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Post by Chesapeake on Apr 28, 2019 23:54:42 GMT -5
Steve YarbroughThis vid is a Mississippi Public Broadcasting interview done last summer with a native son of Indianola, MS., Steve Yarbrough, who as a youngster growing up in Delta country (also the birthplace of B.B. King) had dreams of becoming a guitar player in a country band. Finally concluding his playing wasn't good enough, he turned to writing, and that has worked out nicely. He has won prizes for his string of novels, and also teaches writing at Emerson College. The interview is mostly about writing, but he talks a bit about the musical side of his nature, which persists, beginning at about 22:15. I've seen some of his self-made, low-tech vid clips on Facebook, where we are FB friends, and I suspect that if he'd kept at it, he might have become one of today's stars. I'll try to find some of those FB clips to pass along, especially one where he shares his thoughts about the intersection of writing and music. In the meantime, I thought some of you might be interested in his story.
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Post by millring on Apr 29, 2019 5:18:17 GMT -5
Thanks for the link.
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Post by millring on Apr 29, 2019 5:34:51 GMT -5
Who's the guy conducting the interview?
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Post by Chesapeake on Apr 29, 2019 15:41:19 GMT -5
Don't know the gent, but in his Facebook posting Steve says he's a Pulitzer finalist.
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Post by millring on Apr 29, 2019 15:44:11 GMT -5
Don't know the gent, but in his Facebook posting Steve says he's a Pulitzer finalist. That's one reason why I axed. During lunch I listened to this - well worth the time to listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX_ToLGAz6EHe looked old so I wiki-ed him. He's a few days younger that me. Shit.
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Post by Chesapeake on Apr 29, 2019 16:29:06 GMT -5
He's a number of years younger than I am. Double-shit.
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