A Wizard in the Studio
Book Review: A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio by Paul Myers For a long time I resisted getting this book. I’m always wary of books about musicians: they tend to fall into one of two camps, sycophantic fan hagiography or hatchet job. Whilst I am a huge fan of much of Mr. R’s musical output (though equally finding some his songs irritating, ultimately pointless or just plain boring) neither approach appeals to me. Persuaded by some positive reviews and the fact that the book is billed not as a straight biography, but rather as a career history focussing on Todd’s studio work, I decided to give it a go. Happily, I was not disappointed. Todd Rundgren is not a household name in the UK (nor that well known in America), and his albums are relatively unknown outside of music fans and journalists, even though a very large number of households probably possess at least one album he’s produced, played and sung on. On that basis alone it’s fair to say this