My second gripe is lack of a simpler compendium of references and releases. While these lists are complete insofar as I can tell, the way they’re laid out in Crazy Diamond is sometimes difficult to decipher. Perhaps a decision-logic table approach would be an improvement. My final gripe is lack of a clear timeline, which a literal line or even another decision-logic table would have made simpler.

I want to be clear that I have absolutely no complaint with the content of the book, simply in the way some of the things were presented, or laid out. Form, not style or content. I understand it’s sometimes difficult for an author, that sometimes s/he really does have to talk down to the reader. The author, assuming s/he’s competent, knows the subject and the subject’s life backward and forward, inside out. But the readers do not, which should force the author to sometimes be repetitive, or at least that s/he simplify things somewhat, for clarity’s sake.

Overall a great read, and worth the time invested. A fine tribute to a fine musician.