John Popper and Relix editor-in-chief Dean Budnick have teamed up for the autobiography Suck and Blow: And Other Stories I’m Not Supposed to Tell, due out March 29. The book chronicles Popper’s life from growing up in New Jersey to leading Blues Traveler through the 90s jamband explosion.
“As I creep ever more treacherously close to the half century mark, while at the same time beginning a new life with a young wife and new baby, I figured this would be the perfect time to look back at the life I’ve lived up until now as now my perspective of such younger adventures and an almost three-decade career with such an unlikely and legendary band may change,” Popper told Billboard. “I wanted to write as much of the experience down now before the memories begin to fade irreparably.”
“From the very first time I saw John perform back at Wetlands in 1989, I appreciated what a singular character he is as embodied in his music, his bearing and his worldview,” Budnick told Billboard. “The tone of the book is self-critical, honest and laugh out loud funny.”
Pre-orders are currently ongoing.

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