Download or read book Thank God I Was A Country Boy written by Howard C. Shreckengost and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thank God I Was a Country Boy is a praise to the Lord. He set me free. Without Him, I am nothing. I have written these lines to ultimately say I was a normal child. I was capable of being swayed to sin. I was also taught the proper life to live. My family influenced as best they could, but it was their trusting us that became our bond. They had to trust God to watch over us and trust that saying we followed God was really what we desired to do. They wished for us to walk with God daily. I am thankful for the hard times and the trials. This is not a fiery sermon about how you must change. It is a reminder to be thankful for aEURoeFrom whence cometh your help?aEUR (old Bible translation). Thankful for growing up. Thankful for all I had.

Download or read book Firefly Lane written by Kristin Hannah and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . now a #1 Netflix series! In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer's end they've become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she'll envy her famous best friend. . . . For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test. Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.

Download or read book The Rollicking Piano Bar Songbook written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Nearly 60 standards arranged for piano and voice with chord frames guaranteed to get the piano bar jumpin'! Includes: All Shook Up * American Pie * Bad, Bad Leroy Brown * Bennie and the Jets * Brown Eyed Girl * Dancing Queen * Great Balls of Fire * Hey Jude * I Will Survive * Jack and Diane * King of the Road * Lean On Me * Love Shack * Mony, Mony * Mustang Sally * Piano Man * Proud Mary * Red, Red Wine * Respect * Ring of Fire * Shout * Sweet Caroline * Yellow Submarine * and more.

Download or read book My Many Merry Melodies written by Kevin Ahern and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest edition of Kevin Ahern's popular Metabolic Melodies mixed with an eclectic collection of relevant, current song topics. Well over 200 song lyrics are included on topics that include biochemistry, science, daily life, life in Oregon, and politics.

Download or read book Musical Gentrification written by Petter Dyndahl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical Gentrification is an exploration of the role of popular music in processes of socio-cultural inclusion and exclusion in a variety of contexts. Twelve chapters by international scholars reveal how cultural objects of relatively lower status, in this case popular musics, are made objects of acquisition by subjects or institutions of higher social status, thereby playing an important role in social elevation, mobility and distinction. The phenomenon of musical gentrification is approached from a variety of angles: theoretically, methodologically and with reference to a number of key issues in popular music, from class, gender and ethnicity to cultural consumption, activism, hegemony and musical agency. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, empirical examples and ethnographic data, this is a valuable study for scholars and researchers of Music Education, Ethnomusicology, Cultural Studies and Cultural Sociology. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Download or read book The Latest Greatest Wildly Popular Metabolic Melodies written by Kevin Ahern and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of lyrics to Kevin Ahern's Metabolic Melodies.

Download or read book John Denver written by John Collis and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Denver was America's biggest-selling solo star of the '70s. In commercial terms he was on a par with Sinatra in the '40s, Elvis in the '50s and the Beatles in the '60s. He experimented with a variety of styles and won fans from such diverse worlds as folk, pop and country music. Beneath the often tranquil surface of his music and his clear, clean tenor voice, however, lurked a darker side to Denver's character. The writer of 'Annie's Song', one of the most straightforward and personal expressions of love, became a wife-beater. The man who cavorted with the Muppets was an alcoholic. The committed environmentalist had his own plane, the most polluting form of transport. John Collis has delved deep to discover exactly who John Denver was. By unravelling the complexities of the singer's personality and background, he reveals Denver as a complicated, contradictory man, much more intriguing than the sometimes placid surface of his music might suggest. Millions of people around the globe found something in his music that touched their souls; Collis, by charting Denver's career and development as an artist, explores his legendary contribution not only to the world of music but also to the society of which he was a protagonist and a victim.

Download or read book Who Was That Masked Kid written by Dan Neiser and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ralphie might have wanted a Red Ryder B B gun in Jean Shepherds A Christmas Story, but the kid in this story wants a lot more. He fantasizes about becoming the Lone Ranger, the Masked Man himself, but is thwarted at every turn. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when the Masked Kid tries to realize his dreams, only to discover they may be harder than he thought.

Download or read book The Very Best of John Denver Songbook written by John Denver and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Strum It (Guitar)). Strum the chords (and sing along!) with 20 of John Denver's top hits: Annie's Song * Autograph * Back Home Again * Calypso * Fly Away * Follow Me * Goodbye Again * I'm Sorry * Leaving on a Jet Plane * Looking for Space * My Sweet Lady * Poems, Prayers and Promises * Rocky Mountain High * Shanghai Breezes * Sunshine on My Shoulders * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Thank God I'm a Country Boy * and more. Each song is in its original key with chords, strum patterns, melody and lyrics.

Download or read book Alfred s Basic Adult Piano Course All Time Favorites Book 1 written by Dennis Alexander and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to supplement Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course, but may also be used to supplement any piano course. Rich collections of popular folk and country songs, sing-along favorites, holiday songs and arrangements of well-known classics.

Download or read book The River in Me and Other Smalltown Stories written by Angie Richart-Lawburgh and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bub written by Drew Bratcher and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nashville native Drew Bratcher writes musically about memory and memorably about music in uncommonly beautiful essays that announce the arrival of a major new voice. The title essay, a requiem in fragments, tells the story of a grandfather through his ear, comb, hands, El Camino, and clothes. Bratcher delivers a tough and moving tribute to a man who “went on ahead, on up the road, and then the road turned.” Elsewhere, Bratcher directs his attention to Johnny Cash’s looming presence over his childhood, the relative pain of red paper wasp stings, Dolly Parton’s generative homesickness, the humiliations and consolations of becoming a new father, the experience of hearing his name in a Taylor Swift song, and the mystifying hymns treasured by both his great grandmother and D. H. Lawrence. Seamlessly blending memoir and arts criticism and aiming at both the heart and the head, this is a book about listening closely to stories and songs, about leaving home in order to find home, and about how the melodies and memories absorbed along the way become “a living music that advances and prevails upon us at formative moments, corralling chaos into the simple, liberating stockade of verse, chorus, verse.”

Download or read book John Denver and Me written by Jeannie St. Marie and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-11-08 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people are destined to meet. This is a true story about the life of John Denver and how his life crossed paths with the life of a free-spirited Pan Am flight attendant he was destined to meet and get to know. This is a hugely entertaining and informative book about the immense impact that John Denver's music and his humanity had on the planet.

Download or read book Georgie B Goode Vintage Trailer Mysteries Books 1 5 written by Marg McAlister and published by Blue Gem Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL READS!” Take one eighth-generation gypsy who is unwilling to admit that she has a gift for foretelling the future. Add a likable and slightly eccentric group of friends who love the retro lifestyle and follow Georgie into one madcap adventure after another… … and you have a foolproof recipe for a unique mystery series! Forget the body count - you won’t find dead bodies piling up here: just intriguing puzzles that need a gypsy fortune-teller (and her friends) to unravel the clues! Here’s just a little of what they’re saying about this series on Good Reads: "Well, I read all of them in about a week! Great, fantastic, Awesome. Enough of that. The health department is probably on the way to close up my home... Got nothing done for a week. They were absolutely wonderful reads. I would recommend them to anyone that likes a good mystery, love story, fun books!" (Blanche Wegman) "I love everything about these books and that makes it easy to review but I'm always worried about giving too much away if I said everything I wanted to say. So I'll keep it short by saying this. If you don't read these books, you'll miss out on some of the best writing you could ever read…" (Karen) "Can't stop raving about this series!!" "Each book tells its own fantastical tale about Georgie and her family and group of friends solving a different puzzle of one kind or another. Marg is VERY inventive and hasn't written about any case twice. Love these books! Way to go Marg McAlister! I'm rushing off to read the next one now!" (Stephanie Villere) 5 BOOKS - 5 GREAT READS! Book 1: Good to Go When_ Georgie B. Goode decides to take to the road in a vintage gypsy trailer, she finds herself up to her neck in trouble from the very first stop. That crystal ball her great-grandma Rosa insisted she take with her seems to be trying to tell her something…but what? Book 2: Georgie Be Good When Sarah West turns up at a vintage trailer rally to see if Georgie can help her falsely-accused husband, Georgie just can’t bring herself to say ‘no’. With the help of her crystal ball and her amateur team of investigators, she starts following the trail—and ends up entangled in a web of lies. Book 3: Good Riddance One of Georgie’s first customers at an RV park in Santa Monica is a teenage boy who seems more set on having her arrested rather than seeking her help. Georgie can sense that there’s more behind his football-jock muscles and acne scars than meets the eye, so she keeps digging - but as the plot thickens, she finds herself calling on her fledgling Crystal Ball Investigation Team for help. What they lack in experience, they make up for in ingenuity! Book 4: Up to No Good If ever there was a stark contrast to the fun of the retro scene with its rockabilly fun and gorgeous little homes on wheels, it would have to be preppers, stockpiling food and waiting for the Apocalypse. It’s not a scene that Georgie has ever had much to do with, until her brother Jerry starts specializing in building Bug-Out vehicles and selling Get Out Of Dodge packs. Then Jerry disappears—and his fate is in the hands of a couple of gypsy fortune-tellers: his great-grandma Rosa and his sister Georgie. Book 5: In Good Hands Jaxx Saxby is widely known as “The TV Presenter from Hell”, so it’s a very reluctant Georgie that finds herself back in Elkhart to take part in a cable TV special. Jaxx, unfortunately, has decided that the mammoth Johnny B. Goode RV Empire is a perfect fit for her show. During a crystal ball reading recorded on camera, Georgie realizes that Jaxx is in grave danger —but where is that threat coming from?

Download or read book Up to No Good written by Marg McAlister and published by Blue Gem Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If ever there was a stark contrast to the fun of the retro scene with its rockabilly fun and gorgeous little homes on wheels, it would have to be preppers, stockpiling food, and waiting for the Apocalypse. It’s not a scene that Georgie has ever had much to do with until her brother Jerry starts specializing in building Bug-Out vehicles and selling Get Out Of Dodge packs. Unfortunately, Jerry draws the attention of some of the more extreme members of the survivalist movement—and it’s not only his expertise in building the ultimate bug-out vehicle that they want! They are seeking information that he’s not ready to give, and very quickly he realizes that his usual charm isn’t going to work with this crew. Georgie, struggling right now to read anyone’s fortune, still manages to catch a glimpse of a dangerous time ahead for Jerry and Tammy, but by the time she gets word to them, it’s all too late. Jerry has disappeared, communication has broken down, and his fate is in the hands of a couple of gypsy fortune-tellers: his great-grandma Rosa and his sister Georgie. The Crystal Ball Investigation Team sets off in hot pursuit, armed with a crystal ball that appears to go to sleep when it feels like it and only a vague sense of where Georgie’s missing brother might be. Now if Jerry can just stay alive until they get there…

Download or read book Georgie B Goode Vintage Trailer Mysteries Books 1 10 written by Marg McAlister and published by Blue Gem Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 983 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL READS!” Take one eighth-generation gypsy who is unwilling to admit that she has a gift for foretelling the future. Add a likable and slightly eccentric group of friends who love the retro lifestyle and follow Georgie into one madcap adventure after another… … and you have a foolproof recipe for a unique mystery series! Forget the body count - you won’t find dead bodies piling up here: just intriguing puzzles that need a gypsy fortune-teller (and her friends) to unravel the clues! Readers say... "Well, I read all of them in about a week! Great, fantastic, Awesome. I would recommend them to anyone that likes a good mystery, love story, fun books!" (Blanche Wegman) "I love everything about these books! If you don't read them, you'll miss out on some of the best writing you could ever read..." (Karen) NOW YOU CAN ENJOY THE ENTIRE 10-BOOK SERIES IN ONE COLLECTION. Book 1: GOOD TO GO Georgie B. Goode decides to take to the road in a vintage gypsy trailer - but finds herself up to her neck in trouble from the very first stop! Book 2: GEORGIE BE GOOD When Sarah West turns up at a vintage trailer rally to see if Georgie can help her falsely accused husband, Georgie just can't bring herself to say 'no'. Book 3: GOOD RIDDANCE Georgie meets a teenage boy who seems more set on having her arrested rather than seeking her help....but she knows that there's more behind his football-jock muscles and acne scars than meets the eye. Book 4: UP TO NO GOOD Georgie's brother Jerry starts specializing in building Bug-Out vehicles for survivalists -- but then he disappears. It's time to forget family feuds and start looking. Book 5: IN GOOD HANDS Jaxx Saxby is widely known as "The TV Presenter from Hell", so it's a very reluctant Georgie that finds herself back in Elkhart to take part in a cable TV special. Then Georgie realizes that Jaxx is in grave danger... Book 6: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Twelve-year-old Charlotte Draper begs Georgie for help to clear her older brother, Ricky, of the crime of which he's been accused. Will he be welcomed back into the family? Book 7: AS GOOD AS IT GETS Behind the cheerful music, the clever stunts, and the flamboyant costumes at Callaway's Circus, there lurks a traitor: a heartless saboteur who wants to put the family out of business - at any cost. Book 8: GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY Miss Molly, loved by everyone in the vintage trailer community, is in trouble. Someone close to her is to blame - but who? Is the thief one of the waifs and strays that she welcomes into her home, or someone she considered a friend? Book 9: GOOD VIBRATIONS At a week-long 60s-style beach party with her friends, Georgie takes time out to locate a missing child. All too quickly, things take a turn for the worse. Book 10: A ROCKING GOOD CHRISTMAS Georgie doesn't usually stop for hitchhikers, but she is sure that Santa Claus is a pretty safe bet! Unfortunately, she's wrong - but by the time she realizes she's in big trouble, it's all too late.

Download or read book Singer Songwriters of the 1970s written by Robert McParland and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1970s saw a wave of singer-songwriters flood the airwaves and concert halls across the United States. This book organizes the stories of approximately 150 artists whose songs created the soundtrack to people's lives during the decade that forever shaped musical composition. Some well-known, others less known, these artists were the song-poets and storytellers who wrote their own music and lyrics. Featuring biographical information and discography overviews for each artist, this is the only one-volume encyclopedic overview of this topic. Featured artists include Carole King and James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Gordon Lightfoot, Elvis Costello and dozens of other song-poets of the seventies.