"If you always assumed the musicians you listened to on the radio were the same people you saw onstage, you are in for a big surprise!"

- DUSTY STREET, legendary radio air talent

"Kent Hartman has at last written, with a verve and enthusiasm underpinned by scrupulous research, rock's great missing chapter."

- RICHARD SNOW, former editor-in-chief of American Heritage magazine

"This book will make your head spin."

- SHIRLEY MANSON, lead singer, Garbage

"So many secrets revealed. You won't think about artists such as the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, or Simon & Garfunkel quite the same. Mr. Hartman's book should go platinum."

- LARRY COLTON, founder of the Wordstock literary festival and Pulitzer-nominated author