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Title: Mr. Gig

Author: Nige Tassell

Narrator: Ben Elliot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-28-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Roadie. DJ. Promoter. Reviewer. Punter. Nige Tassells adult life has been defined by live music. Its the fabric of his being, his bloodline, his DNA. He is Mr Gig or at least he was. A few years ago, Mr Gig hung up his backstage pass and headed off to raise children in rural isolation. Now, with house renovated and kids domesticated, he turns back to face the music and barely recognises his former love: the astronomical ticket prices; the sea of mobile phones obscuring the view; the once-iconic venues selling naming rights to drinks companies.

On a mission to rekindle his passion for live music, Nige embarks on a round-Britain trip from super-sized arena shows to microscopic folk festivals, from blacker-than-black death metal gatherings to brightly coloured 80s pop revivals in an attempt to get his groove back. Along the way, he finds himself the recipient of a Michael Eavis practical joke, scoffs his way through Elbows backstage banquet, endures a near-death experience en route to a festival on a remote Hebridean island, and even goes gladioli shopping with a Smiths tribute band. Will Nige fall back in love with live music? Can he make peace with middle age? And will he ever again be able to rightfully call himself Mr Gig?

Nige Tassell is a freelance music journalist whose work has appeared in The Word, Q, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, New Statesman and Paste. He has also presented music documentaries for BBC Radio 4. His journalistic highlights include scoffing cake in the Test Match Special commentary box, interviewing Boy George while pushing his son around the aisles of Morrisons and being (surely!) the only person ever to travel to The Ivy by National Express coach.

Critic Reviews:

"Mr Gig is a sweet and tender paean to a very particular lost love, the live gig, and a wise and witty account of how one man set about rekindling that youthful romance" (Stuart Maconie, radio DJ, author and TV presenter)

"Written with enthusiasm and nostalgic curiosity, Mr Gig is an affectionate celebration of live music in all its forms" (James Fearnley from The Pogues)

"Mr Gig perfectly captures what its like to become a hopeless live music addict: the anticipation, the expense, the social ineptitude, the adrenalin and the utter, unexplainable elation of it all" (Steve Lamacq, DJ)

Members Reviews:

Entertaining, amusing, educational, and inspiring

What made the experience of listening to Mr. Gig the most enjoyable?

Being exactly the same age as the author and sharing a similar trajectory through the Music Industry - I knew I'd either love or hate this. The handful of rave reviews convinced me to take a punt and I'm grateful that they did.

What did you like best about this story?

Where do you start? It was perfect from beginning to end, reader is excellent (on the strength of this, one of my new favourites), the story hooks you in with an original premise and then takes you on a 7 hr 'blue Honda Civic' powered, odyssey through the UK's contemporary live music scene(s). I have quite an extensive audio book collection, many of them I have to admit, I've only got part way through.