I didn’t write Once A King, Now A Prince to romanticize the past. I wrote it because the truth has weight, and the best rock & roll books don’t float above reality. They dig into it. They bleed a little. They tell the parts most people skip when the lights come on and the applause starts.
When people talk about rock & roll books, they usually expect fame, excess, and backstage stories. Those are in here, yes. But what drives my book are stories from my life, that began long before music entered the picture. Long before talent agencies, major bands, or rooms where everyone suddenly turns to look at you.
At its core, Once A King, Now A Prince is the story of my life. It starts with childhood abuse, control, and fear. It starts with being raised to believe I was evil, worthless, and disposable. That foundation matters, because without it, nothing that came later makes sense. And without that truth, this wouldn’t belong among the rock & roll books worth reading.
THE HUMAN ENGINE INSIDE ROCK & ROLL BOOKS
What separates real rock & roll books from glossy nostalgia is the human engine underneath the music. The music might open the door, but it’s the personal cost that keeps readers turning pages.
For me, those costs live inside stories from my life, that aren’t polished for comfort. I don’t write around the damage. I write through it. The abuse, the survival instincts, the long-term impact on how I trusted people and navigated power. That’s where the real narrative lives.
This is also where a story about family, becomes unavoidable. Family isn’t always safe. It isn’t always nurturing. Sometimes it’s the first place you learn how dangerous love can be. I didn’t grow up with a safety net. I grew up learning how to read rooms, anticipate threats, and endure. Those lessons followed me into adulthood and eventually into the music business.
That’s why my book fits naturally among serious rock & roll books. The industry doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It attracts survivors, risk-takers, and people who already know how to live on edge.
WHEN THE MOB WALKS INTO THE CHAPTER
Plenty of rock & roll books flirt with danger. Mine doesn’t flirt. It documents it.
After college, I was offered a job I couldn’t refuse, literally. I found myself connected to a major talent agency with direct ties to organized crime and the Capone network. That wasn’t mythology. That was daily reality. The stakes weren’t theoretical, and walking away wasn’t always an option.
These chapters aren’t included for shock value. They’re included because they are part of the story of my life. They explain why success never felt clean or simple. They explain why survival remained my primary skill even while working with some of the biggest British rock and roll bands brought to America during the 1960s and 1970s.
Here again, stories from my life, intersect with a story about family, because when you grow up under threat, danger feels familiar. The music business just gave it a louder soundtrack.
That’s what makes these moments belong in honest rock & roll books. They show what happens when talent, trauma, ambition, and criminal power structures collide.
WHY ONCE A KING, NOW A PRINCE BELONGS AMONG ROCK & ROLL BOOKS
I didn’t write this book to compete with celebrity memoirs. I wrote it because rock & roll books are at their best when they tell the truth people recognize in their own lives.
This is the story of my life. Not just the music-industry chapters, but the years that came after. After I left that world. After I built other businesses. After I learned how to live without constant threat. After I spent decades writing, reflecting, and trying to understand how a severely abused child became a man who once walked into rooms where all heads turned.
The book is filled with stories from my life, that aren’t neat, but they’re real. It’s also a story about family, that doesn’t rewrite the past to make it easier to digest. I don’t offer tidy lessons. I offer lived experience.
That’s why I believe Once A King, Now A Prince deserves its place among meaningful rock & roll books. Not because of who I worked with, but because of what it cost to survive long enough to tell the story.
For readers looking to go deeper than surface-level fame, the book is available through BookBaby, Amazon, and other retailers. It’s there for anyone searching for rock & roll books that carry weight instead of polish.
CLOSING CHORD
The best rock & roll books don’t just entertain. They resonate. They remind you that survival is a form of artistry, and that truth doesn’t need amplification to be loud.
Once A King, Now A Prince is built from stories from my life, told without apology. It’s a story about family, that explains the man behind the music-industry years. And it is, unapologetically, the story of my life.
If you’re looking for rock & roll books that leave an echo instead of an aftertaste, this one was written for you.
Praise for “Once A King, Now A Prince, from on high.
