Lillian was a GREAT writer...wonder if anyone here is familiar with her work on sixties-early seventies music?

Rockman, I'm assuming you're well aware of LR?

What did Roxon think of "Rocks Off"?

That encyclopedia she wrote was pretty good (for its time).
I haven't see a copy of that in a long, long, time.

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What did Roxon think of "Rocks Off"?

Wax on - wax off

I had a copy of her "Rock Encyclopedia" until just recently (Hurricane Sandy took it and all my books away). I first got it when I was like 13 and it was totally cutting edge. In retrospect it was interesting how seriously "Rock" took itself in 1968/1969. Also interesting that you could look up important bands like Beacon Street Union or Dino, Desi, and Billy.

An old copy of The Rock Encyclopedia is worth getting, just to read those current reports of what was going on at the time. Things like "Raga-Rock" fell through the cracks, and reading about genres and bands that fell by the wayside only underscore the miracle of the Stones surviving all those years.

Thanks Loog Droog. Couldn't agree more. I really loved this book because Lillian was so amusingly and interestingly "right on" in her descriptions of the rock cats of the time.

There is a book called "Mother of Rock" about her- good read. There is also an ABC (Australian Public TV) doco about her, also called mother of rock I think. Her niece Nicola Roxon was, until recently, a high profile politician down here. Well known, amongst other things, for taking on the tobacco industry

There is also an ABC (Australian Public TV) doco about her

Yeah have seen the doco .... good story ...sad ending ...



ROCKMAN

Thanks Rockie...I hope to track that down.
Lillian was one of a kind and very amusing.

Between us, Lillian and another wonderful NY friend of ours, were a tremendous help to Linda Eastman, meeting rock stars and much last minute baby sitting with Heather while Linda went out on the prowl.

When she went to London and married Macca, Lil never heard from her again, and it hurt Lillian tremendously.