Playing It Straight: Personal Conversations on Recovery, Transformation and Success

by David Dodd, Wayne W. Dyer (Contributor), Tai Babilonia (Contributor)

This brutally honest and powerful book by rock 'n' roll writers and nationally syndicated music columnist David Dodd is a collection of eye-opening interviews with America's foremost musicians and entertainers who have fough addiction. Those interviewed include Steven Tyler, Nils Lofgren, John Hiatt, Mitch Ryder, Eddie Money, Grace Slick, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and others.

249 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1996

About the author

David LeFevre Dodd was an American educator, financial analyst, author, economist, and investor. In his student years, Dodd was a protégé and colleague of Benjamin Graham at Columbia Business School.
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 (Black Tuesday) almost wiped out Graham, who had started teaching the year before at his alma mater, Columbia. The crash inspired Graham to search for a more conservative, safer way to invest. Graham agreed to teach with the stipulation that someone take notes. Dodd, then a young instructor at Columbia, volunteered. Those transcriptions served as the basis for a 1934 book Security Analysis, which galvanized the concept of value investing. It is the longest running investment text ever published.

Reviews

[Michelle Lannoo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who knew (or cared?) that Eddie Money was such an ass? I didn't.