As a Puerto Rican who was born and raised in the island, I have an issue with a gringo deciding that Puerto Rico had "Golden Years" because I know from the outset that this person will have a colonialist mindset. Nevertheless, I gave the book a chance because I had never heard of Tim Schaefer and wanted to know who he was and catch a glimpse of the Puerto Rico he thought he lived in. I don't think I made it half-way through the book (which is why I am not going to review it on Goodreads). Schaefer's writing reminds me of Hunter Thompson's Rum Diaries, but it pales in comparison to the original which, for the record, I did not like, but was able to read cover to cover.

DNF: According to my trusty kindle I gave up on this one at the 50% mark. Why? I stuck with it that long because it's a fairly short book. I gave up at that point because life is also short, my reading list is long, and, frankly, this book was not "as advertised" .

Normally if something is not what I expected I will take the blame - it's not the book, it's me - but this time I place the blame firmly on the blurb. It's beyond misleading.

I was expecting something along the lines of WKRP in Cincinnati or Pirate Radio. What I got was something more like the guy who peaked in high school regaling everyone at the 20-year reunion with stories of all the great plays he made on the field and all the hot girls he could have had... and being totally oblivious to the fact that nobody cares.

A more accurate blurb would be 'The ongoing sexual adventures of a "superstar" DJ at the first American pop/rock radio station in Puerto Rico. A super cool hippie who banged just about every chick he wanted... and he wanted them all.' Oh, and, by the way, there was some music stuff going on, too.'

The author adopted a radio persona called "Charlie Brown" who was apparently a big hit in the island. At one point Robert Plant and John Bonham of Led Zepplen wandered into the broadcast studio with one of the local radio groupies... The author spends more time talking about the girl than he does about meeting the famous musicians.

Another example of a typical anecdote is the time when "Charlie Brown" just missed meeting legendary entertainer Bob Hope who was the owner of the radio station. The big focus of the story is that Bob Hope (who would have been in his late 60s at the time) made a pass at a woman who worked at the station and she refused his advances. "Charlie Brown" takes great pride in the fact that she was one of his regular sleeping partners... in other words he was more of a stud than Bob Hope.

That's pretty much the essence of this book (at least up to the half way point). There is very little music related stuff.

Needless to say I do not recommend this book.

***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a free digital copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.

Poorly written, somewhat tasteless memoir. I could not figure out the purpose of the book, and it was not entertaining or interesting from a historical context.

DNF @ 32%

Nope, it's all sex, whores and (some) drugs. Not for me. I was hoping it would be more about the music and the life of the times.

I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.