Miles to Go

I dig Miles Davis. But this book was less about Miles (who, however, plays a significant role) and more about Chris Murphy's experiences while working as a roadie with Miles in the late-seventies through the mid-eighties. It was good, but more of a fan-boy musing than a real biography. But it does p......more

Miles is of course a musical legend but he has received mixed reviews as a person. Murphy worked for Miles for several years and paints a more positive picture of him than he painted of himself. I learned a lot of little things about Miles like the fact that he was only 5'4" tall. And that he boxed......more

I picked up this audiobook with hopes of learning more about the life of Miles Davis, in a part not so well-documented of his career, covering some of his most controversial eras between the 70's and 80's, but the author wastes so much time telling stories of his own life, sometimes putting the main......more

I wanted to read a biography about Miles and stumbled on this. It turned out to be just as much about Chris as Miles, but I was not disappointed anyway. There are lots of amusing anecdotes here that I enjoyed, although many of them seem to be way too detailed to be completely credible, considering t......more