Michael Clery Lydon

Background

Lydon, Michael Clery was born on September 14, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Patrick Joseph and Alice Louise (Joyce) Lydon.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, Yale University, 1965.

Career

Freelance reporter, Boston Globe, 1964 summer; correspondent, Newsweek Magazine, London and San Francisco, 1965-1968; freelance writer, Elk and Berkley, California, since 1968; musician, California, since 1970; musician, New York City, since 1976.

Achievements

• Michael Clery Lydon has been listed as a notable musician, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Boogie Lightning: How Music Became Electric (A Da Capo paperback)
  • Boogie lightning

    (Book by Lydon, Michael)

  • How to Succeed in Show Business by Really Trying: Handbook for the Aspiring Performer
  • Boogie lightning / by Michael Lydon ; photographs by Ellen Mandel.
  • Boogie Lightning, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, The Chiffons and Others

Connections

Married Ellen Mandel, October 11, 1981. 1 child, Shuna.

Father:

Patrick Joseph Lydon

Mother:

Alice Louise (Joyce) Lydon

Spouse:

Ellen Mandel

child:

Shuna Lydon