I got this book from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published.
I knew who he was, and then had to check on Paul Reiser to make sure it was the comedian or somebody else with the same name. Yep, the comedian. Ok, so a pretty nifty combination. I am in and want to read it!
I like reading stories of musicians to see how they grew up and what influenced them to become a musician, and this one was perfect from the start. I had no clue he was part of Steely Dan. I did know he was a Doobie! I loved all the stories he told of being a touring musician.
Nothing was off limits as Michael McDonald talked about drugs and alcohol (he eventually got sober), his wife, his kids, his parents, his sisters, and all of his musician friends who helped him along the way so he can be successful.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and it was a relatively quick read for me. It’s nice having an Alexa as quite frequently throughout the book, I stopped to ask Alexa to play a song he was talking about. It’s really neat to listen to a song and be reading about it.
I will say, I do have some of The Doobie Brothers songs on a live playlist on my iPhone.
