Lawrence Donegan
 | Born |
| July 13, 1961 | |
| Active Decades | |
After studying politics at Glasgow University, Lawrence Donegan made the transition from bass player touring the world in two important and somewhat influential rock bands in the 1980s to successful author in the '90s and beyond. Born in Scotland on July 13, 1961, Donegan speaks about his entry into The Bluebells in chapter two of his third novel, California Dreaming: A Smooth-Running, Low-Mileage, Best-Priced American Adventure, published by the Atria Books division of Simon and Schuster in August of 2002.
As an example of his dry humor and personal mission to blend/document his past with his present, the author notes that The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll failed to record what he calls "our first (and last) North American tour," with the Scottish power pop group The Bluebells garnering an American deal when flamboyant record exec Seymour Stein (affectionately called their "sugar daddy" here) saw the band at a North London polytechnic. They signed with Sire and landed in the U.S.A. at JFK airport on December 2, 1983, the week before their new labelmate, Madonna, would hit the Top 20 with her first hit, "Holiday."
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As an example of his dry humor and personal mission to blend/document his past with his present, the author notes that The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll failed to record what he calls "our first (and last) North American tour," with the Scottish power pop group The Bluebells garnering an American deal when flamboyant record exec Seymour Stein (affectionately called their "sugar daddy" here) saw the band at a North London polytechnic. They signed with Sire and landed in the U.S.A. at JFK airport on December 2, 1983, the week before their new labelmate, Madonna, would hit the Top 20 with her first hit, "Holiday."
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