Bon: Notes from the Highway
About this book
‘Bon Scott was a gifted lyricist and composer of melodies. Just a natural. No one could turn a phrase like Bon… just genius use of double entendre and innuendo. Completely witty and confident. I’ve always been fascinated with Bon. His voice, songwriting, prowess as a frontman… the whole thing. Obviously, dying young can seem to deify most rock stars, but that’s not really the case with Bon. He didn’t carry himself like a complicated, tortured genius, but a fireball powerhouse who lived life to the hilt. People like him are the most influential to rock ‘n’ roll musicians because he was frighteningly real.’– Charlie Starr, Blackberry Smoke‘Bon was one of the greatest rock singers in the history of popular music. He was a charismatic performer who lived the life.’– Phil Carson, senior vice-president, Atlantic RecordsWhen it was published in 2017, Jesse Fink’s titanic biography of Bon Scott, Bon: The Last Highway, became an international sensation. Fans have been clamouring for more to Bon’s story and Bon: Notes from the Highway abundantly delivers. It’s a collection of material not contained in the original book and explores in greater detail the most significant relationship Bon had with a woman during his life: Silver Smith. Fink’s full interviews with Silver are published for the first and only time.Fink also has a heated encounter with Peter Perrett of The Only Ones and discovers important new information about Perrett’s late friend, Alistair Kinnear, and Kinnear’s involvement in what happened to Bon on the night he died. It draws a riveting close to the pioneering investigation Fink has led into Bon’s death, confirming his original findings: that Bon died from combining alcohol and heroin.The book features memories of Bon from Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony (Van Halen); the late Paul Raymond, Paul Chapman and Pete Way (UFO); Dave Meniketti and the late Joey Alves (Y&T); the late Scott Kempner (The Dictators); Kenny Soule (Nantucket); Stefan Kaufmann (Accept); Brad Sinsel (TKO); Jeff Carlisi (38 Special); K. K. Downing (Judas Priest); and many more.Released 50 years after Bon joined AC/DC in 1974, Bon: Notes from the Highway leaves no stone unturned in Fink’s quest to understand Bon, the real man. As he did with Bon: The Last Highway, Fink has done it again with Bon: Notes from the Highway. It’s the perfect accompaniment to the definitive biography of the AC/DC legend and the final instalment of Fink’s AC/DC trilogy.