When We Were the Boys, Robert Yehling
When We Were the Boys, Robert Yehling
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When We Were the Boys
Coming of Age on Rod Stewart's Out of Order Tour

Author: Robert Yehling, Stevie Salas, Bronson Pinchot

Narrator: Stevie Salas

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/11/2023

Synopsis

This book is a backstage pass to the ups, downs, and all-out craziness of arena rock—deep discussions with Rod Stewart, jamming with legends like Mick Jagger and Justin Timberlake, gaining groupies, and striking out solo. Stevie Salas was one of many boys coming of age in the 1980s—when the American dream was rock superstardom. As lead guitarist for a San Diego band, Salas played backyard parties and school dances and even scored the music for the cult classic Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. When he auditioned for Rod Stewart—where he was the youngest band member by a decade—Salas’s life truly hit a turning point.Salas pulls no punches to describe the initial skepticism and hazing he faced as the youngest member of Stewart’s band, the night he stood up for himself on the tour plane, and the emotional late-night talk with Rod Stewart that restored the frontman’s faith in his young, untested guitar player and his new group that was struggling to find its groove. Yet they became a band of brothers and formed a camaraderie they share to this day. When We Were the Boys revolves around the year Salas began as an inexperienced musical prodigy and finished as a seasoned rock ’n’ roll veteran—more mature as a man and musician.

About Robert Yehling

Robert Yehling is the award-winning author of eleven books. He has worked with many high-profile people as a ghostwriter and collaborator. Yehling has reviewed many concerts and albums, contributed to RollingStone.com, and served as editorial director of American Idol magazine. He lives in Oceanside, California. 

About Stevie Salas

Stevie Salas has worked with artists from Rod Stewart to George Clinton and Mick Jagger to Justin Timberlake. He served as the musical director for six American Idols and wrote the guitar score for Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. He is the executive producer of the documentary RUMBLE: Indians Who Rocked the World, a film about Native Americans in pop music history. An artist of Apache descent, Salas has received the Native American Lifetime Achievement Award. His solo albums have sold several million copies. He lives in Austin, Texas. 

About Bronson Pinchot

Bronson Pinchot, Audible’s Narrator of the Year for 2010, has won Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards, AudioFile Earphones Awards, Audible’s Book of the Year Award, and Audie Awards for several audiobooks, including Matterhorn, Wise Blood, Occupied City, and The Learners. A magna cum laude graduate of Yale, he is an Emmy- and People’s Choice-nominated veteran of movies, television, and Broadway and West End shows. His performance of Malvolio in Twelfth Night was named the highlight of the entire two-year Kennedy Center Shakespeare Festival by the Washington Post. He attended the acting programs at Shakespeare & Company and Circle-in-the-Square, logged in well over 200 episodes of television, starred or costarred in a bouquet of films, plays, musicals, and Shakespeare on Broadway and in London, and developed a passion for Greek revival architecture.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard

Reading this book was like catching up with an old friend, as I'd first become aware of Stevie Salas way back in the late 80s when he released his Colorcode album, a record that I still play regularly to this day. However, after that initial release he fell off my radar and I didn't give him much tho......more

Goodreads review by G.L.

This book was a fun read. It seems like it was written with a smile as well. There's nothing earth-shattering in it, just a glimpse at a time when things were pretty crazy and a good time was had by most. The embedded media is a kick too. Fair warning: there's a LOT of women-as-toys here. It's part o......more

Goodreads review by Karim

Had the pleasure of chatting with Stevie not too long ago after watching his movie, Rumble. Then I picked up his book. If you are a fan of music and rock and roll you need to pick up this book.......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne

3.5 stars Stevie Salas earned his fame by becoming one of the youngest guitar players to travel on a big name rock and roll concert tour, Rod Stewart’s “Out of Order.” I'm a 80s generation Rod Steward fan, but before reading this book, I didn't actually know who Stevie Salas was. The Rod Steward elem......more

Quotes

“Stevie taught me that music is a work in progress, and he proves that in When We Were the Boys. If not for Stevie, I could possibly be delivering a pizza to your house tonight. For that, and many other reasons, I’ll love the guy forever.” Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters

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