IN THE EYELINE OF FURTHERANCE IBD

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In The Eyeline of Furtherance, charts John HowardâÇÖs rise from 70âÇÖs pop idol to a career in A & R and marketing. The âÇÖ90s opened up new vistas, ever bigger and better opportunities, working with Elkie Brooks, Madness, Barry Manilow and rock âÇÖnâÇÖ roll heroes Lonnie Donegan and The Crickets. As John himself puts it, 'I was propelled onwards and upwards, not this time by my own ambition, but by the plans of others who had clearly decided that I was going places in a direction I would never have imagined twenty years earlier.'John HowardâÇÖs first book, Incidents Crowded With Life, followed the ambitions of a young gay singer-songwriter in London in the âÇÖ70s which were realised after being signed by CBS Records and recording his debut LP at Abbey Road studios. En route, he wrote the theme song for a Peter Fonda movie and was heralded as The Next Big Thing. And all the while navigating a series of disastrous personal events, not least when he broke his back in 1976.'A great insight into the terrifying sex life of early 1970s Northern art students!'David Quantick - Journalist and Screenwriter In Book 2, Illusions of Happiness, after recovering from his injuries, John returned to recording with producers Trevor Horn and Steve Levine until an exciting new career âÇÖon the other side of the deskâÇÖ in the music industry beckoned. 'Thanks to an elegant, unfussy writing style, and the ability to spot the poignant in everyday life, the day-to-day aspects of HowardâÇÖs âÇÖ70s are as riveting as the more starry ones, and this second volume of memoirs serves equal amounts of both.'Charles Donovan, Shindig! Magazineá