(Easy Guitar). 25 bluegrass standards in easy arrangements with tab. Includes: Alabama Jubilee * Arkansas Traveler * Bill Cheatham * Blackberry Blossom * The Fox * Great Speckled Bird * I Am a Pilgrim * New River Train * Red Rocking Chair * Red Wing * Sally Goodin * Soldiers Joy * Turkey in the Straw * and more.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Have corn flakes with yourself insteadBy Reader and WriterI expected more from this book. For me; Hilburn offered no new insights into the music or the lives of the well known and thoroughly reported-on artists featured in this book. I have my own opinions of them; I hold most of them in high esteem as he does; and knowing that he really likes them too and has hung out with them as much as possible is neither here nor there to me. Maybe the fact that he once wrote a set list for Bob Dylan is news - okay; Mr. Hilburn; you are the coolest rock critic ever. Nor is Hilburn especially revealing - except perhaps unintentionally - or reflective about himself. He mentions almost in passing that he lost his first marriage to his relentless pursuit of the next great rock musician. Words fail me at his "wow; was I surprised" response to Phil Spectors arrest for murder; after Hilburn has just described witnessing Spectors unhinged behavior first hand. The book is smoothly written and easy to read; I cruised through it hoping it would eventually be more than it was.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A music fan will not be able to put this book down!By memoryhole84When I first started reading this; I thought it was going to just be this Forrest Gump-type of story; where this guy Bob Hilburn just stumbles into various scenes that just happen to have famous musicians in them. I was turned off by Bryan Grazers A Curious Mind; as just a bunch of name drops by a famous guy who can get sitdowns with other famous guys.My concerns were gone about three pages in! Hilburn did stumble into his life kind of accidentally (music reporter for the LA Times); but he was there. He lived the life he talks about. It doesnt come off as name-dropping; at all. He was welcomed into these musicians worlds. His stories are human and believable. Name just about any Hal of Fame musician from the 60s to the present; and he has a story.Id recommend this book to anybody!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. InterestingBy Terry MangumMr. Hilburn is the Forest Gump of popular music. He appears to have been everywhere with just about everyone of note. Interesting book; with insights into many popular stars. However; his obsession with Springsteen and several other personalities becomes annoying very quickly.
