. I thought she would be really impressed but she just briefly flipped through and barely raised an eyebrow. The other day I saw it buried under a pile of junk in her room. It's a good idea but not all that interesting to look at.
I had read a glowing review of the book and the techincal genius of the "paper engineers" who constructed it in the Wall St. Journal. While some of the displays are amusing, ultimately, I was not all that impressed and found the report in the WSJ to be exaggerated.
Makes a good coffee table book.

Jennings is widely regarded as one of the all-time greats of country music, and his autobiography goes a long way to explaining how he got there. Most revealing is the incredible string of mentors who helped fashion Jennings' career, both as an artist and as a businessman, the generosity with which he gives credit to others, and the bidirectional fluidity between his private and artistic lives. Jennings writes openly about both the good and the bad in his life, and is unsparing of himself in describing his problematic early marriages and womanizing, extensive drug taking, and legendary beefs with those who stood in the way of his artistic visions.

The book begins slowly with the requisite description of Jennings' childhood, but picks up as he turns into a teenager. His early association with Buddy Holly is extraordinary, both for his service as protégé to one of rock 'n' roll's early architects, and for the sophistication with which the 20-something Holly tutored his charge. Many of Jennings later run-ins with Nashville can be traced back to career advice he received from Holly. Jennings' descriptions of his early years as a performer in Tucson are vivid, as are his associations with Bobby Bare, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Jack Clement, each a seminal figure in Jennings' development. His move to Nashville offers up terrific details of great songwriters with whom Jennings crossed paths at the Boar's Nest, Harlan Howard's office and various bars, lounges and clubs. His portrait of Chet Atkins remains sympathetic, even as their relationship moved from hero worship to adversaries. Jennings convincingly explains that transition as a combination of and the individualist rock 'n' roll inspired ambitions first planted in him by Holly and the effects of Jennings' drug abuse.

Unlike the "Outlaw" press packages that suggest Jennings got fed up and broke free all at once, he describes a dissatisfaction with Nashville that grew in bits and pieces. Nashville's tight-knit, in-bred business world left artists starving on the road, while the insular major label promotion staffs in Los Angeles and New York ignored their country music counterparts. Worse yet for a road warrior (and early rock 'n' roller) like Jennings, the labels insisted he record with studio hands that had no grit and couldn't swing. After giving Nashville their shot at making him a star, he grew estranged by its limits and his lack of success, and after Atkins saddled him with less sympathetic producers, he launched a successful battle for artistic freedom.

Jennings describes how a canny New York lawyer (Neil Reshen) helped him break free of Nashville's constraints (both artistically and financially), and how a fraternity of like-minded musicians, including Tompall Glaser, Shel Silverstein, Kinky Friedman, Guy Clark and Jimmy Bowen developed an alternate way doing things at Glaser's Hillbilly Central studio. Jennings and his co-writer do a good job of pulling the early threads through the story, giving the reader a sense of why things happened, in addition to what happened. There are some terrifically insightful passages on touring, such as "the shows become stop-overs, the highway is where you spend most of your time. In transit. In transition." Jennings shows uncommon introspection about his career and his relationship to his audience and fans, and though his recitations on drug use get repetitious, they provide the set-up for his eventual recovery. A few writerly turns suggest the hand of Lenny Kaye, but most of this autobiography sounds like Jennings.

A few redundant passages would have benefited from tighter copy editing, but overall this is a compelling and informative read that will magnify any fan's appreciation of Jennings' work. 4/1-2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2008 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

This is a pretty good account written by the man himself. It covers Waylons days on the farm growing up, his short time with Buddy Holly, his career long battle with pills/drugs on the way to becoming a country legend, and his life after he kicked the habit by staying out in the desert for a month. This book is written by Waylon so the way he talks/writes is a reflection of the way that he actually talked and rembered things so the account can get a little confusing when the down home country accent bleeds through, also somtimes the narrative can jump decades and back in the same paragraph. That was my only complaint with this book. It does give good insight on how Waylon and the rest of the outlaws changed how country music sounded and how Waylon had to fight to get a fair contract that he could live with. If your interested in his music or how that era helped shape today's country music give it a read.
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Waylon Jennings gave up his seat to Richie Valens in that fateful plane crash that claimed the lives of Valens, Buddy Holly and the big Bopper. It would not be the last time he skirted death. A fact filled and story filled book that reads like a Waylon Jennings song filled with bravado, heart and longing. One of the original "outlaws" of country music Waylon was above all else his own man and along with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson formed the legendary "Highwaymen". This temperamental artist tells of his many travails with his personal demons and the love of his life, Jessi Colter. Good stuff.

This is an interesting book for country music enthusiasts as it provides details reaching back to the Bob Wills days, the Buddy Holley times, the horrible drug use in Nashville and some of those involved. I read it with great interest and I keep it handy on my bookshelf.

A good view of Waylon with the usual flaws inherent in any autobiography. I attended one of his performances, after he cleaned up by the way, and he was really bad with the audience. He chose to ignore us all and performed as though it was an empty house and he was bored to death. I was disapointed,of course, but I like his music. The book is a good inside look at Country music in the 60's and 70's and if for no other reason it's worth reading. His opinion of the CMA is great. (I heard a popular Country singer of that era call it the Country Money Association). Waylon was certainly responsible to some degree for the increasing popularity of Country music in those two decades. While he comes off as a bit too enthused about himself and his place in Country music at times, it must be remembered that he had a big influence on the music and will continue to have as time goes on. He is like Johnny Cash in that regard. Both had Rockabilly roots and it shows in their music. They both had their own style yet they weren't stylists as most of the over produced singers of this generation. Others will be famous for being who they are. Willie is a good example. Willie will always be famous for being Willie. Where as Waylon, like Cash, was an innovator and will be historically important as time goes on. A good book.

I bought this book and read it in one setting. There are a few stories told here that I didn't know about, and he does seem to take golf very seriously. I myself detest golf but I must admit Alice is very persuasive. The style of writing utilized here is very difficult to resist and I found the book difficult to set down.
There are a few parts in the book where Alice discuses his religious faith, but he's not pushy with it. There are some genuinely funny stories relayed in the book and he does cover a few of the lesser known events of his career.
Overall I would recommend this to anyone with an interest in classic rock. I'm not a big golf person and would not know how good his golf tips are.

This guide was great it was helpfull in all the dungeaons and MOST of the ftriforce(More on this later). It helped me from Dragon roost to all the mini games. The one thing i found to my displeasure was that they messed up on the triforce pieces. When it shows you were to find them, it is messed up and i had to work for like a half an hour to match them. Also it is missing one ALL together. Again this one the best strategy guide i have used but I would not be so quick to buy it if you are nt great with the maps.

what can I say, it has everything I need to know and more. Its Good.

The best ever,Prima's done it again...
Prima made winners of all us gamers with this guide.

First, let me state that this review should be considered only by those who play games for FUN.. This means, NOT those who play first person shooters online for 16 hours at a time, but those who play video games as a hobby, not a lifestyle; i.e. a few hours a week. Second, don't even consider this book if you're looking for help on the Ocarina of Time, because it won't help. Someone stated previously that it looks like a review out of a video game magazine, and their absolutely right. I've used an Ocarina book I got right here from Amazon for that game, and it was perfect..

On to the review: The game is GREAT, and the book certainly compliments that. I know the first thing potential buyers are looking for is PROBLEMS, so instead of pretending there aren't any, I'll hit those first.

The main problem here (as previously mentioned) is the organization of the book, and it all comes down to your playing style.. If you want to play the game yourself and only have the book as a reference for when you get stuck or for finding little extras, than it's perfect. However, if you want to have everything spelled out for you and not play the game at all without first consulting the book, than this probably isn't the right one for you.. It walks you through the quests for the first 3/4 of the book, and has little footnotes at the bottom of each page, referring you to the side-quests which are detailed towards the end of the book..

If you've played the game, then you know that it's a HUGE ocean, broken up into 49 different squares, with 49 different islands, and once you've passed a few preliminary tasks, the entire world is open to you to explore on your own.. In my experience with the game, this book worked PERFECTLY, because the best part was sailing around the map and stumbling upon new islands and landmarks on your own, without someone or something telling you where to go.. The book complimented this, because it has an entire section showing what you can do on each island, and how far into the game you need to be in order to accomplish each task. This is separate from the walkthrough, which details the actual quests, and not the hidden items and extra goodies available on each island. Again, the organization of the book may be a problem for some, but it will be perfect for others..

Otherwise, the problems are VERY minimal.. There are a few instances where the book will tell you something is worth 100 rupees (dollars) when in fact it's worth 200, or vice versa, but these are few and far between.. I'm 4/5 of the way through the game and I could count those mistakes on less than one hand..

The pictures are clear and crisp, and plenty large enough to see if you have the ability of sight, and the walkthrough itself is well written, inclusive, and comprehensive. It's gotten me through all of those spots where your just scratching your head wondering what to do next, but at the same time the game is simple enough that you should be able to get through the majority of it without help.. Besides, exploring the vast world they created is the best part of the game!

I just got Zelda-the Wind Waker for Christmas and it's a great game! Though this isn't the game, I'd think the book would be good too. You start out as Link to run to your grandma's house. You get dressed in the green uniform and you save a girl from a bird. The bird kidnapps your sister and then your story begins.I'll try to find the game to tell more about it.....