“Book Descriptions: Covering the band's humble beginnings in Bournemouth on the UK's south coast, music journalist Grant Moon follows their slow progress through the 1990s, their development during the 2000s, and recounts their changing fortunes as - with renowned drummer Nick D'Virgilio and vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Longdon joining the ranks - the group make their breakthrough album, 2009's The Underfall Yard.
Big Big Train - Between The Lines explores the band's steady rise to greater commercial and critical success during the 2010s, notably their evolution into a hot-ticket band on the live circuit and their triumphant headline show at 2018's Night Of The Prog festival in Loreley, Germany. Their story is brought fully up to date, with unprecedented insight into the recording of 2021 Top 40 album Common Ground and follow-up Welcome To The Planet, and the aftermath of David Longdon's tragic death in November 2021.
Drawing on exclusive interviews with a wealth of noted musicians and insiders - including all members of the band past and present, and music luminaries such as Tony Banks of Genesis - the book offers a detailed insight into the long, eventful journey of one of modern rock music's most distinctive bands” DRIVE