Sadly, the Depression-era photos, film clips, and stories in Michael Uys and Lexy Lovellâs â
Riding the Railsâ (1998) donât seem much different from those of todayâs victims of a pandemic and a failed economy.
Inspired by Thomas Minehanâs 1934 book, âBoy and Girl Tramps of America,â Uys solicited letters from those who had survived that experience. He received over 3,000 replies.
He and Lovell narrowed these subjects down to 10 men and women â then in their 70s and 80s â who recall the thrill and misery of jumping freight cars, fleeing the brutal railroad police nicknamed âbulls,â enjoying the mixed hospitality of hobo settlements called âjunglesâ where girls sold themselves for 50 cents and you might be killed for your shoes, travelling across the country from one harvest to the next, and hitching rides heading nowhere. One poignantly relates the utter loneliness felt when dropped off by a driver on a cold nigh
Actor Jeff Daniels keeps his music in spotlight in new ‘Alive and Well Enough’ album Gary Graff, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio There’s a great deal of pandemic-induced physical distance between Jeff Daniels and his musical audience these days.
But the Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor and singer-songwriter is hoping his new album, “Alive and Well Enough,” brings everyone a little bit closer.
“I just led with the songwriting and also the celebration of the sound of just one acoustic guitar,” Daniels, 65, says by phone from his home in Chelsea, Mich., where he also operates the Purple Rose Theatre. “This wasn’t about bringing in a bunch of other musicians. We’re not adding harmonies or anything.
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Rock n read is a thing especially thanks to best-selling memoirs in recent years from Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and others.
The fourth-quarter of 2020 has been no different, with lavish, coffee table-sized photo books added to the usual mix of biographies, treatises, histories and other printed matter. And with no concerts at the moment, there s theoretically plenty of time to read em.
As the year rolls to a close, then, here s a look at some of the most notable titles the publishing world has popped out during the past few months.
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⢠All Exce$$ Occupation: Concert Promoter by Danny Zelisko (self-published): The Chicago impresario (also a sports enthusiast and souvenir collector) has tales to tell about artists, his colleagues in the business and more and plenty of entertaining Windy City wind to tell em. His extensive photo collection is on display here, too. You d definitely buy a ticket from this man. (Basebal
Tony Rice (1951-2020), The Man Who Changed Our Thinking About the Acoustic Guitar
By Geoffrey Himes | December 30, 2020 | 11:45am
Photo courtesy of Rounder Records
Tony Rice, who died of undisclosed causes Christmas morning at age 69, was more than just a virtuoso bluegrass guitarist. He was someone who changed the very role of the acoustic guitar in American music.
In the days before the widespread use of microphones and amplifiers, the acoustic guitar was almost always a rhythm instrument. When it tried to play single notes, it couldn’t compete with the volume of the fiddle and banjo. Even when gut strings were replaced by steel strings, even when players used picks instead of fingers, the instrument was just too quiet to be heard. Only when it strummed out chords could it make its presence felt.