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Extract: More Miles than Money | reviews, news & interviews

Extract: More Miles than Money

Extract: More Miles than Money

In a new book about musical America, a meeting with legendary Charles Wright

Most boys grow up playing Cowboys and Indians. Thing is, I never grew out of it. For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to write my own variant on the great American road book. I pinpoint three pre-adolescent experiences that warped my mind: reading Huckleberry Finn, seeing Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and hearing Bo Diddley.
Most boys grow up playing Cowboys and Indians. Thing is, I never grew out of it. For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to write my own variant on the great American road book. I pinpoint three pre-adolescent experiences that warped my mind: reading Huckleberry Finn, seeing Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and hearing Bo Diddley.
Kerouac turned up in 1947, breathlessly enthusing about 'the wild, humming night... chickenshacks barely big enough to house a jukebox, and the jukebox blowing nothing but blues, bop, and jump

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Great extract, great book. Gets under the skin of its subject in a really passionate way..

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