Mastodawn

Not a book... but a poem:

My grandpa ran away from home when he was 16yrs old, to another village in the Scottish borders where he wasn't known, so that he could join the army to fight in World War I.
~60yrs later, when I was also ~16, I studied *Strange Meeting* for my English Literature, school 'Higher' exam. I knew it well. Nothing has changed.

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Andrew Shields Apr 26, 2023

Selected recordings of Bill Frisell’s “Strange Meeting”. #111Words #BillFrisell #StrangeMeeting #Music #Jazz https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/04/selected-recordings-of-bill-frisells.html

Selected recordings of Bill Frisell’s “Strange Meeting"

At the end of their opener of Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso" at the Stadtcasino in Basel on Sunday, guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Thoma...