New Highway : Selected Lyrics, Poems, Prose, Essays, Eulogies and Blues.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alvin, Dave.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alvin, Dave.

Rock musicians--United States.

Rock musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

New Highway

Place of Publication:

Chicago : BMG Books, 2022.

Summary:

Celebrated singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Alvin is, first and foremost, a storyteller. The Grammy winning artists disarmingly well-crafted lyrics represent just one of the many expressions of his unique ability to capture the gritty and beautiful moments of life with the written word. This anthology of his writing is a companion piece to Daves considerable musical output, and presents a staggering cross section of his work.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Half Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Leaving a Poet's Funeral

Ashgrove

American Music

Meeting Mr. Phillips

Johnny Otis: An Appreciation

Flat Top Joint

Gene Vincent's Last Show

Rock and Roll Will Stand

Do Not Play the Beat

Boss of the Blues

Big Joe Turner

Lee Allen

Hollywood Bed

Johnny Ace Is Dead

Black Sky

In Memory of Ed Pearl, 1931-2021

New Highway

Dixie Highway Blues

Long White Cadillac

The Blasters' American Music

Two Lucky Bums

1968

Six Nights a Week

No Worries Mija

Run Conejo Run

Gaffney Hates Poetry

Fourth of July in the Dark

Fourth of July

Signal Hill Blues

No Other Girl

Wanda and Duane

Little Honey

Why Did She Stay with Him?

So Long Baby Goodbye

Blues for Miss Mercy

Frank Zappa at the Roxy

A Heart That's Truel

King Cry Baby

A Meeting with the Man

Harlan County Line

Barn Burning

Dark Night

The Underlying Message, 2020

Rich Man's Town

Common Man

Peace Poem

Jubilee Train

Man in the Bed

Brother on the Line

Gary, Indiana, 1959

Boomtown

Trouble Bound

Out of Control

Thirty Dollar Room

Blue Shadows

Interstate City

Beautiful City 'Cross the River

Everybody Likes the Ventures, 1981

Blue Boulevard

Downey to Lubbock

Abilene

For Nanci Griffith

Bus Station

Evening Blues

Anyway

Black Rose of Texas

Angel on Your Shoulder

Marie Marie

Kathleen

Memphis, Tennessee, November 1981

Bob Biggs, 1946-2020

Guilty Man

Mary Brown

Murrietta's Head

Billy the Kid and Geronimo

Andersonville

Public Domain Liner Notes

Dry River

Far Away

Everett Ruess

Manzanita

The Day after Seeing Jimi Hendrix When I Was 13 Years Old

Nana and Jimi

Red Rose

Downey Girl.

Black Haired Girl

Every Night about This Time

Border Radio

From a Kitchen Table

West of the West Liner Notes

King of California

California's Burning

California Snow

Out in California

Haley's Comet

Between the Cracks

Rio Grande

Moses on Mount Sinai-One Night in Italy

Death of the Last Stripper

Nine Volt Heart

Help You Dream

A Poem for Merle Haggard

Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard, Liner Notes

Highway 99

Just Don't Mention Don Rich

Buck Owens: from the Streets of Bakersfield

Blues for Bruce Bromberg

Romeo's Escape

Plastic Rose

Paternity Test

Common Ground Liner Notes

What's Up with Your Brother?

Southwest Chief

Springfield, Illinois, October 12, 2015

Somewhere in Time

(I Won't Be) Leaving

For the Rest of My Life

Basic Dave Alvin Discography

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781947026902

1947026909

OCLC:

1344538433