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In It for the Long Run Audiobook Summary

Inspired 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 firsthand account of more than five decades of success as a performer, concert promoter, songwriter, music publisher, engineer, and record producer.

As witness to and participant in over half a 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 catalyst of the 60s folk music boom. He soon moved to the Newport Folk Festival as talent coordinator and director, where he had a front row seat to Dylan “going electric.”

In the 1970s Rooney’s odyssey continued in Nashville, where he began engineering and producing records. His work helped alternative country music gain a foothold in Music City and culminated in Grammy nominations for singer-songwriters John Prine, Iris Dement, and Nanci Griffith. Later in his career he was a key link connecting Nashville to Ireland’s folk music scene.

Whether he’s writing songs or writing his memoir, Jim Rooney is the consummate storyteller. In It for the Long Run: A Musical Odyssey is his singular chronicle from the heart of Americana.

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In It for the Long Run Audiobook Narrator

Jim Rooney is the narrator of In It for the Long Run audiobook that was written by Jim Rooney

Jim Rooney is a songwriter and Grammy-winning record producer, and author of Bossmen: Bill Monroe and Muddy Waters and coauthor of Baby, Let Me Follow You Down. In 2009 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association.

About the Author(s) of In It for the Long Run

Jim Rooney is the author of In It for the Long Run

In It for the Long Run Full Details

Narrator Jim Rooney
Length 12 hours 6 minutes
Author Jim Rooney
Category
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Release date April 26, 2024
ISBN 9781504676908

Subjects

The publisher of the In It for the Long Run is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Composers & Musicians

Additional info

The publisher of the In It for the Long Run is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Lyric Audiobooks. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781504676908.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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