On the Road
From Tara to Tiananmen Square by way of Chuck Berry

By Shay Healy


On the Road
Online price: £10.99
Paperback, 304 pages
Published: 11th November 2005

Category: Biography and Memoirs


'I always carry a surfboard under my arm in case a wave comes in my direction'



There are very few people who can claim to have sat in Tammy Wynette's bath and sung 'Stand By Your Man' and met Johnny Cash, admired the Picasso in Andy Williams' toilet, rode pillion with legendary cowboy Roy Rogers on his Honda 750cc, arranged the band for Bono's wedding, led the Patrick's Day parade in Erin, Tennessee, appeared in Carnegie Hall on their first night in New York, ate deep-fried scorpions in Beijing with the Head of Propaganda, been Head of Sales for a company that produced Dixie Dude Dog Food, played for Ed Koch in Gracie Mansions, had Billy Connolly sing one of your songs on Michael Parkinson ...



Shay Healy can ...

'In this engaging memoir of knock about life in the entertainment business, he drops a name on every page - sometimes, it seems, in every paragraph - and you better believe it too. He's been there, done that and has usually got the photograph to prove it.' - Belfast Telegraph

'A fine storyteller relating fascinating yarns in easily-accessed prose.' - Irish Independent

'A witty, self-effacing compendium of Healy highlights and lowlights' - Irish Times

'a snap-crackle-and-pop read that sizzles with self-deprecating whimsy' - Books Ireland

'like a really entertaining pub conversation' - Evening Herald



Publication Details:

Binding: Paperback, 304 pages
ISBN: 9780862789497
Format: 196mm x 130mm
32 colour photographs

BIC Code: BM
BISAC Code:  BIO000000
Imprint: O'Brien Press


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