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About this book
A pianist in lounges and lobbies around the world, Robin Meloy Goldsby tells her warm-hearted stories by linking people she has met with places she has played. Along the way, she connects the humanity of her audiencesāprinces and paupers, dreamers and doers, moguls, mobsters, wanna-bes, and has-beensāwith the quiet soundtrack of her peripatetic, melodic life. Goldsby's autobiographical stories and essays deliver insights into the art and craft of piano playing, the merits of live music, and how the right song at the right moment can add color and depth to a drab, one dimensional world. Music, it turns out, connects us in unpredictable ways.
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Table of contents
- Foreword by Mike Edison
- Introduction: The Piano Zone
- 1 Blonde Ambition
- 2 The Notes That Got Away
- 3 The Bear
- 4 Music for Naked People
- 5 Donāt Eat Pie
- 6 The Girl Who Curtsied Twice
- 7 The Accidental Insult
- 8 The Hostess Is on Fire
- 9 Sing
- 10 Astoria
- 11 Magic to Do
- 12 Still Life with Grape and Hot Dog
- 13 Curves
- 14 Badass Randy and the Beauty Queens
- 15 Varmint on the Roof
- 16 The Mister Rogersā Songbook
- 17 The Magnolia Sessions
- 18 Enough
- 19 Wake Up, Santa!
- 20 Beach Song
- 21 I Am Not Tom Wolfe
- 22 Song for My Daughter
- 23 The Krankenhaus Blues
- 24 Picture Perfect
- 25 Love Note to a German Castle
- 26 Last Train to Clarksville
- 27 Baubles, Bangles, and Queens
- 28 Playing Nice
- 29 Runway: Tempest Storm, High Heels, and the Adventures of an Aging Model
- 30 Pretty, Pretty: Piano Girl versus Trump
- 31 Hold the Zucchini
- 32 The Summer of Love
- 33 Holding On, Letting Go
- 34 Remember Me: A Gentleman, a Steinway, and a Couple of Stubborn Ghosts
- 35 My Celebrity Endorsements
- 36 Iāll Take Manhattan
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author and Illustrator