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Currently reading "The Chitlin Circuit and the Road to Rock n Roll".
This book tells the story about a chain of off-the-radar (sometimes illegal) small clubs in the rural southern US in the 1940s where African Americans transformed (out of necesiity and misfortune) jazz into rock n roll, its very interesting reading.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2016 at 12:15am |
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Ace, I'll check it out - extra interested in it now that I know he was involved in the writing. Will check out the bigs at Wynton too! |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2016 at 6:06am |
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The book is titled "Possibilities", its a quick easy read. He's kind to most of his past fellow musicians, but takes a few digs at Wynton.
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Posted: 02 Jan 2016 at 5:20am |
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Ah, I didn't know that either!
What was the title - I might do some research, compare it to some others, thanks John :) |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2016 at 1:01am |
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It was okay, not my favorite, but not bad either. There were a few surprises, such as he had a bad dependence on crack for a while.
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Posted: 01 Jan 2016 at 8:24pm |
Ace! What's the Hancock one like so far? (Or did you finish it? :) ) |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2016 at 8:10am |
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I've been reading a lot of musician bios and auto bios recently, including:
Ellington Monk George Clinton Herbie Hancock Bill Bruford
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Posted: 14 Nov 2013 at 6:23am |
Very much so - the amount of unreleased stuff, by account of the book, is insane. He must never stop. |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 3:15am |
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I always had the impression he was a workaholic type.
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Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 2:26am |
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^ that sounds great (sad too, of course) - I've also started reading a Prince bio. Interesting guy
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Posted: 07 Nov 2013 at 7:13am |
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Just finished John Barylick's "Killer Show", the story about the deadly fire that was started when the band Great White used pyros in a small crowded club. The book also includes details on how Barylick and other lawyers helped get the victims their due money.
Excellent book.
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Posted: 07 Nov 2013 at 6:08am |
 Read this, only book I've had time to read this year - loved it, but it was possibly too brief. Possibly. Edited by dreadpirateroberts - 07 Nov 2013 at 6:09am |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2013 at 5:55am |
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Cool, sounds great. Is there an English language version too?
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Posted: 15 Mar 2013 at 7:10pm |
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^finished!
Extremely well done and thoughtful concerning the past decade (00s) and what's-to-come of music, all in a long 400 pages analysis with detailed examples. This book is not probably for "closed" minded Prog fans, but there's a lot in here that answers or deals with Prog fans issues and concerns with music, about innovation and real "progression". |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2013 at 2:50pm |
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Finishing:
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Posted: 02 Mar 2013 at 12:51pm |
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Finished the 1Q84 trilogy, quite enjoyable , a bit too long.
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I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ...
Ken Burns |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 4:05am |
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just finished Murakami's 1st book of 1Q84
I liked it, but not in my top three Murakami books
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I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ...
Ken Burns |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2012 at 2:16am |
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^ sounds good, Cale, I've never come across that one
Just finished this one again:  |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2012 at 12:31am |
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Recently finished this:
 It was pretty good, just took me a couple nights to read. At points it was a little depressing, led to a little loss of sleep.
 But overall it was a good read, recommended to any classic sci-fi lover. |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2012 at 9:33pm |
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The two recent books I've read were:
Just Kids by Patti Smith My Last Sigh by Luis Buñuel Both autobiographic, both in english, and man, both totally incredible. Probably I'm starting to realize the magic of autobiographies and such books. But maybe it's just that these two specifically are just incredible persons and have had such fascinating lives. Both highly recommended.
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