Ain't Got No Cigarettes: Memories of Music Legend Roger Miller
by Lyle E Style
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Book Summary Information
Author: Lyle E StyleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-30
ISBN: 1894283600
Number of pages: 312
Publisher: Great Plains Publications
Book Reviews of Ain't Got No Cigarettes: Memories of Music Legend Roger Miller
Book Review: Ain't Got No Review on about.com
Summary: 5 Stars
OK, I'm going to obviously give this book a high rating, but here's a review I found on www.countrymusic.about.com
From: http://countrymusic.about.com/od/bookreviews/gr/aintgotcigs.htm
By Kathy Coleman
Guide Rating - 5 Stars
The Bottom Line
There are two things that characterize this book over everything else. One is Mr. Style's truly excellent, well, style, as he draws these memories out of some of the most famous and possibly intimidating people in Nashville and across the country; and secondly, Roger Miller was not only a remarkable genius, he had more people crazy about him than probably anyone else in the world.
Pros: Memoirs from Mickey Newbury, Willie Nelson & Buck Owens
Cons: None
Description
A solid collection of recollections on the life of Roger Miller by those who knew him best.
Published by Great Plains Publications.
Filled with wonderful anecdotes, jokes, as well as heartbreakingly honest and open stories.
Guide Review:
The main thing I come away from in reading this book is that Roger Miller was pretty much universally loved by everyone who came in contact with him. Even those who just met him were charmed by him, or impressed by his intellect, or amused by his wit. The other thing is that it must be a universal truth that genius cannot be boxed in or pushed; invariably, it seems from every story in this book, every time Roger was doing very well it was when he was left on his own to record or film or write the way he wanted to. Any time some producer or executive put the strings on him, he failed spectacularly.
I laughed out loud several times reading this book; I felt a lump in my throat many more times. Here was a guy that absolutely no one disliked, and everyone had such wonderful things to say about him I wished I'd gotten the chance to meet him myself. He was funny, he was articulate, he was brilliant. He wrote songs like "When Two Worlds Collide" and "Husbands and Wives." He voiced a cartoon rooster for Disney so children from my generation and beyond will always know his unique voice. He made us laugh. His music still appears on TV in shows like "The Simpsons" or in commercials (and I think Roger himself would laugh at the use of "Chug-A-Lug" to sell milk). Everyone, and I mean everyone, loved him.
Roger Miller passed away far too young, at the age of 56, in October of 1992, of cancer. He left a gigantic void in country music and in the hearts of a lot of people.
Summary of Ain't Got No Cigarettes: Memories of Music Legend Roger Miller
Ain't Got No Cigarettes is Roger Miller's extraordinary life as told in taped interviews by those that knew him best: more than sixty well-known musicians and entertainers including Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. A man who influenced some of the entertainment industry's biggest stars, Roger Miller was respected and loved by his peers. However, with the genius came a dark side. In the 1960s and 1970s he was known for walking off stage halfway through a show, getting into fights and going days without sleep. He struggled with depression and had a serious addiction to drugs which cost him two marriages. Miller died at the age of 56 in 1992.Composers & Musicians Books
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