Andy Summers, We're Ready For Your Closeup

Police guitarist Andy Summers is turning his autobiography "One Train Later" into a feature documentary, which will boast 25,000 photos from his collection as well as footage from the band's reunion tour.
I didn't even know Andy Summers had written an autobiography. (Note to self: get this book) This is good news for a couple reasons. First, in a trio in which two members' egos seemed to be in a continual battle to the death, Summers was the anchor. In the annals of guitardom, he is often overlooked by those who are more impressed by the speed/techno wizards. This is unfortunate because Summers is an amazing player. He is, as they say, "a guitarist's guitarist," playing what needs to be played when it needs to be played. The Police created an amazingly layered and complex sound for a trio, and much of the credit for that goes to Summers.
Second, Summers has played a bigger part in rock music history than many people realize, having performed with influential 70s bands like Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, and Eric Burdon and the New Animals, and he was in the running to replace Mick Taylor in the Rolling Stones (a job which, of course, ultimately went to Ron Wood). Summers was also part of the band that played on Mike Oldfield's creepy classic "Tubular Bells" (the theme from The Exorcist).
It should be interesting to see this history of his life and get an inside glimpse of one of the world's biggest bands, to see what went on offstage when the spotlight wasn't on Sting. Stewart Copeland's film Everyone Stares gave us a hint of that, but the home movie quality and shaky camera work made much of the film difficult to watch more than once. To be fair, they were Copeland's personal films and not intended for feature presentation. But the news that Summers will be releasing this film gives hope that this time they'll get it right.