Forewords by MARK GUILIANA (Avishai Cohen, Jazz Mandolin Project, Heernt) and MIKE PORTNOY (Dream Theater, Adrenaline Mob)

Bill Bruford's professional musical career began in 1968. He was a guiding light in the British Art Rock movement, recording and touring internationally with Yes and King Crimson from 1968-74, and became known as the godfather of progressive-rock drumming. Since then he has worked with many other artists, including Gong, National Health, Genesis and U.K., and has led his own bands Bruford and Earthworks.

This is Bill's memoir of life at the heart of prog rock, art rock and modern jazz. It is an honest and entertaining account of life on the road and in the studio rubbing shoulders with the famous, the less famous, and the infamous, and creating an impressive tally of great music.

A rock musician with the temperament of a classical musician, who became a jazz musician, Bruford defies all the clichés about drummers. He says "You write what you have to write, you play what you have to play, because you can't sleep at night. If you can sleep at night, you shouldn't be doing this anyway".

From time to time, at polite dinner parties, someone will ask Bill what he does. He replies that he is a musician. "Yes, but what do you really do?" retorts the enquirer. This memoir answers that question.