(Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents In The Forests of Rock And Roll)
Finished Tu 8/26/14
Fourteen years as a fourth grade teacher in Dayton, Ohio, and then starts (at 35 years old) a career on the fringes of Rock.
Background in sports. Ace baseball pitcher but threw out his elbow in college
His brother, Jimmy, was even more famous locally as a basketball player. He also suffered an accident (to his knee) that ended his college career.
His home is in the blue-collar, Northridge section of Dayton.
The Monument Club is the garage area of his home where he and the members of GBV would drink, play music, and shoot hoops.
Recording artist for 'Scat' and 'Matador'
I was really impressed by the lyrics which were used to introduce the chapters. He's a poet, and that's not just a great lyricist, but a true poet!
I had a couple of his albums on the Ipod, and re-listened, and was re-blown away. Got 'Bee Thousand' from the library, and found the EP 'I Am A Scientist' in the stacks.
The book is chock full of incidents and has an exhaustive and comprehensive discography of his works.
His link at wikipedia-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pollard
Link to the book at Amazon-
http://www.amazon.com/Guided-Voices-History-Twenty-One-Accidents/dp/0802170137
GBV web page-
http://www.gbv.com/
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