E pressoché coetaneo di Guitar Solos - lo anticipò di soli tre mesi - è Rock Bottom, anch'esso perciò in vista dei suoi 50 anni, il prossimo luglio. Nel bel testo biografico Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox, 2023) l'autore Bruce Lindsay riporta un'osservazione di Robert Wyatt riguardante il contributo di Cutler a quell'album: "I didn't realise at the time that Ivor did not, as a rule, do stuff by other people, and that it was therefore an even greater honour that he accepted my invitation. Thanks heavens that he did - his contribution gave me the PERFECT 'finale' for that record." E' nel capitolo 'Ivor for Hire', dedicato appunto alle rarissime partecipazioni di Cutler ad altrui progetti.
Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room is the first biography of one of post-war Britain’s most recognisable authors, poets and performers. Mr Cutler (as he preferred to be known) wrote and recorded some of the most unusual and memorable songs and poems in British popular culture, including the hilarious and unsettling Life in a Scotch Sitting Room series. Described by fans and commentators as an outsider because of his eccentric behaviour on and off stage, in many ways he was an insider, working for thirty years as a primary school teacher, gathering a body of fans from the heart of the cultural and social establishment, and regularly appearing on mainstream media. He was one of the first - if not the first - performers to appear on BBC radio 1, 2, 3 and 4 and famously recorded more John Peel sessions than any other act except The Fall. This book is based on evidence from official documents, print and broadcast media; archive interviews with Ivor Cutler, his close friends and family, fans and collaborators; and new interviews with fans, friends and fellow performers. Contributors include musical and acting collaborators who have never been interviewed about their experiences with Mr Cutler.