Keith Levene’s “Meeting Joe: Joe Strummer, the Clash and Me”
is available on Kindle
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (8 Jan 2015)
In 1976 17 year old Clash founder member and guitarist Keith Levene was on
a mission: To poach Joe Strummer from his then band the 101ers to join up
with the Clash.
“The Clash had started to form. You could definitely see the potential of
the band. Yet there was one important missing link. A dynamite front man
and we felt Joe was or could be the one,” recalls Levene.
Levene creates a poignant image of Strummer in “Meeting Joe.”
“Joe was a lovely and very sincere guy. Prepare to love him more after
reading this book,” he promises.
Levene also dispels certain myths that have been perpetuated over the
years regarding how Strummer joined the Clash.
“There are these stories that Joe was given this ultimatum by Bernard
Rhodes to join the Clash in 24 hours or he would be out and/or that he
immediately dumped the 101ers when offered the chance to be our front man
and/or that he was recruited by other members of the Clash on a dole line
to joint our band. It’s all bollocks. I know because I was there,” he
explains.
Levene also describes the exciting emerging scene that was developing in
West London in 1975-1976 in “Meeting Joe.”
“The feeling I want to relate to those who read this book is that they
are accompanying me on a magical mystery tour of West London during those
incredibly exciting early days of punk,” Levene says.
An excerpt of Levene’s book can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RY2II0G/ref=kcp_casc_buybook/?showKP=true
A
hardback version signed by Keith with accompanying photo and flyer from
one of Keith’s gigs with the Clash is available at
http://www.teenageguitarist76.com/
Levene has also released an EP entitled “Meeting Joe” to accompany the
hard back version of the book.
“One of the tunes is especially personal because I wrote it with Joe at a
sound check at one of our gigs,” he states.
For further information contact
teenageguitarist76@gmail.com.
Follow Keith on twitter @teenguitarist76