Author(s): Vince Bell
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 288
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 8
Foreword by Kathleen Hudson......Page 12
I. Sorcerer’s Apprentice......Page 14
II. Look of the Loner Looking at It......Page 17
III. Sweat Like a Boxer......Page 23
IV. Sinbad and the Silver Tooth......Page 27
V. Music Where the Words Are the Important Part......Page 34
VI. I’m Not This Way Because I’m a Musician,I’m a Musician Because I’m This Way......Page 37
VII. Secret Mountain Laboratory......Page 44
VIII. Six Strings, No Kick......Page 47
IX. Three-Day Ride to the Kitchen......Page 54
X. The Songwriter......Page 59
XI. Elastic Plastic Fork and Pitiable Paper Plate......Page 62
XII. Bermuda Triangle......Page 65
XIII. Name Unknown......Page 68
XIV. Rumor of My Demise......Page 79
XV. Room 933......Page 87
XVI. If It Was Time for the Musicians to Call,It Was Time to Go Home and Fix It......Page 94
XVII. Providence Street......Page 102
XVIII. Even Up on Misery Ave.,They Sometimes Dance and Sing......Page 115
XIX. Path of Least Regret......Page 123
XX. Music School......Page 135
XXI. Edge of the World......Page 162
Illustrations......Page 148
XXII. Monday for Two Years......Page 171
XXIII. Keep Your Eyes in the Sky......Page 179
XXIV. Second Street......Page 188
XXV. Fate Worse Than Death......Page 193
XXVI. Wizard of Odds......Page 201
XXVII. Adrift in Paradise......Page 206
XXVIII. Give Chance a Chance......Page 217
XXIX. Prize for Not Working Hard Enough......Page 226
XXX. Phoenix......Page 230
XXXI. “Album of a Lifetime”......Page 241
XXXII. The Poetry in the Prose......Page 245
XXXIII. Play Like You Practice......Page 249
XXXIV. Texas Plates......Page 257
XXXV. Say in Your Owndamnway......Page 263
XXXVI The Bottom Line......Page 268
XXXVII. Live in Texas......Page 273
XXXVIII. Rough Old Texas Hands......Page 279
Index......Page 281