Dance With The Devil: The Cozy Powell Story

by Laura Shenton

Ritchie Blackmore once said, "You can't get any better than Cozy, you know. He's always up there on stage going crazy, he always pushes me on when I look round. He always gives me that incentive to play because Cozy won't let anybody take it easy." He wasn't wrong. Cozy Powell was a talented, reliable and versatile drummer. A drummer of such calibre that he played with Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Michael Schenker, Whitesnake, Emerson and Lake, Black Sabbath and Brian May as well as being a hugely in-demand session player. But before all that he initially came to prominence with three Mickie Most produced top twenty singles under his own name. An extraordinary feat for an instrumentalist, and a drummer at that. Cozy Powell's career as a musician is a story that needs to be told. Author Laura Shenton MA LLCM DipRSL has a Masters degree in music and provides an insightful angle on Cozy Powell's abilities along with detailed research that presents Powell's career in all its glory.

Genres: Music

Unknown Binding

About the author

As an author, Laura Shenton is probably best known for her music non-fiction. In particular, Dance With The Devil – The Cozy Powell Story (Wymer Publishing) and Tommy Bolin – In and Out of Deep Purple (Sonicbond Publishing). She feels that preserving the legacies of musicians who have contributed something amazing to the field is imperative.

For readers who want to enjoy the ride of letting their mind get lost in a good story without having to commit to a lengthy read, then it might just be that Laura's fiction books could be your cup of tea. They are character-driven with a short and punchy narrative that gets to the point. They are all novellas or novelettes. Genres include gothic, fantasy, and adventure (mostly, but with a few diversions too).

And finally, Laura's children's books... They are simple, accessible and fun. A good choice for youngsters with a fertile imagination who are at the very start of their reading journey.

Reviews

[Mark Stanfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book about an amazing drummer - RIP Cozy

[Yasumasa UCHIDA · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interested to know the life of Cozy Powell !
I translated the biography in Japanese language
because friend of mine established Cozy Powell's Museum
in Okayama, Japan since 2019.

[Kyle King · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book on Cozy!

I really like the way the book was written about Cozy's life. a lot of good content and useful information.

[Mark Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m being generous giving this book 3 stars. Although the author does state she was unable to find out much about Cozy Powell s personal life, surely that’s what a biography is about. This book is more a potted history of the bands he was in with Cozy mentioned. I finished the book knowing very little more about him than I already knew. For me, he was a bit part player in his own biography.

[Amber · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is less about Cozy Powell and more about Laura Shenton's opinions. Skip it.