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 enlarge | Author: Bob Greene
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 38739
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312375298
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.92092
EAN: 9780312375294
ASIN: 0312375298
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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Rock and Roll will never die July 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are a fan of 50s and 60s music you will love this book. If you are a fan of Jan and Dean you MUST HAVE THIS BOOK. It is beyond a doubt the best book I have ever read on the subject of rock and roll.But it is so much more than that-it is the story of undying friendship and the search for eternal youth.I found my own Surf City last year when I met Dean Torrence in an Oklahoma Casino where he and the Surf City All Stars were playing.That meeting made reading the book that much better,because it proved to me that Bob Greenes views were right on the mark, and that if you are lucky you too can find Surf City.Rock and Roll will never die.
When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams June 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great book. I especially enjoy reading about Gary Griffin....he's a real cutie. It's interesting to find out that life on the road isn't all glamor. A wonderful inside view of the people and songs that we all remember.
Bob Greene does it again! June 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bob Greene takes fans of 60's music through an insightful story from behind the scenes as he tells of his travels with Jan and Dean. His observations as one of the back up musicians reveal little known things about musicians and how concerts work. He also has many anecdotes about Jan and Dean after Jan's "recovery" from his terrible accident. Some of them are humorous and some rather sad. Reading this book led me to buy other books by Greene that I hadn't read so far in addition to buying another book about Jan and Dean. A good read.
interesting look at rock n roll on the road June 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Do you remember "Jan and Dean"? Do you remember those "surf songs" that were/are so much fun to dance to and sing along with? Do your kids remember these songs? This book, so easy to read, gives us one man's remembrance of what it was like to tour and sing/play with the various and ever-changing group inspired by the original Jan and Dean. What a wild and wonderful ride they all had...
This was a fascinating read for me and I was amazed about so many details of "life on the tour" that Bob Greene remembered. For all I know, he may still be on tour...
You might also like reading one of Bob's other recent books, And You Know You Should Be Glad. He has a gift for being able to write about how it felt growing up in a (fairly) small town in the 50's/60's and has a way about explaining feelings that he had as a teenager and those feelings of his friends. Things were sure different then and young people today might enjoy seeing how one particular guy saw things. When I have read his books, I have said to myself, "yeah, I know what you mean," but have not been able to put it into words. He talks about the importance of sustaining friendships and not all of us have been able to keep such long relationships. His recounting of those times also kept me laughing, it was not all seriousness. In fact, I think the humour is what kept the whole thing going in both of these books.
Sincerely,
Diane Commendatore
loudotcomm@comcast.net
Bob Greene just gets better and better! June 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bob Greene has yet another winner with 'When We Get to Surf City'! Mr. Greene has such a wonderful writing style. You honestly think you are there on tour with those guys as you read it. I highly recommend this book to anyone. You don't need to be in a band, you don't need to be of the surfer song era, you don't need to be a musician OR a guy, to enjoy 'Surf City'. You will laugh and smile and be moved to tears...and what a journey it will be!!! 5 STARS!
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