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February 11, 2016
The Greatest Adventure In Rock Music?
In the summer of 2005, three friends and I took an eight month journey across the two continents of America and Europe.
We were on a mission: – to get ten of the world’s most famous recording artists to record a tribute album to an unknown songwriter; – And that songwriter would be me.
And as we traveled we were going to make a road movie; an epic chronicle of our quest, and a testament to our friendship. We made it and we called it, Tribute This!
The adventures we had and the people we met changed my life profoundly. Not only its present but also how I viewed its past.
Apart from our struggles with managers, publicists, security and even one or two of the artists themselves, we ran into so many people from ordinary walks of life; cab drivers, hotel porters, fans standing in line to see their heroes, who couldn’t do enough to help or encourage us on our journey.
For one long summer, we lived life so brilliantly; so full of laughter and a gathering sense of achievement that I wondered if the artists we were pursuing ever got to see life in anything like the same way. In contrast they seemed so protected, so hidden away, so cut off from the world that, towards the end of our travels, the thought occurred to me that, at that point in time, I wouldn’t swap one year of their lives for one day of ours.
My hope is that, in reading my account of those heady days, you will understand why.
Billy Franks .
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Warm regards,
Billy
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January 13, 2016
Best Seller, A Far Cry from Sunset (Revised Edition) Available Free for Limited Time Only
(Can 4 Friends Travel 5 Countries & Get 10 Superstars To Appear On A Tribute Album To 1 Unknown Songwriter?)
Featuring Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Rod Stewart and many others.
Is available for free in Kindle version. Simply go to your Amazon store and search A Far Cry from Sunset
You will notice on both sides of the Atlantic it has universal 5 star reviews!
For UK readers here is your link: http://bit.ly/billysbestseller
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For other countries please visit your Amazon store
Enjoy,
Billy

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A Far Cry from Sunset
It tells of the adventures of four friends traveling the world to ask ten famous artists to appear Having been a singer/songwriter my entire life, A Far Cry from Sunset is the title of my first book.
It tells of the adventures of four friends traveling the world to ask ten famous artists to appear on a tribute album to an unknown songwriter and making a documentary of their quest. The unknown songwriter in question was myself.
Apart from being a road trip tale of epic proportions it is also a memoir of my life in music from the mid 70s til the present day.
It was released on Amazon a few weeks ago and for one day was the fourth best selling paperback and the number one selling book in the music category.
You can read more about it here: www.billyfranks.com ...more
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