A magical photographic mystery tour through the seventies rock stardom,with a insiders eye,indeed a beautiful visual journey of a book...
John Ritchie.....Editor
A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll will rock the holidays
Release date: December 15, 2008
"Ringo Starr wasn't the first Beatle in my life
- that place is held by John Lennon."
Thus begins the text about John Lennon by photographer Nancy Lee Andrews in her
new book, A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll, a photographic essay about her life
with Ringo Starr. Andrews met Ringo through Lennon who introduced them in May
of 1974. The photographs, taken over a decade starting in 1970, are a personal
journey through her life at the peak of pop culture history.
The book is rich in photos of tender moments with Ringo, his loving
relationship with his children, his playfulness and their travels around the
world. Her years with the famous Beatle drummer brought Andrews and her highly
original and perceptive camerawork into the world of some of the greatest rock
and roll and pop icons of the time, along with the women who loved them. Among
many others appearing in the images and text of the book, in addition to Ringo
and the late, great John Lennon and George Harrison, are Keith Moon, Eric
Clapton, Bob Dylan, The Band and The Allman Brothers, to name a few.
A Dose of Rock ‘n' Roll is being issued by Dalton Watson
Fine Books on December 15, 2008. Priced at $49, it contains 292 pages, 207
color and 98 black and white photos (ISBN # 978-1-85443-235-3).
Nancy Lee Andrews grew up between Jersey City and Alabama. She has worked
notably and successfully on both sides of the camera. As a Ford model, she
posed for legendary fashion photographers Richard Avedon, Milton Greene, Burt
Stern and Irving Penn. Over the years of modeling she became increasingly
interested in how the camera "captured the moment." Greene,
realizing her potential, gave her a Nikon camera and some film and told her to
"start shooting." Under his guidance, and from that first roll of
film, she was hooked.
According to Andrews, "Ringo Starr was also ardent about photography. It
was a huge part of our life." They collaborated on two album covers, Ringo
the 4th and Bad Boy, as well as the advertising shoot for his
"Ringo" TV special in 1978.
In her book, Andrews captures the moment in words as well as images.
Here's a brief sample, about a day in George Harrison's house.
"George looked at me and said, 'Nancy, I want to give you something.' He
took out a bowl of Indian cabochon blood rubies and told me to take as many as
I wanted and design something for myself. I was astounded and asked for paper
and pencil and started sorting through the rubies. Some were small and others
ranged to the size of quail eggs. As George strummed the guitar and chatted
with Ringo, I feverishly drew a design and showed it to the boys. George smiled
and looked at Ringo and said, 'Alright, I've given Nancy the stones, now you
can give her the gold.'" Later, Ringo had a necklace made by
Aspreys, the Queen of England's jewelers.
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