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Books and Stories

We will be displaying books on this page and will up-date them as often as we can.

I intend to put short stories here too, so watch this space.

PAGE UNDER CONSTANT DEVELOPMENT

Legendary 

Front Cover of Bodges Adventures with the Bograts by Colin Gilbert.

BODGES ADVENTURES WITH THE BOGRATS

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This book (Bodges Adventures with the Bograts) draws inspiration from an idea of Paul Larman's, who served as the lead vocalist and bassist of BOGRAT (the Rock 'n' Roll Band). As a fellow band member on drums, I had the privilege of observing his exceptional talent and unwavering dedication to his craft. It was with great pride that I recount his story and the profound influence he had on our music, as featured in the book I wrote: 'My Mate the Rock Star'.

Bograt was formed in the early 1970's and disbanded a few years later. Paul went on to play with Cadillac Rock 'n' Roll band and I join the band some years later.

Paul was fascinated by the band name 'Bograt', and thought it should live on in some form, and that's where I came in. Paul put it to me to write a book about the Bograts and I ran with it. In fact it took over my life for a while. One, or was it two years later, the first book was done. I had written it, set out the book, designed the cover and eventually put it on Amazon (May 2024).

ink drawing from  book Bodges Adventure with the Bograts.
ink drawing from  book Bodges Adventure with the Bograts.
ink drawing from  book Bodges Adventure with the Bograts.
ink drawing from  book Bodges Adventure with the Bograts.
ink drawing from  book Bodges Adventure with the Bograts.

Some of my ink drawings for the book before the colouring process.

Front cover design for the book Try My World by Colin Gilbert. Songs, poems and picture of her working and private life.

The Songs and Poetry of

Fran Landesman by Colin Gilbert, collaborating with the Landesman family

Try My World

My Mate the Rock Star

Back cover of the book My Mate the Rock Star, a picture and story book about Paul Larman.
Front cover of the book My Mate the Rock Star. Paul Larmans life and time by Colin Gilbert.

Last few rare books featuring Paul Larman
This book follows his life before and during his time with Cadillac and the artistes they backed, such as Chuck Berry.
The book has stories and pictures of the band a long with poster, record labels and album sleeves
This book is now available on Amazon in digital, paperback and hardback.

 

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