This is the story of a love affair with music and a quest which began when Lauren St John packed her guitar and set out to find the soul that lies behind Nashville's surface glitter. Granted unprecedented access to Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams and numerous others, Lauren St John travelled from Wilkesboro, North Carolina to Hollywood and beyond to write a true insider's account of the American roots musicians who carry the flame of legends like Hank Williams, Gram Parson and Robert Johnson.
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'This book is about my Nashville, the town I've called home for 26 years and have come to love in spite of itself' STEVE EARLE 'Nashville represents the American dream of stardom, of crawling from the gutter, of pure self-expression and the uplifting power of music. It is to this place that Lauren St John journeys, intent on discovering the true soul of a city masked by rhinestones and cheap tourist haunts... Walkin' After Midnight is for all true keepers of the country flame and lovers of real music, whatever the genre' The Times
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Lauren St John was born in Zimbabwe in 1966 and fell in love with music and sport shortly afterwards. For the best part of a decade, she combined writing sports books and working as golf correspondent to The Sunday Times with increasingly regular trips to Nashville, before music more or less took over her life. She lives in London.
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A Journey to the Heart of Darkness!,
This review is from: Walkin' After Midnight (Hb) (Hardcover)
A meandering narrative of the authors trip to Nashville to search for the heart and soul of Nashville. Along the way she meets up with Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Linda Ronstadt amongst others. Earle is at the heart of the book and is also the subject of St Johns next book, the best chapters in this book include Earles view on the Death Penalty, Drugs and Garth Brooks! The other best parts feature Emmylou Harris, a singer with true integrity.An interesting read.
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