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My Family and Other Rock Stars with Tiffany Murray in conversation with Andrew Miller, a Mr B’s Event
14 May @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Mr B‘s are thrilled to welcome author Tiffany Murrayto discuss My Family and Other Rock Stars, a charming, funny and fascinating memoir of growing up at the iconic Rockfield recording studios in the 1970s.
Tiff’s unique childhood was one of rural idyll, of Cordon Bleu cookery and where the chances of bumping into Freddie Mercury playing piano, or a group of Hell’s Angels turning up to record for Lemmy, or even the hope of David Bowie appearing, were as normal as hopscotch and homework. We can’t wait to chat to Tiffany, and we hope you’ll join us!
Mr B’s delighted to announce Tiffany will be in conversation with Andrew Miller, author of award-winning author of eight novels including Pure, Now We Shall Be Entirely Free and The Slowworm’s Song.
About the book:
In a small corner of a field in Wales, Tiffany Murray is hiding with Boggle the dog, dreaming of her mum’s moussaka, blackberry and apple crumble, and, if she’s lucky, ice-cold lemonade.
A sheep bleats. The smell of hay tickles her nose. The twang of a guitar and crack of a snare carry on the breeze.
It’s the late 1970s and Tiff lives with her mum, Joan, at Rockfield, the iconic recording studios. This place of legend, where some of the most famous rock albums of all time were recorded, is the background to a freewheeling, ever-changing whirlwind of a childhood. Tiff’s days are spent running around the farm, making friends with local wildlife and helping out with the endless array of dishes her mum creates to keep the bands fed.
She’s looking for a dog, she’s looking for a father; but the one constant throughout is her and Joan, building an unconventional family in the most unlikely of locations. My Family and Other Rock Stars is Tiff’s remarkable, truly unique story of growing up in a rural idyll, of Cordon Bleu cookery and of a childhood where the chances of bumping into Freddie Mercury playing piano, or a group of Hell’s Angels turning up to record for Lemmy, or even the hope of David Bowie appearing, were as normal as hopscotch and homework.
‘It’s a rock and roll Cider With Rosie hybridised with Elizabeth David at her most caustic and more than a touch of the blissfully feral childhood evoked in Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.’ — Patrick Gale
‘My Family and Other Rock Stars is sometimes charming, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes both funny and unsettling, and always – from start to end – very, very good.’ — Roddy Doyle
‘Tiff’s book is an insane amount of fun. And such good company. Everyone’s here, from Freddie Mercury to Elizabeth David – and of course, Mum, the indefatigable queen of the show. It’s witty and sweet, and perfectly captures the highs and lows of an extraordinary childhood.‘ — Andrew Miller
