New Book: No Regrets by Ace Frehley

A couple weeks ago, I finished Sweetness: The Enigmatic life of Walter Payton by Jeff Pearlman.  As a huge Walter Payton fan, it was a really interesting read.  It was eye-opening because I never realized that Payton essentially led two lives.  His public persona was that of a caring, sign-every-autograph, loving husband and father life.  However, in reality, while he was certainly a caring individual, he was a giant philanderer, fathered a child with another woman, and lived apart from his wife and kids for nearly his kids' entire childhoods.  More than anything, the book makes you realize that Payton, despite being the greatest football player of all-time, was, in fact, human and had his problems just like everyone else.  Pearlman did a great job of going into detail, interviewing the people who knew Payton best (which wasn't necessarily his family or teammates) and refusing to accept as truth everything previously written about Payton.  As it turns out, Payton was an enigma (hence, the title of the book).  He only had a few close friends, and was relatively guarded.  He even lied about his birth year for most of his adult life.  Anyway, the book is a must-read for any Bears, Payton, or NFL fan.  My only gripe is that, in the afterword, the author was discussing supertalented people and mentioned "Jimi Hendricks."  How any editor doesn't know the proper spelling of Jimi Hendrix is beyond me.

 

Speaking of guitar gods, I have started reading Ace Frehley's autobiography, No Regrets.  The Spaceman speaketh.  So far so good.