Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword by Kathleen Hudson
I. Sorcerer’s Apprentice
II. Look of the Loner Looking at It
III. Sweat Like a Boxer
IV. Sinbad and the Silver Tooth
V. Music Where the Words Are the Important Part
VI. I’m Not This Way Because I’m a Musician,I’m a Musician Because I’m This Way
VII. Secret Mountain Laboratory
VIII. Six Strings, No Kick
IX. Three-Day Ride to the Kitchen
X. The Songwriter
XI. Elastic Plastic Fork and Pitiable Paper Plate
XII. Bermuda Triangle
XIII. Name Unknown
XIV. Rumor of My Demise
XV. Room 933
XVI. If It Was Time for the Musicians to Call,It Was Time to Go Home and Fix It
XVII. Providence Street
XVIII. Even Up on Misery Ave.,They Sometimes Dance and Sing
XIX. Path of Least Regret
XX. Music School
Illustrations
XXI. Edge of the World
XXII. Monday for Two Years
XXIII. Keep Your Eyes in the Sky
XXIV. Second Street
XXV. Fate Worse Than Death
XXVI. Wizard of Odds
XXVII. Adrift in Paradise
XXVIII. Give Chance a Chance
XXIX. Prize for Not Working Hard Enough
XXX. Phoenix
XXXI. “Album of a Lifetime”
XXXII. The Poetry in the Prose
XXXIII. Play Like You Practice
XXXIV. Texas Plates
XXXV. Say in Your Owndamnway
XXXVI The Bottom Line
XXXVII. Live in Texas
XXXVIII. Rough Old Texas Hands
Index