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The life I've picked : a banjo player's nitty gritty journey, John McEuen

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John McEuen is one of the founding members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, NGDB. Now 50-years strong, the band is best known for its evergreen bestselling album Will the Circle Be Unbroken and for its gorgeous version of the song "Mr. Bojangles." McEuen is one of the seminal figures who conceived and originated the fusion of folk, rock and country, a unique sound still hugely popular today. In addition to performing on tour with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and on dozens of bestselling NGDB albums (many of which went platinum and gold), McEuen also has a successful solo performing and recording career. And as a music producer, he won the Grammy Award in 2010 for producing The Crow, a music album by Steve Martin, John's lifelong friend. McEuen writes candidly and movingly about the ups and downs in his life. Among the highs was NGDB's tour of the Soviet Union in 1977; they were the first American group to perform there. Among the downs was the breakup of his family in the 1980s. McEuen is a born storyteller, and his tales of working with everyone from Linda Ronstadt to Willie Nelson to Johnny Cash to the Allman Brothers to Bob Dylan to Dolly Parton to, of course, Steve Martin will thrill every fan of folk, rock, and country music alike
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eng
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First edition.
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1 online resource.
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  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. You Canâ#x80;#x99;t Get Here from There; 2. The Real Thing, the Big Show, Rock â#x80;#x99;nâ#x80;#x99; Roll!; 3. Paint Your Wagon, a.k.a the Big Break; 4. Itâ#x80;#x99;s Overâ#x80;#x94;Breakupâ#x80;#x94;to the Next Level; 5. From Cowtown to Circles; 6. The Circle Album; 7. The Road Can Rule You; 8. Road Animals: Linda, Bottom Line, Sedalia, Wyman, Russell; 9. The Good, the Bad, and the Drugly; 10. The Most per Note We Ever Made; 11. The Red Brick Road; 12. Starting On-the-Job Training Being Towed in the Fast Lane; 13. Little Jean, Dancing, Brings Us Together
  • 14. That â#x80;#x9C;I-Became-Earl-Scruggsâ#x80;#x9D; Moment15. The Candidate Didnâ#x80;#x99;t Make It to the White Houseâ#x80;#x94; What the Pluck Happened?; 16. Can We Win This Crowd? And Finally Waking Up; 17. Party of Sevenâ#x80;#x94;Single Father to the Max; 18. Surfing in Kansas; 19. Tommy Lee Jones, Sissy Spacek, and Four Ex-Wives; 20. The Fog of Wall and Phishing for Notes; 21. Closing the Decade and Opening the New Century; 22. You Never Know Who You Know until You Meet Them; 23. McNamara Fogâ#x80;#x94;Speed of Lifeâ#x80;#x94;to NYC; 24. Digging into the Apple; 25. Full Circle: I Didnâ#x80;#x99;t Know I Would Get Here from There; Acknowledgments
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The life I've picked : a banjo player's nitty gritty journey
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The life I've picked
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a banjo player's nitty gritty journey
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John McEuen
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eng
Summary
John McEuen is one of the founding members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, NGDB. Now 50-years strong, the band is best known for its evergreen bestselling album Will the Circle Be Unbroken and for its gorgeous version of the song "Mr. Bojangles." McEuen is one of the seminal figures who conceived and originated the fusion of folk, rock and country, a unique sound still hugely popular today. In addition to performing on tour with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and on dozens of bestselling NGDB albums (many of which went platinum and gold), McEuen also has a successful solo performing and recording career. And as a music producer, he won the Grammy Award in 2010 for producing The Crow, a music album by Steve Martin, John's lifelong friend. McEuen writes candidly and movingly about the ups and downs in his life. Among the highs was NGDB's tour of the Soviet Union in 1977; they were the first American group to perform there. Among the downs was the breakup of his family in the 1980s. McEuen is a born storyteller, and his tales of working with everyone from Linda Ronstadt to Willie Nelson to Johnny Cash to the Allman Brothers to Bob Dylan to Dolly Parton to, of course, Steve Martin will thrill every fan of folk, rock, and country music alike
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McEuen, John
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  • McEuen, John
  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • Banjoists
  • Country musicians
  • Bluegrass musicians
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The life I've picked : a banjo player's nitty gritty journey, John McEuen
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  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. You Canâ#x80;#x99;t Get Here from There; 2. The Real Thing, the Big Show, Rock â#x80;#x99;nâ#x80;#x99; Roll!; 3. Paint Your Wagon, a.k.a the Big Break; 4. Itâ#x80;#x99;s Overâ#x80;#x94;Breakupâ#x80;#x94;to the Next Level; 5. From Cowtown to Circles; 6. The Circle Album; 7. The Road Can Rule You; 8. Road Animals: Linda, Bottom Line, Sedalia, Wyman, Russell; 9. The Good, the Bad, and the Drugly; 10. The Most per Note We Ever Made; 11. The Red Brick Road; 12. Starting On-the-Job Training Being Towed in the Fast Lane; 13. Little Jean, Dancing, Brings Us Together
  • 14. That â#x80;#x9C;I-Became-Earl-Scruggsâ#x80;#x9D; Moment15. The Candidate Didnâ#x80;#x99;t Make It to the White Houseâ#x80;#x94; What the Pluck Happened?; 16. Can We Win This Crowd? And Finally Waking Up; 17. Party of Sevenâ#x80;#x94;Single Father to the Max; 18. Surfing in Kansas; 19. Tommy Lee Jones, Sissy Spacek, and Four Ex-Wives; 20. The Fog of Wall and Phishing for Notes; 21. Closing the Decade and Opening the New Century; 22. You Never Know Who You Know until You Meet Them; 23. McNamara Fogâ#x80;#x94;Speed of Lifeâ#x80;#x94;to NYC; 24. Digging into the Apple; 25. Full Circle: I Didnâ#x80;#x99;t Know I Would Get Here from There; Acknowledgments
Edition
First edition.
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1 online resource.
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9781613738986
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The life I've picked : a banjo player's nitty gritty journey, John McEuen
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Contents
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. You Canâ#x80;#x99;t Get Here from There; 2. The Real Thing, the Big Show, Rock â#x80;#x99;nâ#x80;#x99; Roll!; 3. Paint Your Wagon, a.k.a the Big Break; 4. Itâ#x80;#x99;s Overâ#x80;#x94;Breakupâ#x80;#x94;to the Next Level; 5. From Cowtown to Circles; 6. The Circle Album; 7. The Road Can Rule You; 8. Road Animals: Linda, Bottom Line, Sedalia, Wyman, Russell; 9. The Good, the Bad, and the Drugly; 10. The Most per Note We Ever Made; 11. The Red Brick Road; 12. Starting On-the-Job Training Being Towed in the Fast Lane; 13. Little Jean, Dancing, Brings Us Together
  • 14. That â#x80;#x9C;I-Became-Earl-Scruggsâ#x80;#x9D; Moment15. The Candidate Didnâ#x80;#x99;t Make It to the White Houseâ#x80;#x94; What the Pluck Happened?; 16. Can We Win This Crowd? And Finally Waking Up; 17. Party of Sevenâ#x80;#x94;Single Father to the Max; 18. Surfing in Kansas; 19. Tommy Lee Jones, Sissy Spacek, and Four Ex-Wives; 20. The Fog of Wall and Phishing for Notes; 21. Closing the Decade and Opening the New Century; 22. You Never Know Who You Know until You Meet Them; 23. McNamara Fogâ#x80;#x94;Speed of Lifeâ#x80;#x94;to NYC; 24. Digging into the Apple; 25. Full Circle: I Didnâ#x80;#x99;t Know I Would Get Here from There; Acknowledgments
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource.
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online
Isbn
9781613738986
Media category
computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
Note
BiblioBoard internal publisher id: c9ac78c9-7a2d-4e3f-a865-a9cf8a339d08
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