The Redhead Gets the Gig

“Over the years, musician Linn Lorkin had embedded herself in this country’s consciousness with her vivid, witty and recognisably Kiwi songs, Now in this rich memoir, those musical vignettes have grown into full-blown and sometimes hair-raising adventures. From a rural New Zealand childhood to the piano bars of Manhattan, via London in the age of Aquarius, hashish and Sergeant Pepper, with side trips to Paris and Copenhagen and a terrifying detour through Naple’s notorious Villa Poggi, it is both a classic tale of the period and the utterly unique life story of a redhead from Tokoroa who, when it came down to it, was only ever looking for a gig.”    NICK BOLLINGER, author Goneville, Jumping Sundays

“She is a kiwi national treasure. Unique in its use of Linn’s own song lyrics to enhance this rollicking tale of her life, it was so hard to put down that in fact I ate with one hand while reading it. I give the book nine out of ten stars! I enjoyed every page turn.”     DAVID HARTNELL,  author, I’m Not One to Gossip, Tinseltown Trivia 

“The Redhead Gets The Gig is absolutely FABULOUS! It is the most enjoyable memoir by a NZ singer/artist that I have read and is up there with the best. The childhood years are at least the equal, actually far superior, to the Keith Richards book’s early chapters but unlike Keef she doesn’t disappear up her own legend. TRGTG is relentlessly interesting, funny, deep and I’ve learned a LOT about frocks that I didn’t know before. Apart from all of the above this memoir is a great sit in the warm shade holiday read. I knocked the bastard off in two days and it’s completely upset my leisure calendar.”    JIM HALL, Blue Ferret Music

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