Killing time : short stories from the long road home / Jimmy Barnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, Jimmy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barnes, Jimmy.

Cold Chisel (Musical group).

Rock musicians--Anecdotes.

Rock musicians.

Rock musicians--Australia--Biography.

Australia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Anecdotes.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm

regular print

Place of Publication:

Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.

Summary:

For a musician, killing time is an occupational hazard, hours and years slip by as you drive between towns, queue at airports, wait around at soundchecks and rest between tours. There's a lot of time to kill. My first two books sought to unpack a troubled childhood and make sense of my crazy rock 'n' roll life. The stories in this collection are about what happened in between, in the downtime before gigs or during recording sessions, while travelling in remote places, hanging out with other musicians, or just quietly going about day-to-day life. Little things that took place along the way, on the long road home. Tales of adventure, misadventure, love and loss, this collection of non-fiction short stories from the Australian rock legend turned writer is vintage Jimmy. Outrageous, witty, warm and wise, Killing Time shares more than 40 yarns reflecting an epic life, from an encounter with a soul legend in Memphis, a night in a haunted studio in upstate New York and a doomed haircut in Thailand, to a madcap misunderstanding in a Japanese ski resort and an all-too-revealing appearance for a Sydney charity.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: There Are No Stars at Night

Yes, Sir, Whatever You Want, Sir

You've Given Me Enough

Hold My Hand

Big Jim

The Yakuza Driver

Life Is a Butterfly's Dream

Roekin' Rod

Sunset Cruise

Sneaky Pete

You Can Leave Your Hat On

The Claw Hammer

Warp Speed Wayne

Child's Play

Finishing Touch

The Golden Buddha

Frankfurt Cowboys

A Song for Rosa

Fresh Flowers on the Bridge

Illiterate in Two Languages

A Broken Homecoming

Follow Your Leader

Big Enough

And in the Blue Corner

Ear Today

A Curse on You

Don't Move, Man

Luck, Who Needs It?

Studio Ghosts

Where's the Baby?

You Ain't from Around Here

Money for Bones

Alligators

Trouble in Paradise

The Sweet Taste of Success

Indoor, All-weather Golf

The Antarctica Letters

My Girl's Got Superpowers

How Not to Succeed in the Music Business

The Swan

Into the Spotlight

Downhill Fast

Good to Be Chieftain

The Covid Chronicle

Home.

ISBN:

9781460759486

1460759486

OCLC:

1158084771