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Myers, Mitch
The Boy Who Cried Freebird: Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling
New York HarperEntertainment 2007 0061139017 / 9780061139017 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine Collectible
xiii, 321 pp., index; 22 cm. AS NEW. Stated "First Edition." Fine DJ. "THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD is compelling, humorously entertaining, creative, excellent 'underground' music journalism and sonic storytelling from a fresh, evocative, and mature new voice. Music storytelling has infiltrated contemporary pop culture with films like High Fidelity, Almost Famous and School of Rock, as well as jazz fantasies like Round Midnight and Geoff Dyer's collection of short stories, But Beautiful. In the past, esteemed writers like James Baldwin and Eudora Welty ably grappled with the form, as have modern novelists including Neil Pollack and Nick Hornby. Myers' speculative music writing echoes the revolutionary spirit of early Rolling Stone, Creem and Crawdaddy, as well as reflecting modern music journals like Mojo and The Wire. He combines fiction with traditional music journalism--artist profiles, liner notes and columns--to provide an entertaining and educational overview of 20th century music and popular culture. Myers' writing often touches on the age of rock artifacts, when music was experienced through vinyl albums, concert arenas, and underground FM radio. In many ways, this is the real rock snob's dictionary, educating with attitude, but never surrendering the essential ingredients of delight and humor. Ultimately, THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD asks the musical question, 'Do You Believe in Magic?' If you do, these stories will speak to you or people that you know. / Mitch Myers is a writer, historian, and psychologist based in Chicago and New York City. His unique pop commentaries have been broadcast on NPR's All Things Consideredand published in a variety of journals, magazines, and websites. He also maintains the Shel Silverstein Archive in Chicago." - Publisher.
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