Book: “Guitargonaut: Underground Rock Adventures” by Sluggo Cawley

Description

Guitargonaut (gĭ-tärʹgə-nôt): An adventurer engaged in a quest. With a guitar. And a constantly evolving idea of how to play it.

Sluggo started rock bands and toured the world for four decades; 1980-2020. These are stories of what he found out there.

Each chapter mostly revolves around individual gigs, with a couple notable exceptions. Some exceptions are chapters about his friendships with Nirvana (1989-1990) with many previously unseen photographs, and Elliott Smith (1993-2000) with unpublished photographs.

During the time he toured, Sluggo and his wife lost their home. They became parents, one child became quite ill. Many of these stories predate GPS and cell phones.

This book contains hundreds of photos, flyers & rock ephemera embedded in every chapter. In the end, it’s a book about people, community and, well, love.

Sluggo Cawley Lives in Oakland, California with his wife, their two sons, and two cats. He’s been playing in rock bands since
1980.