Ebook: Falling cars and junkyard dogs : portraits from a musical life
Author: Farrar Jay
- Tags: Farrar Jay., Alternative country musicians -- United States -- Biography., Farrar Jay. Alternative country musicians -- United States -- Biography., Alternative country musicians., United States.
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Soft Skull Press
- City: Berkeley, United States
- Language: English
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In this collection of beautifully crafted autobiographical vignettes that encompasses everything from the people Jay Farrar has met and the places he's journeyed over 20 years as a traveling musician, to his formative childhood experiences, to his parents' cultural identity as Missouri Ozarks. As a child, he marveled at the eccentric habits and mannerisms of his father, though it has taken over 40 years to fully Read more...
Abstract: In this collection of beautifully crafted autobiographical vignettes that encompasses everything from the people Jay Farrar has met and the places he's journeyed over 20 years as a traveling musician, to his formative childhood experiences, to his parents' cultural identity as Missouri Ozarks. As a child, he marveled at the eccentric habits and mannerisms of his father, though it has taken over 40 years to fully appreciate his guidance. Recollections of Farrar's father are prominent throughout the stories. Ultimately, it is music and musicians that are given the most space and the