Honkytonk brawls, brushes with famous and infamous people, and taking on a new career as a songwriter all play out in this memoir of a musician’s years through teenage rock and roller, a “hired gun” honkytonk country guitar player, an upscale jazz and blues player, and as a songwriter in Music City USA. Bart shares his personal and often humorous short stories of teaching himself to play guitar, being upstaged by the Beatles, snubbing one of the most prominent guitar stars in rock and roll history, and the bumps and bruises of learning the song writing business.

 

A young boy’s discovery of the guitar as a ticket out of the monotony of farm life begins this trip through many years of experiences in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Tennessee. The guitar became his first love and it has been a constant in his journey. It is a personal and revealing look at how being the “guy with the guitar” profoundly influenced his life. His emotional attachment to many of his instruments, the musician’s constant craving for something newer and better, and the heartache of loss of his most valued possession all color these stories of life as a musician.

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Guitar Journey will give you a rich perspective on a musicians life.