Piano Girl: A Memoir
by Robin Meloy Goldsby
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Author: Robin Meloy GoldsbyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-01
ISBN: 0879308826
Number of pages: 278
Publisher: Backbeat Books
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- ISBN13: 9780879308827
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Who Knew The Piano Player Could Be So Funny?
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a delightful collection of stories, culminating in a memoir spanning thirty years. Piano Girl, A Memoir portrays the life of an American woman and her observations from the bench of a grand piano. Divided into three parts, from the early years describing her accidental venture into what turned out to be a lifelong career, to the middle years--the heart and soul of the book--to the most recent decade when her career moves to a new continent and she becomes not only a piano girl, but also a piano mommy.
Robin Meloy Goldsby exhibits first-class writing skills. Cover to cover, this book was a pleasure to read. It's conversational, thought-provoking, and laugh out loud funny. Many may have a story or two about an unusual or humorous incident they've witnessed in a hotel lobby bar, Robin shows what it's been like to spend five hours a day, five days a week as a witness to this endless parade or characters and incidents. I found it particularly interesting that after several years in the entertainment business, it dawns on this born performer that she's not being paid to perform, but rather, she's in her position to enhance the ambience. From this point forward she decides to "be the audience" and let everyone else be the show. These stories share the show.
I had a hard time putting down this book. The stories are so entertaining and the author is so charming, it had an infectious quality to it. At one point while writing about another pianist, a woman named Robin who she helped to get into the business and ultimately became a work partner of sorts and a lifelong friend, she describes how Robin's optimism pulled her from the edge of career disillusionment. "She gives me a reason to keep playing," writes Goldsby.
Now, I play the piano a little bit, but I do a lot of reading. Just want to say, I made a note on this page (page 198) about Robin Meloy Goldsby: "She gives me a reason to keep reading."
Highly recommend.
Michele Cozzens, Author of A Line Between Friends and The Things I Wish I'd Said.
Summary of Piano Girl: A Memoir
This is the story of one woman's accidental career as a cocktail lounge piano player. Connecting the people she has met with the places she has played and the pianos she has known, Robin Meloy Goldsby discovers the human side, for better or worse, of her audiences - mobsters and moguls, the down-and-out, the downright scary, and ordinary people dealing with life in extraordinary ways.Instruments & Performers Books
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