Artistic Biographies (and Other Things Related)

Musicians, directors, comedians, writers..

To me, autobiographies are even more interesting, but some didn't live long enough.. There's some who are more interesting than their work... When it comes to biographies, I usually try to find them all, to compare. And with the internet, I will stop so I can look up said concert, interview, etc., and compare it with the perception of the author.

Another great thing I like to do, and recommend, is if you see a quote - type it in a search engine and find the entire interview. The bibliography page has led me to finding full archives of free interviews/magazines.

Do you "investigate"? If you see conflicting reports, or something you think is off? Many of the biographies I read are events so old, and memories get hazy, and sometimes it's the modern-day influencing what is said, or not said.

I love interview/diary books as well. There's a compendium of interview books like "Conversations With Filmmakers Series" or "Musicians In Their Own Words".

I've read close to a hundred, and obviously the autobiography and biography (fairly new) of Mort Sahl's are most interesting, but I just finished:

Street Player (Danny Seraphine)
Edward Van Halen A Definitive Biography (Dodds, Kevin)

and currently reading:
Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Ribowsky, Mark)