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Title: Start
Author: Barry Finnerty
Narrator: Barry Finnerty
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs
Language: English
Release date: 06-22-16
Publisher: Barry Finnerty
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians
Publisher's Summary:
In New York City in the mid-1990s, internationally known guitar player Barry Finnerty found himself in a very bad place. His glory days of the 70s and 80s, when he was recording with Miles Davis, flying first class around the world with the Crusaders, making legendary records such as "Heavy Metal Bebop" with the Brecker Bros, banging beautiful groupies, and partying non-stop were all a distant memory.
As he reminisces about the past and laments what might have been, he has no choice but to make a living as the rock singer in a high-society tuxedo band - a job with no artistic satisfaction whatsoever, which he finds highly depressing to say the least. Self-medication with booze and cocaine is continuous, and he becomes so unhinged at one point that he actually believes he can escape his predicament by getting into a relationship with Yuvana Crump (the ex-wife of the notorious New York real estate tycoon Ronald Crump) because she smiles at him while he is onstage at a tuxedo gig at the Waldorf. When that brilliant idea doesn't work out so well, he starts thinking that maybe becoming a stand-up comedian might be his way out.
The often hilarious narrative, told in the first person (from Barry's own perspective) and in the present tense (except when recalling past memories), blurs the barriers between memoir and fiction. "There's a lot of reality in it," says Barry. "Although many of the names have been changed to protect the guilty. And a lot of it sounds like it really could have happened, although most of it didn't. But some of it did!"
Members Reviews:
Barry Finnerty writes like he must have riffed back in the day
This is jazz on paper. Read it aloud and you'll know what I mean. Barry Finnerty writes like he must have riffed back in the day, the words tumbling around and getting in your head like a late night jam session. Except it's funnier than jazz.
Funny most of the time
Funny most of the time, thoughtful the rest, and always a fun read. No one has described the dichotomy jazz players face trying to make a living -- artistic gigs versus whorish gigs that pay the bills -- better than Mr. Finnerty. Highly recommended.
Fear and loathing on the NYC jazz scene, in living color!
READ IT! LISTEN TO IT! "START" is a total kick, from the first riff to the last. Barry Finnerty is the Hunter S. Thompson of gigland: cynical, high, and horny. The story jumps off the page, grabs you by the throat and never lets go. The narrator spares us no detail as he navigates the at-times bawdy, at-times depraved, at-times inspired, and always crazy world of jazz in NYC. Players will crack up at the society orchestra schtick, Yuvana Crump, the dope dealers and deli-owners, all of it pitch perfect! A groovin' gas and a half - I loved every minute of it.
... entertaining read and the audio book version is even better. The author manages to keep his sardonic
This book is a very entertaining read and the audio book version is even better. The author manages to keep his sardonic, cynical and sarcastic sens o humor as he plows through the grind of the NYC jazz music world. His descriptions of the characters that inhabit his life, from drug dealers and musicians to hookers, to Miles Davis and even NYC deli owners really ring true for anyone familiar with New York City.
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Title: Start
Author: Barry Finnerty
Narrator: Barry Finnerty
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs
Language: English
Release date: 06-22-16
Publisher: Barry Finnerty
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians
Publisher's Summary:
In New York City in the mid-1990s, internationally known guitar player Barry Finnerty found himself in a very bad place. His glory days of the 70s and 80s, when he was recording with Miles Davis, flying first class around the world with the Crusaders, making legendary records such as "Heavy Metal Bebop" with the Brecker Bros, banging beautiful groupies, and partying non-stop were all a distant memory.
As he reminisces about the past and laments what might have been, he has no choice but to make a living as the rock singer in a high-society tuxedo band - a job with no artistic satisfaction whatsoever, which he finds highly depressing to say the least. Self-medication with booze and cocaine is continuous, and he becomes so unhinged at one point that he actually believes he can escape his predicament by getting into a relationship with Yuvana Crump (the ex-wife of the notorious New York real estate tycoon Ronald Crump) because she smiles at him while he is onstage at a tuxedo gig at the Waldorf. When that brilliant idea doesn't work out so well, he starts thinking that maybe becoming a stand-up comedian might be his way out.
The often hilarious narrative, told in the first person (from Barry's own perspective) and in the present tense (except when recalling past memories), blurs the barriers between memoir and fiction. "There's a lot of reality in it," says Barry. "Although many of the names have been changed to protect the guilty. And a lot of it sounds like it really could have happened, although most of it didn't. But some of it did!"
Members Reviews:
Barry Finnerty writes like he must have riffed back in the day
This is jazz on paper. Read it aloud and you'll know what I mean. Barry Finnerty writes like he must have riffed back in the day, the words tumbling around and getting in your head like a late night jam session. Except it's funnier than jazz.
Funny most of the time
Funny most of the time, thoughtful the rest, and always a fun read. No one has described the dichotomy jazz players face trying to make a living -- artistic gigs versus whorish gigs that pay the bills -- better than Mr. Finnerty. Highly recommended.
Fear and loathing on the NYC jazz scene, in living color!
READ IT! LISTEN TO IT! "START" is a total kick, from the first riff to the last. Barry Finnerty is the Hunter S. Thompson of gigland: cynical, high, and horny. The story jumps off the page, grabs you by the throat and never lets go. The narrator spares us no detail as he navigates the at-times bawdy, at-times depraved, at-times inspired, and always crazy world of jazz in NYC. Players will crack up at the society orchestra schtick, Yuvana Crump, the dope dealers and deli-owners, all of it pitch perfect! A groovin' gas and a half - I loved every minute of it.
... entertaining read and the audio book version is even better. The author manages to keep his sardonic
This book is a very entertaining read and the audio book version is even better. The author manages to keep his sardonic, cynical and sarcastic sens o humor as he plows through the grind of the NYC jazz music world. His descriptions of the characters that inhabit his life, from drug dealers and musicians to hookers, to Miles Davis and even NYC deli owners really ring true for anyone familiar with New York City.