In a dazzling and exhilarating display of narrative on-the-road reporting; award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bob Greene takes readers on an unforgettable American journey of music; memories; and universal longing.Running away to join the circus is a dream were told to put away once were no longer young. But; as Bob Greene writes; "just when in our lives we give up on capturing the freedom and bright mornings of our world when it was new; sometimes something happens to keep the sun high in the sky a while longer. Sometimes we find something we werent even aware we were looking for."For fifteen years beginning in the 1990s; Greene stepped into a universe that; out in the country every summer night; is hiding in plain sight: the touring world of the great early rock bands who gave America the car-radio and jukebox music it still loves best. Singing backup with the legendary Jan and Dean as they endlessly crisscross the nation; Greene takes us to football stadiums and minor-league ballparks; to no-name ice cream stands and midnight diners; to back roads and carnival midways as he tells a riveting story of great fame and lingering sorrow; of unexpected friendship and lasting dreams; of the things that keep us going in the face of all the things that threaten to stop us.Striking chords of recognition and yearning; When We Get to Surf City glistens with cameos by the men and women with whom Greene traveled the United States on his deliriously unlikely journey; including Chuck Berry; Martha and the Vandellas; the Everly Brothers; Jerry Lee Lewis; the Beach Boys; the Monkees; the Kingsmen; James Brown; Lesley Gore; the Drifters; Little Eva; and the Coasters.All of themmdash;not just the people on the stage; but the people in the audiences; toomdash;are seeking their private versions of the mythical destination Jan and Dean came up with all those years ago: Surf City as the perfect; cloudless place we all believe is out there; if only we can find it.Hilarious and heartbreaking; moving and brilliant; this is the trip of a lifetime; a travelogue of the heart; accompanied by a thundering guitar chorus of Fender Stratocasters. It is a story destined to touch readers not just today; but for generations to come; as long as the music itself echoes.
2015-09-15 2015-09-15File Name: B016XN1344
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