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A very long serial novel running from 1974 to 1987, plus sequel and prequel. |
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Rehearsal is my baby, my writing baby. It's what turned me into a novelist. It's been therapy and education and fun and hair-pulling and brain-testing. It's my "work of the heart" (although all of my books truly matter to me). I started this story way back in my teen years, inspired by an actual band and somewhat by actual events of that band. It is NOT that band and the characters are not meant to be any of the inspirational band members. They are purely my creation. Four of the books out of what will be a set of seven, plus a sequel and a prequel, have been released, beginning in 2006, but they're being pulled off the "shelves" for a revamp. Here, I will be posting research, music used, original lyrics, excerpts, character interviews, and other Rehearsal related items while I work on getting it together and ready for a new shebang release sometime in the future. |
On the Wings of A Dream (1983), Written and Performed by John Denver A pondering about life and death and about how short a time we get to be here, this one echoes the Rehearsal theme/tagline: "It's About The Journey." They whys of life are big and usually unanswered, but the path, the ride, is filled with wonderful things along with not-so-wonderful things. It's a roller coaster, a guessing game, an endurance test, and a gamble. As one of my characters eventually says: "There's no such thing as safe. It's all a risk. You just have to try to make the rewards along the way worth it." (May be edited somewhat before publication.) John Denver was part of the first conversation Duncan has with Susie and his new band mates, the night he arrives in Lakewood, Massachusetts. Stu, the keyboardist, makes fun of Denver and Susie jumps in to say she likes his music. In return, Stu asks "What do you know? You're a girl." Of course she fires back at him, full of fire about what she knows. If you read the 1982 entry, you'll realize this question comes back around full circle when she's asking herself the same. But that's life. We know what we know. Then we think we know what we know. And then... we realize we don't really know; it's all just a guessing game where we choose what we think is the best option at the time. In the meantime, it's quite a ride. ------------- This is entry #10 for
[This final entry for the contest is not the final entry in this through-they-years video series, since Rehearsal runs through 1987. I'll keep going after the contest to fill it out.] |
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1982: live concert album version), Written by Paul Simon, Performed by Simon & Garfunkel at The Concert for the Park, NY (live) "When you're weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes, I'll dry them all..." Susie loves "easy listening" music along with her rock. Simon & Garfunkel are on that list. In later years of the saga, she finds herself lost and floundering, unsure about everything she's done, every choice she's made over the years. Other than taking care of her kids, she shuts down for some time, spending a lot of time just sitting and staring out the window while her friends try everything to help. Her anchor, even though she's somewhat deserted him, remains tied to her enough to keep her afloat and together, even from fathoms away. He finds his own anchor, while floundering trying to help her and feeling like he's not getting anywhere, in his group of band mates, his friends. Raucous is far more than a band by this point. They are family. Close-knit family. Unbreakable. Maybe. --------- Entry #9 for
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