I just discovered that Dolby has a memoir: The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir
Starting out in a rat-infested London bedsit, a teenage Thomas Dolby stacks boxes by day at the grocery and tinkers with a homemade synthesizer at night while catching the Police at a local dive bar, swinging by the pub to see the unknown Elvis Costello and starting the weekend with a Clash show at a small night club. London on the eve of the 1980s is a hotbed for music and culture, and a new sound is beginning to take shape, merging technology with the musical energy of punk rock.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28260471-the-speed-of-sound
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Song a Day 2020 