My guest this week is a percussionist who has worked with an astonishing list of world-class musicians – Bjork, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Dido, Bill Bruford, Jeff Beck, Ustad Zakir Hussain, The Verve, Texas, Trans-Global Underground, Nelly Furtado, Lee Scratch Perry, Primal Scream, Damien Rice, Dave Weckl, Thomas Lang, Jarvis Cocker, Craig Armstrong – and more. He found that his music fuelled a desire to write a novel, and after a good gig he would rush back to his hotel room, eager to pour out the next chapter. He says he wanted to take a simple starting point and construct an epic journey that ventured outside the normal – bringing together birth, death, the afterlife, reincarnation and immortality into new coherence, and echoing the journey he takes when working with musicians. The result is A Survivor’s Guide to Eternity; he is Pete Lockett and he’ll be here with his Undercover Soundtrack on Wednesday.
‘The moment of making the first sound or writing the first word is special’ – Pete Lockett
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#1 by Beth Rudetsky on April 23, 2014 - 5:35 am
This is so exciting! I can’t wait to read Pete Lockett’s piece for your soundtrack Roz!
#2 by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris on April 23, 2014 - 7:00 am
I thought you’d be interested in him, Beth! It’s up now. Hope you’re well.
#3 by Beth Rudetsky on April 23, 2014 - 7:26 am
Hi Roz! I just read Pete’s piece. It’s wonderful. I believe I’m hearing of and reading my very first percussionist/writer!