How Does It Feel is a different kind of autobiography. Instead of a linear
narrative, Jim Lea – the final member of the fabled four-piece to tell
their story – opens his heart in vignettes about not just his time in Slade,
but his Staffordshire childhood, songwriting, family life, musicianship,
his retreat into the world of the therapy and beyond, exploring how
the experiences made him feel, like in the words of one of Slade’s most
cherished songs, that Lea wrote the music for when he was a young
teenager.
Written with Whatever Happened To Slade? author Daryl Easlea, the
book is full of hitherto unseen material from Lea’s personal collection
– letters to his childhood sweetheart (and now wife of 52 years) Louise
when the group were on tour in the US, archive family photographs,
school exercise books, candid snaps of Slade and previous groups, as
well as a timeline and discography.
