In It for the Long Run – A Musical Odyssey Rooney Hardback John Wiley & Sons

In It for the Long RunA Musical Odyssey\nAuthor(s): Jim Rooney\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252038235, 978-0252038235\nSynopsis\nInspired by the Hank Williams and Leadbelly recordings he heard as a teenager growing up outside of Boston, Jim Rooney began a musical journey that intersected with some of the biggest names in American music including Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Bill Monroe, Muddy Waters, and Alison Krauss. In It for the Long Run: A Musical Odyssey is Rooney's kaleidoscopic first-hand account of more than five decades of success as a performer, concert promoter, songwriter, music publisher, engineer, and record producer.\n\nAs witness to and participant in over a half century of music history, Rooney provides a sophisticated window into American vernacular music. Following his stint as a \""Hayloft Jamboree\"" hillbilly singer in the mid-1950s, Rooney managed Cambridge's Club 47, a.