Hitless Wonder A Life in Minor League Rock and Roll

Name: Hitless Wonder A Life in Minor League Rock and Roll
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ISBN: 9780762779246

ISBN-10: 0762779241

ISBN-13: 9780762779246

Edition: 2012

Authors: Joe Oestreich

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Everyone knows the price of fame.Hitless Wondermeasures the price of obscurity. What happens when you chase a dream into middle age and, in doing so, risk losing the people you love? This book recounts the two-week tour that forces Joe Oestreich—singer, songwriter, and bassist of the band Watershed—to decide if he and his longtime bandmates still have a future together. In the mid-‘90s, Watershed’s large Midwest following led to a six-figure deal with Epic Records. But the band never had a hit, and the label dropped them. Seventeen years later, long after their more famous peers have called it quits, Watershed keeps climbing into the Econoline and touring mop bucket bars. But Joe…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 6/5/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Joe Oestreich has published essays inEsquire,Sports Illustrated, and elsewhere. His work has been shortlisted forThe Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007,The Best American Essays 2008and2009, andThe Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2010. He teaches creative writing at Coastal Carolina University.



Prologue: Columbus, Ohio


The First Leg



The Headliners Detroit, Michigan



Happy Days Milwaukee, Wisconsin



Busload of Faith Chicago, Illinois



Racing in the Street Columbus, Ohio


The Second Leg



Going Mobile Cleveland, Ohio



Rock and Roll Professionals Toledo, Ohio



The Call Up New York, New York



The Majors New York, New York



Left of the Dial Baltimore, Maryland



It's a Long Way to the Top Charlotte, North Carolina



Celebrating the End of Hope Charleston, South Carolina-Raleigh, North Carolina



The Best Is Yet to Come Columbus, Ohio


Liner Notes


Credits


Acknowledgments


About the Author