Q&A with Mickey and Legs – Library Journal
November 19th, 2009 | By admin
Mickey Leigh is not the only one who has slept with Joey Ramone. But Leigh, brother of the late Ramones frontman, has more to offer than some rock groupie eager to cash in on a bedroom tell-all. Leigh’s frank portrait hits like one of the singer’s songs; it doesn’t try to be cute or pretty but is honest and forthright with an awkward attitude that’s both tough and profound. Leigh and his co-writer, Legs McNeil, haven’t just kept his memory alive but, with their forthcoming I Slept with Joey Ramone, are planting enough new ones for Ramone’s legacy to grow for years to come.—Robert Morast
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Musician/author Mickey Leigh was born in 1954 and raised in the Queens neighborhood of Forest Hills, New York City. His career as a guitarist/vocalist/songwriter began in the 5th grade at the age of 10 when he formed his first band, The Overdose Of Sound. He was 12 when he recorded his first studio record with his second band, Purple Majesty (with his older brother Jeff acting as producer), and began playing shows in clubs in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. By the age of 14, Mickey was playing in a band and recording with 21 year old musicians John Cummings, and Tommy Erdelyi. (John, Tommy, neighbor Doug Colvin, and Mickey’s remarkably talented older brother Jeff, were later to become Johnny, Tommy, and Joey Ramone, after forming the world famous Ramones)...