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A Beautiful Broken Dream explores the magic, madness, myth and moonshine of America in search of the spirit and soul of America, an America beyond the headlines. A Beautiful Broken Dream is a 'trail journal' of stories, poems and lyrics all tied together by a journey mostly on foot through the great forests of the southern states of the US and then a trip along the music road, from Ashville to Nashville and New Orleans with his sometime travelling companion and great friend, the artist Dinny Pocock. Endeavouring to avoid irritable bears, rattlesnakes, agitated natives, over-exuberant creeks, and a whole variety of other challenges, they throw themselves into the heart of Appalachia and the Southern States and the music that flows from it. What emerges is a wry, compassionate, idiosyncratic and highly personal view of this land and the ‘truth’ it holds.
“I let the beautiful chilled waters wash away the sweat and grime of the trek, my spirits soaring in the ecstasy of being alive. If at that moment I had died, I would have died a happy man. My eyes turned to the bright blue sky, my arms lifted in salute to the magic potential we have to experience joy unbound, albeit and because it is fragmented and momentary thing.” Published by Artisan Creative Ltd Available Now ! |
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“And I realised I had come to believe on my journey that deep in the psyche of America is the idea of the moment of truth – the moment when flawed as you are, you face your demons and transcend them. It’s the story of ‘The Coward of the County’ and ‘High Noon’. It is the idea of the American dream made sublime in which you suck up the consequences of the choices you have made, fierce in the knowledge that at least you made them”
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