Book Review: Butch Walker's Drinking With Strangers
by Clive Young
Butch Walker isn't a household name; in fact, from one point-of-view, he's an also-ran who played in a failed hair metal band, a failed jam band and a one-hit-wonder power-pop trio before embarking on a career as, he concedes, a mid-level solo artist. That rendition only tells half the story, however, because simultaneously, he's become one of the top producer/songwriter/engineers, knocking out hits for Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne, Pink, Weezer and others. And it turns out that's only one of the ways he's reinvented himself over his career, as detailed in his cool—and at times controversial—autobiography, Drinking With Strangers. More » |
