The first rock n roll time-travel novel!
In the song "American Pie" Don McLean asked the questio
n: "Can music save your mortal soul?" Glimpses answers that question with a resounding "YES!"
Ray Chackleford is an unstable, self-employed electronics repairman whose marriage is foundering and whose father has recently died. During his youth (in the 1960s) he played drums in a rock and roll band.
His unresolved relationships with wife and father are complicated when Ray travels to the Mexican site of his father's death and promptly falls in love with a woman even more unstable than he. In the midst of this emotional turmoil,
His unresolved relationships with wife and father are complicated when Ray travels to the Mexican site of his father's death and promptly falls in love with a woman even more unstable than he. In the midst of this emotional turmoil,
His unresolved relationships with wife and father are complicated when Ray travels to the Mexican site of his father's death and promptly falls in love with a woman even more unstable than he. In the midst of this emotional turmoil, begins to hear in his head and manages to transfer to tape legendary unfinished recordings by Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, and Jimi Hendrix. This music is accompanied by "journeys" into the troubled lives of these rock musicians.
This is a brilliant evocation of the 1960s, and one man's journey through an altered past. Ray is far from being a traditional hero, but during his music quest he begins to heal some of his past angst.
If you love classic rock and roll, this is a must read!
BIBLIO SAYS: Highly recommended!
BIBLIO SAYS: Highly recommended!
In the song "American Pie" Don McLean asked the questio
n: "Can music save your mortal soul?" Glimpses answers that question with a resounding "YES!"Ray Chackleford is an unstable, self-employed electronics repairman whose marriage is foundering and whose father has recently died. During his youth (in the 1960s) he played drums in a rock and roll band.
His unresolved relationships with wife and father are complicated when Ray travels to the Mexican site of his father's death and promptly falls in love with a woman even more unstable than he. In the midst of this emotional turmoil,
His unresolved relationships with wife and father are complicated when Ray travels to the Mexican site of his father's death and promptly falls in love with a woman even more unstable than he. In the midst of this emotional turmoil,
His unresolved relationships with wife and father are complicated when Ray travels to the Mexican site of his father's death and promptly falls in love with a woman even more unstable than he. In the midst of this emotional turmoil, begins to hear in his head and manages to transfer to tape legendary unfinished recordings by Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, and Jimi Hendrix. This music is accompanied by "journeys" into the troubled lives of these rock musicians.
This is a brilliant evocation of the 1960s, and one man's journey through an altered past. Ray is far from being a traditional hero, but during his music quest he begins to heal some of his past angst.
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