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BONFIRE OF ROADMAPS
by Ely, Joe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A near fine copy (nudge to bottom front corner) in a near fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0292716532
- ISBN 13
- 9780292716537
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy (nudge to bottom front corner) in a near fine dust jacket. Joe Ely. Since he first hitched a ride out of Lubbock, Texas, at the age of sixteen, singer-songwriter and Flatlanders band member Joe Ely has been a road warrior, traveling highways and back roads across America and Europe, playing music for "2 hours of ecstasy" out of "22 hours of misery." To stay sane on the road, Ely keeps a journal, penning verses that sometimes morph into songs, and other times remain "snapshots of what was flying by, just out of reach, so to savor at a later date when the wheels stop rolling, and the gears quit grinding, and the engines shut down." In Bonfire of Roadmaps, Ely takes readers on the road with him. Using verse passages from his road journals and his own drawings, Ely authentically re-creates the experience of a musician's life on tour, from the hard goodbyes at home, to the long hours on the road, to the exhilaration of a great live show, to the exhaustion after weeks of touring. Ely's road trips begin as he rides the rails to Manhattan in 1972 and continue up through recent concert tours with fellow Flatlanders Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock. While acknowledging that "it is not the nature of a gypsy to look in the rearview mirror," Joe Ely nevertheless offers his many fans a revelatory look back over the roads he's traveled and the wisdom he's won from his experiences. And for "those who want to venture beyond the horizon just to see what is there . . . to those, I hope these accounts will give a glint of inspiration . . .".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15137
- Title
- BONFIRE OF ROADMAPS
- Author
- Ely, Joe
- Illustrator
- Joe Ely
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy (nudge to bottom front corner) in a near fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0292716532
- ISBN 13
- 9780292716537
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Joe Ely, musician, travel, voyages, poetry, illustrated, on the road
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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