Music Miles And Memories

This is a true story of a boy born to farming parents during the later stage of World War II. Don Pannan's early childhood memories include talk of the war and fear of invasion by the Japanese. His early years were spent in the farming community of Binya near Griffith in southern New South Wales. At age 12 he was sent to a boarding hostel at Hay for secondary education. His mother moved into Griffith and he became a student at Griffith High School. He gained employment in a Public Service organisation and at around age 17, started a band with two friends. The band became a very popular band and played all around Griffith and surrounds all through the nineteen sixties. The sixties was a very exciting time for these young men and, indeed, for anyone who grew up through this great decade. He spent time in Sydney and Wagga before moving to Tamworth in 1979. He worked for Insurance Companies and eventually bought into a small insurance business which became a large and respected insurance business in Tamworth. The story is sprinkled with original poetry, which is something that comes easily to this Author, there is an addendum with many poems overall there are more than seventy original poems in this book. The story is about the life and times of Don Pannan, the Author, his life as a boy, his times at Hay, Griffith, Wagga, Sydney and Tamworth - a farm boy, a sixties Musician, a Public Servant, Insurance man, a Father, a Poet and a Grey Nomad.

The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century

Third Day guitarist Mark Lee is no stranger to heartache and hopes deferred; the road to success is never traveled without missteps along the way. Life is messy and uncertain and full of surprises. And one of the best things he's ever done is let go of his expectations about how life should be in order to embrace life as it is: a moment-by-moment walk with God. Hurt Road is the engaging true story of a man who, as a teen, found in music a refuge from the uncertainties of life. Who set out to discover a better way to live than constantly struggling to make sure life turned out the way he planned it. Who stopped substituting what's next for what's now and learned the truth--that coming or going, God's got us. Poignant, funny, and thoughtful, Hurt Road dares anyone feeling knocked down or run over by their circumstances to give up control to the One who already has the road all mapped out. Includes black and white photos.

The many thoughts and gratifying memories recounted in this volume began in 1924 and ended in 2013. The memories are of the author’s development as a songwriter and the many talented and likeable people he got to know. The locale is mainly New York City, with important time spent as a composer at a Catskill Mountain resort. Many of the thoughts are about the changing popular music scene in America.

Presents an in-depth exploration of the musician's controversial electric period and the impact it had on the jazz community, as drawn from firsthand recollections about his artistic and personal life. Reprint.

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When Miles's mother remarries, Miles decides to move to New Orleans to be with his father. But he and his father are very different—Miles's dad lives for jazz, while Miles's first love is football. Then Hurricane Katrina hits, and the two must seek refuge in the Superdome. What would normally be a dream come true for a football fan, this safe haven turns into a nightmare when the power fails and gangs take over. And when his father decides to rebel, Miles must make a choice that will alter their relationship—and their lives—forever.

‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive ...”’