Blue smoke gets in your eyes

Just what the world needs: another blog. Aren’t they so 2005? But I’ve launched Blue Smoke – the blog to share the stories, elaborations and clarifications that are starting to arrive since the recent publication of the book.

In the latest post, the story of the Maori Elvis, Ray Paparoa: the rock’n’roll prince whose presence is so strong on the cover (that’s him dressed in silk, holding the microphone, snapping his fingers, just above the “belly band”).

Billy and the Bad Haircuts

Looking for some girly action, 1965