Meet Jim Quick:
A groupie, a party crasher, an entrepreneur, a philosopher and a pirate. And a true rock ‘n' roll fan.
How to Dismantle an Atomic Tour...True Confessions of an Infamous Rock ‘n' Roll Bootlegger, is the amazing memoir of Quick, spanning two decades of a vagabond lifestyle devoted to following such bands around as the Grateful Dead, Phish, Radiohead, and U2 (the latter's famous 2005 "Vertigo" tour in support of the "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" album providing the inspiration for the book's title). In between are music festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza; as well as winters spent snowboarding in Utah, Lake Tahoe, Jackson Hole, and Whistler, British Columbia; most all of it financed by questionable means. It is part Almost Famous and part Catch Me if You Can . It is rambling and captivating and full of unforgettable characters. It is sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll.
With obvious appeal to legions of Deadheads, Phish, Radiohead, and U2 fans, the book will interest anybody who has ever attended a rock concert or ever just wanted to get an inside look at what goes on at after-parties, or maybe just wants to know what rock stars are really like behind the scenes. Timely and provocative (in our post-9/11 era, Quick has entered supposedly "secure" venues like Madison Square Garden with nothing but a forged security pass and a confident gait), the book may well be destined to make its mark as a touchstone of popular culture. And with its beguiling way of making the reader want to follow along with the main character, living vicariously through him as he wanders around the country from New York to San Francisco and all points in between, the book can't help but have one inevitably thinking of Kerouac's classic, On the Road.
How to Dismantle an Atomic Tour.. . True Confessions of an Infamous Rock ‘n' Roll Bootlegger is creative non-fiction at its best. More than just a good read, it's a rock 'n' roll odyssey. Read Excerpts.
