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Revised and updated edition of the acclaimed memoir, featuring ten lsquoextra scenesrsquo written and handpicked by Scott, plus a selection of rare images not included in the original book.lsquoI was six or seven when I noticed the music in my head. It was there in the classroom, on the football pitch, at the dinner table, when I went to sleep and when I woke up. And itrsquos continued ever since.rsquoAs a teenager in Scotland, Mike Scott played in punk and garage bands, hitchhiked to see Bob Dylan play, and scammed his way into Patti Smithrsquos inner circle during an eyeopening weekend in London. In 1983 he formed The Waterboys with an everrotating cast of collaborators including The Fellow Who Fiddles Steve Wickham and The Human Saxophone Anthony Thistlethwaite and soon found international success with the lsquobig musicrsquo sound of songs like lsquoDonrsquot Bang The Drumrsquo and lsquoThe Whole Of The Moonrsquo.In 1986 Scott travelled to Ireland to spend a week with Wickham and ended up staying for six years. During that time he developed a deep interest in roots and folk music, resulting in The Waterboysrsquo bestselling album, Fishermanrsquos Blues. After scaling the heights of success and moving the band to New York, he followed another fascination and went to live in the Findhorn spiritual community in Northern Scotland.Adventures Of A Waterboy is an evocative memoir by one of the great British songwriters of the past four decades. It is an honest and revealing work, by turns heartfelt and funny, that tells the story of a cocky Scot with a sound in his head and his lifelong efforts to reproduce that sound ndash a story that runs from teenage fandom to international stardom, from Scotland to New York City and beyond.ISBN nbsp9781911036357.PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL EDITIONlsquoHe can write. He can really write.rsquo The TimeslsquoA wonderfully evocative autobiography.rsquo Irish Business PostlsquoRich in all kinds of detail and fascinating throughout.rsquo UncutlsquoGrippingly candid hellip insightful and poetic.rsquo MojolsquoTold with a keen eye and writerly air.rsquo The IndependentlsquoA captivating, often transcendently evocative read.rsquo Paste Waterboys Edition is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £14.95