Darryl Way | Interview | New Album, ‘The Rock Artist’s Progress’ The novel also includes musical illustrations created by Darryl Way, that can be clicked on and listened to, whilst reading. Both album and novel were released on September 23rd, on Spirit of Unicorn Music, Cherry Red Records, iTunes and Amazon.The novel, written by Charles Shorwell, is set against the backdrop of the musical revolution that started with the Beatles and begins in 1968, a year after “The Summer of Love” and follows the story of Daniel Luckham, a young classical pianist studying at the Royal College of Music. Seduced by the rock music scene and vibrant counter culture in London at that time, he contrives to leave college and pursue a career in “Rock.” But some bad decisions lead him down a dark and dangerous alley, populated by drug dealers, unscrupulous managers and femme fatales. On his journey to fulfil his dreams, Daniel finds his integrity challenged, and the innocence of youth cruelly stripped away.Th...
