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811952
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Username: 811952

Post Number: 705
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 7:13 am:   Edit Post

I just finished Neil Peart's book "Ghost Rider" and recommend it to riders and non-riders alike (as well as to musicians and non-musicians alike). It's a compelling tale told well, with an interesting view of what it's like to be a legend striving for anonymity in public places while wracked with grief. It's also interesting to me that of all the things he was ready to face after the deaths of his daughter, wife and dog, and the incarceration of his riding buddy, playing music wasn't one of them for a long time. While not as deep as "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," its an interesting and enjoyable book, full of things worth thinking about that can be read in a few evenings.

John
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 1208
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 7:58 am:   Edit Post

An airplane flying over my house just lost a crate of these books which flew open and fluttered down. Yes, I looked up and saw "Ghost Riders in the Sky"!
(sorry, couldn't resist. It's almost the weekend!)

Bill, tgo
glocke
Intermediate Member
Username: glocke

Post Number: 118
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 8:07 am:   Edit Post

lol....for a split second I believed you Bill...
811952
Senior Member
Username: 811952

Post Number: 707
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 8:10 am:   Edit Post

That's gotta be far more personal than "Ghost Writers in the Sky..."
These days, I AM the weakened!! ;)

John
kmh364
Senior Member
Username: kmh364

Post Number: 1850
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 2:55 pm:   Edit Post

Joey (bigredbass) did a big write-up on "Ghost Rider" here about a year or so ago...there's a big, drawn out discussion on this and everything M/C, if you care to do a search and have nothing better to do, LOL!

Cheers,

Kevin
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3615
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 5:05 pm:   Edit Post

I read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" back in the seventies and thought it was wonderful. Are you saying this book is in the same vein?
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3616
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 5:12 pm:   Edit Post

Kevin; I couldn't find a review of this book by Joey.
811952
Senior Member
Username: 811952

Post Number: 708
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 8:05 pm:   Edit Post

It's a lot more consumeable than "Zen," but worth the read. I did a search earlier today for Joey's review and was able to find a nice mention of it in a thread labeled "read this if you want to live" or something like that (I'm tired and just got home and don't recall specifics so please forgive...) from last summer, but that thread didn't have a lot to say about it (or maybe I just missed it).

Unlike "Zen," which touched my wife and me deeply in a tragic way, "Ghost Rider" is more of an uplifting tome, and through it Neil ultimately reconciles his demons in a positive fashion.

John (edited to fix a typo - I fear being remembered as having lousy grammar, spelling and such..)

(Message edited by 811952 on April 17, 2006)
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3622
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 5:45 am:   Edit Post

Thanks!

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