by Robert Hicks
RH: I have never claimed to have an original idea in my life. My ideas come from the world I live in and know well. The story in this book—like all the rest of the stories I recount—originates in reality. It should not come as much of a surprise to those who know me when I say I come from a crazy family. In the story I’ve provided here, most of the narrative is way more true than I’d like to admit—although I did change a few details here and there, without altering, I hope, the essential truths behind it. Now most of that part of my family is gone, so it’s a little easier to tell their tales; but still, telling their story is mixed with bittersweet guilt. Again, perhaps I should plead the Fifth on this one too . . .
“A Big Batch of Biscuits” © 2008 by John Bohlinger
“Cybersong” © 2008 by Bobby Braddock
“A Burning Bush Will Do” © 2008 by Marshall Chapman
“Born and Raised in Black and White” © 2008 by Don Cook
“Curtis Loach” © 1985 by Charlie Daniels, originally published in The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 1985
“Cheeseburger Boogie” © 2008 by Bob DiPiero
“Career Day” © 2008 by Robbie Fulks
Foreword © 2008 by Vince Gill
“Fork” © 2008 by John Hadley
“The Day Jimmy Killed the Rabbit” © 2008 by Tom T. Hall
“Lucky Boy” © 2008 by G. Klem Hayes
“Gathering Together” © 2008 by Robert Hicks
“Of Guitars & Righteous Men” © 1999, originally published in Performing Songwriter magazine, issue #33, January 1999
“The Elk Hunters” © 2008 by Tim Johnson
“The Clock Struck Nine” © 2008 by Hal Ketchum
“Will It Ever Happen Again?” © 2008 by Michael Kosser
“A Rock” © 2008 by Kris Kristofferson
“The Care and Treatment of Camp Cooks” © 2008 by Bob McDill
“Whitey Johnson” © 2008 by Gary Nicholson
“The Point” © 2008 by Monty Powell
“The River” © 2008 by Tim Putnam
“Mr. Munch Has a Murmur” © 2008 by Mark D. Sanders
“How I Stayed a Boy” © 2008 by Tia Sillers
“He Always Knew Who He Was” © 2008 by Hazel Smith
“The Box” © 2008 by Kevin Welch
“Shiny, Like New” © 2008 by wdw2
“In My Hour of Darkness”
Words & music by Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris
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