A magical photographic mystery tour through the seventies rock stardom,with a insiders eye,indeed a beautiful visual journey of a book...

John Ritchie.....Editor

A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll will rock the holidays

Release date: December 15, 2008

"Ringo Starr wasn't the first Beatle in my life - that place is held by John Lennon."

Thus begins the text about John Lennon by photographer Nancy Lee Andrews in her new book, A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll, a photographic essay about her life with Ringo Starr. Andrews met Ringo through Lennon who introduced them in May of 1974. The photographs, taken over a decade starting in 1970, are a personal journey through her life at the peak of pop culture history.

The book is rich in photos of tender moments with Ringo, his loving relationship with his children, his playfulness and their travels around the world. Her years with the famous Beatle drummer brought Andrews and her highly original and perceptive camerawork into the world of some of the greatest rock and roll and pop icons of the time, along with the women who loved them.  Among many others appearing in the images and text of the book, in addition to Ringo and the late, great John Lennon and George Harrison, are Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, The Band and The Allman Brothers, to name a few.

A Dose of Rock ‘n' Roll is being issued by Dalton Watson Fine Books on December 15, 2008. Priced at $49, it contains 292 pages, 207 color and 98 black and white photos (ISBN # 978-1-85443-235-3).

Nancy Lee Andrews grew up between Jersey City and Alabama. She has worked notably and successfully on both sides of the camera. As a Ford model, she posed for legendary fashion photographers Richard Avedon, Milton Greene, Burt Stern and Irving Penn. Over the years of modeling she became increasingly interested in how the camera "captured the moment." Greene, realizing her potential, gave her a Nikon camera and some film and told her to "start shooting." Under his guidance, and from that first roll of film, she was hooked.

According to Andrews, "Ringo Starr was also ardent about photography. It was a huge part of our life." They collaborated on two album covers, Ringo the 4th and Bad Boy, as well as the advertising shoot for his "Ringo" TV special in 1978.

In her book, Andrews captures the moment in words as well as images. Here's a brief sample, about a day in George Harrison's house. "George looked at me and said, 'Nancy, I want to give you something.' He took out a bowl of Indian cabochon blood rubies and told me to take as many as I wanted and design something for myself. I was astounded and asked for paper and pencil and started sorting through the rubies. Some were small and others ranged to the size of quail eggs. As George strummed the guitar and chatted with Ringo, I feverishly drew a design and showed it to the boys. George smiled and looked at Ringo and said, 'Alright, I've given Nancy the stones, now you can give her the gold.'" Later, Ringo had a necklace made by Aspreys, the Queen of England's jewelers.