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Cheese Chronicles 3rd Edition
Author(s): Tommy Womack (Author, Editor), Richard Courtney (Editor), Maryglenn McCombs (Editor), Craig Owensby (Editor), Brad Talbott (Illustrator)
- Publisher: Tommy Womack
- Publication Date: October 10, 2008
- Edition: 3rd
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 1886371024
- ISBN-13: 9781886371026
Book Description
In 1985, three other guys and I — in Kentucky, of all places — formed a band, hitched our sled to the rock and roll dream, and screamed mush from the pits of our souls. We had nothing going for us save a vehement, greasy, turbo-psychotic vision of how things might turn out, and we went for it. It is good to pursue an outlandish dream. Latch on to the wild dogs. Grab that whip and yee-the-hell-hah! Eventually the sled comes out from under you, and from that point on, you either run like hell or you get your face dragged all over God’s creation, scraping on rocks and bouncing off the sides of trees. There will be great incidence of contusions, highway motel dog breath and bottle-ringed cocktail napkin blitherscribble. Things move faster and faster. Everything you packed for the trip — relationships, standards, your future — gets tossed or bounce off somewhere, and all the while, you know you can stop and at any time, just by letting go of the dream. Under no circumstances whatsoever do you let go of the dream.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Explore the rock underground of the new South, using a title which takes a humorous and personal approach to revealing rock experiences on the road. From encounters with famous travelling personalities to experiencing road conditions, this relates Womack’s performances and love of music, providing rare glimpses into the rock musician’s lifestyle. —Midwest Book Review
Cheese Chronicles 3rd Edition is a front-seat ride through the beer-drenched, puke-stenched rock underground of the New South. Tommy Womack loves music as much as he loves himself, a rare trait for a performer. He’s also funny and insightful, which is even rarer. Best of all, he’s honest, which is either brave or foolhardy, and it’s what makes his book so brutally hilarious. It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, and he likes it. So will you. —Michael McCall, Nashville Scene
Womack’s tale of rock & roll woe is the best book about life on the road ever written (sorry Jack Kerouac!) —
The Rev. Keith A. Gordon, music journalist & Editor, Alt.Culture.GuideAbout the Author
A successful singer-songwriter with songs recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Todd Snider, Jason Ringenberg, Dan Baird, Scott Kempner and others, TOMMY WOMACK is the author of the rock memoir cult classic Cheese Chronicles: The True Story of a Rock n Roll Band You’ve Never Heard Of as well as The Lavender Boys and Elsie and the recording artist behind 2007’s career-defining There, I Said It! album, as well as founding member of the band DADDY with the Americana Music Association’s instrumentalist of the year Will Kimbrough. A two-time WINNER of ‘BEST SONG’ in the Nashville Scene’s annual Best of Nashville poll, Tommy is releasing a new solo studio album – NOW WHAT! – in late February 2012. He is always writing towards his next book. TommyWomack.com
