This 240-page book contains a 50,000 word narrative from Waterboys founder/leader, Mike Scott telling the story of the Waterboys great seven-piece band from 1989 through to the release of their 1990 album, Room to Roam. Covering the band members backgrounds, places they played, how they discovered traditional songs & recording at Spiddal House in the West of Ireland. The also features contributions by band members, an incredible collection of photographs, maps, lyrics, manuscripts, master tapes and other archival material.
And if you love this, check out The Magnificent Seven – The Waterboys Fisherman’s Blues / Room To Roam Band, 1989-90 is a new 145 track 5CD / 1DVD box set box set and book which tells the story of the seven-piece line up from the Fisherman’s Blues 1989 tour through to the release of the bands 5th album, Room to Roam in 1990. As well as the remastered Room To Roam album, this set contains 80+ previously unreleased tracks over 4CDs packed from demos, unreleased studio tracks, live and informal jams/sessions. The DVD contains two complete 1989 audience films of Glastonbury Festival and Milan, home movies and professional footage at Spiddal House during the making of Room To Roam, plus film shots of The Waterboys visits to Spiddal in 2010 and 2012.
