About the Author

A musician on the Sixties rock scene, Mike Evans began writing about popular music in the 1970s as a broadcaster in local radio and freelance writer, his work appearing in a variety of publications including Sounds, Cream, the Guardian, Elle and as a regular contributor to the UK's top music weekly newspaper Melody Maker.


He wrote the much-acclaimed The Art of the Beatles (Muller Blond & White)in 1984, and more recently the best-selling Elvis:A Celebration (DK) which he researched and wrote in collaboration with the Elvis Presley Estate in Memphis.