For Whom The Cowbell Tolls

There were several reasons why I decided to read Dan LeRoy and Peter Relic's book, For Whom The Cowbell Tolls: 25 Years Of Paul's Boutique (2014). I had previously read and enjoyed LeRoy's 33 1/3 book on Paul's Boutique and I had recently ordered the Beastie Boys Book. It is a good bookend to LeRoy's previous books. Some chapters were more interesting than others. For example I enjoyed reading about the lost single in Chapter One: "If Jerry Lewis Owned Paul's Boutique: The Story of Beastie Boys' Great Lost Single." Some of the business-related sections dragged a bit for me, but I was fascinated to read about Young Jean Lee in f) That Great Cowbell Moment: "How Paul's Boutique Inspired Playwright Young Jean Lee." It seems that Lee grew up in Pullman, Washington a few years behind me and gave up an academic career to become a playwright and cited the album as an influence on her sense of creativity. There are some obscure roads the authors followed in this book that were interesting more often than not, however, I think this is a probably a book for only the biggest Beastie Boys fans.