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Life in reverse : tales of a very stable narcissist / Ron Westray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westray, Ron, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American jazz musicians.
- United States.
- Westray, Ron.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (443 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; New York, New York : Anthem Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- The story of African-American jazz musician Westray's life journey - striving for knowledge, opportunity, acceptance and understanding.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapters 51/50
- Harangue II
- Harangue
- Will I? Never!
- Rest, Jimmy
- Chapter 49
- BILO
- Rancor: Spring 2019
- Meanwhile: Spring Semester 2019
- Chapter 48
- One More Once!
- Now, Granny Neal
- Emergency Run II
- Look to This Day
- Virginia Ann Bush Westray (1944-2018)
- Winter Is Her Favorite Time of Year
- Company
- Chapter 47
- "Anybody that's ever loved me, still love me"
- Chapter 46
- We Are the Martians
- Chapter 45:
- Chapter 44:
- Chapter 43
- Gigs
- OMG
- Open Letter to S. (R.'s cousin)
- Afterthoughts on the Westray Cycle
- Chapter 42
- Afterthoughts of Unrequited Love
- Chapter 41
- Mom's H.E.A.D.R.A.G.
- Chapter 40
- Baby
- Chapter 39
- Man or Machine? It's a Fair Question
- -M.M., AJW
- Chapter 38
- To L. and Back
- Chapter 37
- On the Road Again
- Go West, Young Man!
- Chapter 36:
- Chapter 35
- Leaving The Band
- Damnation of Memory
- Press Release: Chivalrous Misdemeanors
- Chapter 34
- Subj: Re: m*ss you already!
- Comments
- PHOTO SECTION
- Musicians in Crawford Grill
- Some Things I Own (and Have Owned)
- Other Things
- Chapter 33
- Critique the Critic
- Chapter 32
- Hula-Hooping versus Chauvinism
- 1600 Penn Ave
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 28
- From MC
- To Be a Rogue
- Practice
- Tricky
- Later
- Memory versus Action
- Desire versus Rationale
- Chapter 27
- Best Move for the Money
- Chapter 26
- He Tales and She Tails
- Chapter 25:
- Chapter 24
- Life, Love and Happy-Sad Time
- Chapter 23
- Of Musician, of Man
- To Speak of Swing
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 21.
- Gig
- Greenstreets
- Mom's Compassion
- Chapter 20
- Appendix: The Lives and Deaths of Joe Westray and Ron Westray, Sr.
- Joe Westray (June 1, 1913-July 9, 1980)
- Pittsburgh's Hottest Spots
- Ronald Kenneth Westray, Sr.
- The Police Report
- Emergency Run
- Your Daddy … Was a Good Man
- Closing (Framework).
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-83998-040-0
- 1-83998-041-9
- OCLC:
- 1272997778
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