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Old 03-16-2009, 11:57 AM   #7
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I read it awhile ago Chuck and thought it was rather thin considering the life he has had. Left out alot of meat in my opinion! The part about his childhood was interesting and as you mentioned the part about his son, but the portion directed towards his career and music was very, very thin.
You're right in that aspect, Larry - it made me wish that he had given the task to a good ghost writer to flesh it out some more, but I guess you finally have to fill in the spaces yourself in some parts - sort of that typical English reserve thing going on I guess.

He had a lot of ground to cover in terms of his career, without a doubt. It connected a lot of dots for me anyway in terms of his musical influences -

"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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