To lead a life more lovely, to live a life more divine, one must find inspiration from greater men, sip enlightenment from a deeper well. Perhaps he’s not the guiding light for every dark night of the soul, but this self-penned timeline of Tony Visconti’s good times is a fascinating read if you agree with me that the best tracks ever put to tape happened somewhere in the 70s.
If you don’t know the name, you will know the sounds. Certain inescapable moments of pop history were captured while Tony manned the helm of the great ship H.M.S. Rock ‘n Roll. He midwifed the birth of Bowie, helped McCartney find his Wings, and made sure that all of us were Blinded By The Light.
Though his many wives may agree that he wasn’t much of a saint outside of the studio, he lived a life worthy of an introduction by Morrissey. And that’s gotta count for something.
