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Experienced

by Roland Goity (Editor), John Ottey (Editor), Kimy Martinez (Illustrator), Jim Derogatis, Corey Mesler (Goodreads Author), Scott Nicholson (Goodreads Author), Harold Jaffe, David Meconi , more…

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EXPERIENCED is an anthology of compelling narratives giving new insight into the drama of the rock music world from every literary angle, and exploring rock’s profound effect on our culture and its divine influence over the devoted faithful.

Cutting to the core truths of rock music culture, Experienced is among the first rock anthologies to explore rock music and culture fr...more

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Aug 13, 2011 Ed Wagemann rated it 3 of 5 stars

For reasons not worth going into right now, I spent the last 9 days in my hometown, a small town (population 3,000) atop a heavily wooded hill overlooking the Illinois River about ten minutes south of Peoria. The only thing I had to listen to music with was the cd/cassette player in my '97 Dodge Caravan. There's a drawerful of mixed tapes underneath the front passenger seat and 100 mixed cds in a case beside my driver's seat, but I mostly listened to a Donovan mixed cd, a Classic Rock mixed cd,...more

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Aug 02, 2011 Roland rated it 5 of 5 stars

I liked it so much I slapped my name on the cover.

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Aug 28, 2011 Mel Bosworth rated it 5 of 5 stars

Experienced: Rock Music Tales of Fact & Fiction is a kickass and surprisingly heartfelt anthology that covers the brightly lit front rooms, the shady back rooms, and all the in-between-hard-to-classify rooms of the rock music world from the last few decades to today. It’s a greasy, well worn road map of music and culture, decorated with drawings of memorable groupies and sweaty venues (there are actual drawings in the book, too, and they’re awesome) and smeared with enough resin and LSD to k...more Experienced: Rock Music Tales of Fact & Fiction is a kickass and surprisingly heartfelt anthology that covers the brightly lit front rooms, the shady back rooms, and all the in-between-hard-to-classify rooms of the rock music world from the last few decades to today. It’s a greasy, well worn road map of music and culture, decorated with drawings of memorable groupies and sweaty venues (there are actual drawings in the book, too, and they’re awesome) and smeared with enough resin and LSD to keep you grinning and giggling for hours.

Tim Weed’s Steal Your Face recounts the misadventures of a young man as he follows the Grateful Dead, during which time he must contend with drug fueled crowds, exploding VW buses, and his own fuzzy expectations about romantic relationships.

Pg. 24: “Later that day, I walk down to the 7-Eleven to try her again, but no one answers. In the VW on the way to Red Rocks that night, I sit in the far back and watch the foothills of the Rockies pass by, rolling yellow-green ridges hung with mist from afternoon thundershowers. Maybe I’ve died without knowing it. Maybe that would explain why I can’t quite seem to get in touch with Otter.”

There’s a very real and touching nostalgia seeping through these pages, a steady drip that induces bittersweet twinges in the stomach. It’s being old enough to witness the evolution, to recognize landmarks representing a different era.

From Corey Mesler’s The Growth and Death of Buddy Gardner, pg. 57: “The abandoned gas station stood on corner in midtown Memphis like a sepulcher, but it was soon transmogrified into a holy place, a place where anything could happen. A place as bright as the Sun, as holy as Stax. It is where Black Lung was born. Today it is a Taco Bell.”

Experienced is the elders brushing shoulders with the young pups as they adjust with the times, or as they pass the respective torch and step aside. In Brian Goetz’s Heavy Lifting Days, we’re shown the old school DJs who carry actual pianos to their gigs, and then we’re shown the slick and efficient DJs of the digital age who carry little more than a laptop and an iPod.

The book as a whole is a pure pleasure to read. Blending and bursting with fact and fiction, it delves into the hardships of being a gay harmonica player (Brad Kava’s Road Life Wearies Harmonica Virtuoso) the pressure and enjoyment of doing a late night radio show where the most popular caller is a potential murderer (Scott Nicholson’s Dead Air) and the juxtaposed anxiousness and calm that comes with Bowie daydreams (Adam Moorad’s David Bowie against the Enemy) to name just a few.

Experienced is also a road map of hopes and dreams, and of days gone by. It’s a call to reminisce, to shine the spotlight on the young men and women still kicking beneath our sagging skins. In this way it doesn’t matter whether or not there are holes in our rock history because the recurring message is universal: This whole life business ain’t easy, but that’s what makes it great.

Experienced is an honest and wild ride through the thumping bass and scorching guitar dreams of our youth and beyond that’s well worth the price of admission. Flash your breasts or forge a ticket, but make sure you get through the gate.(less)

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Apr 06, 2012 Scott rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Aug 02, 2011 Roland rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Loved it so much I slapped my name on the cover.

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