GARY ANDERSON
Thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate your time reading and commenting here.Top Posts & Pages
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Review: BOB DYLAN IN AMERICA by Sean Wilentz
Bob Dylan in America is historian Sean Wilentz’s study of how various currents and touchstones of American culture directly and indirectly affected the music of Bob Dylan. Not at all a biography, Wilentz’s book examines critical points in Dylan’s career … Continue reading
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Tagged aaron copland, alan ginsberg, america, beat, blind willie mctell, christmas, folk music, history, music, review, sean wilentz
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Review: SING ME BACK HOME: LOVE, DEATH, AND COUNTRY MUSIC by Dana Jennings
Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music by Dana Jennings My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m not giving Sing Me Back Home 5 stars because I think everyone should read it. I’m giving it 5 stars because … Continue reading
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Tagged chuck berry, country, dana jennings, death, drinking, family, jim reeves, johnny cash, lefty frizzell, love, music, patsy cline, prison, reviews, roger miller
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Review: I GOT A NAME: THE JIM CROCE STORY by Ingrid Croce and Jimmy Rock
I Got a Name: The Jim Croce Story by Ingrid Croce My rating: 5 of 5 stars For two years in the early 1970s, Jim Croce gave us hit after hit, and then he was gone, leaving behind three studio … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, i got a name, ingrid croce, jim croce, jimmy rock, maury muehleisen, music, review
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Happy 79th Birthday to Willie Nelson!
You know how the last song of the morning commute sometimes gets stuck in your head for a couple of hours? Lucky me. Today mine is Willie Nelson’s “Pick Up the Tempo,” and it couldn’t be more appropriate on this, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, blues, concerts, country, elgin, illinois, jerry jeff walker, jessi colter, johnny cash, kansas city, music, review, waylon jennings, willie nelson
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Review: BABY’S IN BLACK by Arne Bellstorf
Arne Bellstorf’s graphic “novel” Baby’s in Black is the true story of Astrid who becomes involved with Stuart, a guy who plays in a band. He likes the band scene but really wants to be a painter. Astrid becomes friends … Continue reading
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Tagged art, astrid kirchherr, beatles, books, george harrison, graphic novel, john lennon, klaus voormann, music, nonfiction, paul mccartney, pete best, review, rock, stuart sutcliffe
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I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephanie Kuehnert
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephanie Kuehnert My rating: 4 of 5 stars The world needs more good rock-n-roll novels. The last one I read was Tom Perotta’s The Wishbones. Stephanie Kuehnert’s I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone … Continue reading
