"They used to attack him [Miles Davis] for using John McLaughlin. He said, 'OK man, I'd hire one them brothers, if he can play as good as John McLaughlin"
Joe Zawinul

Go Ahead John, takes the reader on a journey through a myriad of musical climates; from the drug-fuelled sixties, through the heady days of jazz rock and ethnic fusion in the seventies, to McLaughlin's re-establishment in the nineties as a grand master of the jazz guitar. A writer with an intuitive and often highly original take on his subjects, as well as an extensive knowledge of both jazz and rock, Paul Stump eloquently draws together the various strands that have made McLaughlin a diverse and fascinating modern jazz virtuoso.

Paul Stump is already the respected author of music books about Progressive Rock (The Music's All That Matters), Tangerine Dream (Digital Gothic) and Roxy Music (Unknown Pleasures).

ISBN: 0946719 24 1 - 192 pages

GO AHEAD JOHN THE MUSIC OF 
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN

Paul Stump

"Canyon-deep appraisal of guitar-meister. Stump will satisfy discerning laymen and supermuso alike with his glowing critique of an entire career" Uncut Magazine

"Brave attempt to catch one of Britain's most mercurial guitar talents. Musically Stump has all his twists and turns with Miles Davis, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, Paco de Lucia Al DiMeola etc well taped."
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