![]() ![]() ![]() My search for The Johnny-High Fives’ style led to me listening to four songs at once while drinking a fair amount of coffee. ![]() On my own, I wrote lyrics for three songs, Corporate Hun, Protest Nation, inspired by the spoken word riffs of Tom Waits, and Puking Blue that came from absorbing a lot of the post- Yellow Submarine era Beatles songs and ballads from newer bands like Deer Tick and The Drive-By Truckers. The songs from The Johnny High-Fives included in the book were a combination of original lyrics that I wrote and the songs of various friends I have made during my own travels. Joe Blake and his best friend, Lee Green, front man for their band The Johnny High-Fives, travel the country, playing to tent cities and hobo encampments and earn a fair living. My novel, Dystopia Boy: The Unauthorized Files, follows a folk-punk protest singer through a collapsing American economy in the not-too-distant future. ![]() Writing about music is the closest I have come and it’s worked for me. Only one problem: I don’t have a musical bone in my body. Soundtrack by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Hank Williams, Bruce Springsteen, The Drive-By Truckers, Deer Tick, Jay Calhoun, Press Black, David Rovics, Cartright, BeatlesĪll I ever wanted was to be Bob Dylan. ![]()
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