ROBERT PALMER : Music & Style

Titre : The Real Things: The Intimate Journey Of A Working Musician From Bill Graham To Billy Graham To Instagram

Auteur : Brent Bourgeois

Date de publication : 2 Février 2026 

Editeur : IngramSpark 

Type : Essai

Né en 1958, Brent Bourgeois est un musicien américain qui a fait partie du groupe de rock Bourgeois Tagg dans les années 1980, avant de sortir quelques disques en solo. En 1992, il a collaboré avec Robert Palmer et enregistré en duo le titre I'm Down With You pour son album A Matter Of Feel. 

En 2026, Brent Bourgeois livre ses mémoires et relate sans fard les hauts et les bas d'une carrière de 50 années, de sa transformation d'une jeune star du rock à un poste de dirigeant dans l'industrie musicale.

A note from the author :

"This is a book about my fifty years as a survivor, even a thriver in the music business. Fifty years as a keyboardist, bandmember, background singer, lead singer, songwriter, solo artist, music director, producer, orchestral arranger, A&R executive, worship leader, sideman, main man, playing funk music, Christian music, Devil's music, jazz, rock, writing music for the biggest tech company in the world, and never working an honest day in my life. This is a nuts-and-bolts, warts-and-all look at a lifetime in music. There are plenty of famous people in it. There are club gigs, theatre gigs, arena gigs, and stadium gigs, European tours, North American tours, bus tours and flights on Lear jets, basketball with a Prince, close encounters with a Princess and a Beatle, Todd and more Todd, altar calls with Billy Graham, management by rock royalty, and finally, working for tech royalty. It is about temptation, and the pitfalls of being an addict and a local hero at the same time. It is about my talent being way ahead of my brain for a long while. And finally, my struggle with religion in general, and Christianity in particular, is detailed within these pages."