SOME MEMORIES: Growing Up with Marty Robbins - As remembered by his twin sister, Mamie [Paperback]

Andrew Means (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 19, 2007

The Arizonan desert was the childhood playground for country music legend Marty Robbins. In these vivid and heartfelt recollections, Marty's twin sister, Mamie, describes the adventures they shared long before her brother sang renown ballads about the Old West.

Editorial Reviews

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Excellent! It'll have a special place on my shelf of treasures. -- Hal Swift, cowboy poet and 1940s Marty Robbins bandmate

About the Author

Andrew Means has written about musicians and entertainment for much of his working life, starting with the British periodical Melody Maker in the early seventies. In more recent years he has lived in Phoenix, Arizona, and continued to cover music for various media.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Booklocker.com, Inc. (January 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1601451059
• ISBN-13: 978-1601451057
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #584,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Andrew Means grew up in Britain and has lived in and around Phoenix, Arizona for 30 years. As a journalist, he has written about music, entertainment and the arts for British and U.S. media.
In addition to his memoir about the country music entertainer Marty Robbins, his history of Pink Floyd and his student's guide to George Orwell, he writes fiction as A.L.Means, among other pen names. Foreign Ways is the first collection of short stories by A.L.Means.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some Memories:Growing up with Marty Robbins, July 19, 2011

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This review is from: SOME MEMORIES: Growing Up with Marty Robbins - As remembered by his twin sister, Mamie (Paperback)

Some Memories is a great book written by Marty Robbins twin sister Mamie.The book tells about growing up in the Arizona desert in the 1920s and 30s.They were extremely poor and their father was a drunk and a thief and couldn't hold a job for long.Besides Marty and Mamie their was six siblings and their mother.Their are many stories that should interest Marty Robbins fans. My only complaint is it's only 136 pages and I wish it was longer. I highly recommend this book! Wes Hansel

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Marty Party, June 5, 2011

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This review is from: SOME MEMORIES: Growing Up with Marty Robbins - As remembered by his twin sister, Mamie (Paperback)

This book is fairly good, but the author seems to have some negativity towards Marty. I think if his sister Mamie had not passed away before the book was finished, there would have been less negativity.