Now In Paperback! THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD Rock and Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling By Mitch Myers
Released on: April 2, 2008, 4:06 pm
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Press Release Summary: When Mitch Myer's THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD: Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling (Harper; Trade Paperback: On-sale date: April 1, 2008; $14.95) was first published last year Associated Press hailed it as, "Funny and insightful, bizarre and bewildering, but totally enthralling," while filmmaker Cameron Crowe called it "rich with truth, soul and music."
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"Funny and insightful, bizarre and bewildering, but totally enthralling, Mitch Myers' collection of essays in The Boy Who Cried Freebird is a treasure trove for music lovers...Myers deserves high praise." - Associated Press
"[The Boy Who Cried Freebird] is a much-needed and very welcome collection...Together with his imaginative and captivating prose, Myers' biggest assets are his boyish enthusiasm, pervasive warmth and genuine love of eccentricity and distinctive art and artists." - Chicago Sun-Times
"[Myers] removes the luggage and puts the fable and magic back into our music; his book is blessed because his point of view has not been thwarted by experience and malaise.\" -Andrew Loog Oldham "Rich with truth, soul and music." -Cameron Crowe Now In Paperback! THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling By Mitch Myers
New mp3, "The Bar Mitzvah Blues" by Mitch with guitarist Gary Lucas available on request!
When Mitch Myer's THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD: Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling (Harper; Trade Paperback: On-sale date: April 1, 2008; $14.95) was first published last year Associated Press hailed it as, "Funny and insightful, bizarre and bewildering, but totally enthralling," while filmmaker Cameron Crowe called it "rich with truth, soul and music."
Ranked on several "best of" lists for 2007, Myers' collection of essays, anecdotes and tall tales has been lauded by many. In 2008, THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD continues to confuse and excite, spawning book celebrations with new spiels by Myers and inventive collaborations with special musical guests.
THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD is a freewheeling collection of music-oriented parables, serious artist profiles, and offbeat essays as Myers incorporates factual reporting, oral storytelling and comedic spritzing-blending social satire with historical fact in creative, literary fashion.
Black Sabbath saving the world from alien infiltration, a classic update on the legend of John Henry, Allen Ginsberg meets Harry Smith, Albert Ayler sees ghosts, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention freak out - it's all within the pages of THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD.
A popular contributor to NPR's All Things Considered, Myers has been published in numerous journals including Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, High Times and DownBeat. Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003 featured his Magnet Magazine piece on Doug Sahm, which is included in this book. Myers is creative consultant of to the Shel Silverstein estate and directs the Silverstein Archive in Chicago. In 2007 he coordinated the publication of Playboy's Silverstein Around The World (Touchstone), which features a comprehensive introduction by Myers and a foreword by Hugh Hefner (and is available for review).
THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD explores classic examples of rock & roll, blues, jazz, gospel, beat poetry, minimalism, modern classical, soul, avant-garde and electronic music. In addition, the book offers insights on the peripherals of 20th Century music: record collecting, bonus tracks on CDs, rock concert decorum, dope-smoking, 60's nostalgia, obsessive music geeks, Deadheads, the business side of rock and roll, music journalism itself, rock in film, and other related pop-phenomena.
This is the real rock snob's dictionary-and don't you forget it!
THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD showcases more than 40 entries that will captivate fans of contemporary music and pop culture, including the following five never-before-published stories:
. Who Will Save The World? (Black Sabbath): Writer Dave Marsh said this political piece was Myers'.\"Masterpiece. Lester [Bangs] is drooling with envy in Hell.\"
. Back to the Fillmore (The Grateful Dead): Back to the Future meets Hunter Thompson\'s Hells Angels and Tom Wolfe\'s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
. The Ballad of John Henry and the Wheels of Steel: As told by Myers on NPR, this is a classic update of a timeless American folktale.
. Tie-Die! (A Demonic Tale of Psychedelic Possession): A rock & roll Twilight Zone featuring Freebird's ubiquitous hero, Adam Coil.
. The Mix-Tape Murder Mystery: A classic police-buddy whodunit in the tradition of Nick and Nora, Charlie Chan and Dragnet...with a soundtrack.
For lovers of music and the written word, THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD is dissident pop journalism from an evocative and mature literary voice.
About the Author: Mitch Myers is a freelance writer, psychologist and historian based in Chicago and New York City whose music-oriented storytelling has been broadcast on NPR's All Things Considered program and published in a variety of music journals and magazines. Myers is also creative consultant to the Shel Silverstein estate and runs the Silverstein archive in Chicago.
THE BOY WHO CRIED FREEBIRD Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling By Mitch Myers Harper, Trade Paperback April 1, 2008 Price: $14.95 ISBN: 9780061139024
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