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"Free As The Breeze"
This illustrated memoir (140 pages) was written by songwriter Roger Lee Hall and concerns the first twenty-five years of his life, including his years of frustration as a songwriter trying to get his songs recorded during the 1960s. Among the items Roger writes about are:
* His childhood adventures in Bloomfield (Chapter 1).
* A web survey he ran of favorite cowboy film stars, and his cowboy movie stars, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, and especially meeting Hopalong Cassidy (played by William Boyd) in 1950.
* Attending a military academy in a castle, the former home of Otto Kahn and the second largest residence built in the U.S. (Chapter 4).
* First national appearances of Elvis Presley introduced on TV by disc jockey Bill Randle, and the first Elvis movie with songs by Ken Darby (Chapter 6).
* Listening to the radio and his first song lyrics (Chapters 7 & 8).
* Writing his first songs, including one inspired by The Beatles (Chapters 9-12).
These are the chapters, all based on song titles:
Part One: 1942 - 1952
1. “As Time Goes By ” – Growing up in Bloomfield
2. “Cruising Down the River” – Along the Morris Canal
3. “Back in the Saddle Again” – Riding with Gene, Roy, Tex and Hoppy
Part Two: 1952 - 1956
4. “Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” – Eastern Military Academy 5. “Sh-Boom” – Movies, TV and Radio
6. “Love Me Tender” - Electric Elvis and Ken Darby
Part Three: 1957 - 1960
7. “ Lovers Never Say Goodbye” – Alan Freed and the R & B Groups
8. “Sleep Walk” – High School Heartbreak
Part Four: 1961-1967
9. “Dream World” – First Song and Singing Group
10. “The Soho Serenade” – Memories of The Beatles*
11. “Lovely One” – Looking for Love
12. “Free As The Breeze” – Night Walking in New York City
* = read an excerpt from this chapter about Roger's first encounters with Beatles songs in the early 1960s -- here
List of Music Files
About the Author
This memoir on a DVD-R playable on any computer is a combination book and music edition with over 100 pictures and 28 music files from the 1940s to 1960s, including 10 early songs by Roger:
"Sleep Walk" (lyrics)
"Let's Do The Swag" (lyrics)
"Dream World" (music & lyrics - A side of record)
"Frauleins From Frankfurt" (music & lyrics - B side of record)
"The Soho Serenade" (music & lyrics - A side of record)
"Gill" (lyrics)
"So Far Away" (lyrics)
"Lovely One" (lyrics)
"Peace-Lovin' Blues" (music & lyrics - A side of record)
"Free As The Breeze" (music & lyrics - B side of record)
Free As The Breeze:
Confessions of a Struggling Songwriter
(PineTree Press, 2011)
available on one disc for a donation of $20,
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Other multimedia discs
also available by the same author
"Dream World"
Songs, Poems and Stories by Roger Hall"Following the Stars"
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy"Peace-Lovin' Blues" -
Musical Memories"Shake, Rattle and Roll"
Electric Elvis and Bill Randle"You Are My Sunshine"
Memories of Bloomfield
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