{"product_id":"50-years-of-exile-the-story-of-a-band-in-transition","title":"50 Years of Exile: The Story of a Band in Transition","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Details \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eRandy Westbrook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover: 272 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6\" x 9\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRetail Price:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e $24.95\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e978-1-938905-22-3\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Description \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eExile is a band with a diverse history. The group formed in 1963looking to play small clubs in Richmond, Kentucky, but managed to top both the pop and the country charts during a ten-year span in the late 1970s and 1980s.“Kiss You All Over” was a major hit in 1978, spending four weeks at the top of billboards pop chart. After several less successful follow-up singles, the band decided to make a move to country music. This resulted in 10 number one country hits. All of this success led to an induction into the Kentucky MusicHall of Fame in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe years leading up to the release of “Kiss You All Over”represent an important and often misunderstood period in the band’s history. During this time they played on three of Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars tours, released a series of singles and two full-length albums, worked with Tommy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJames, and played all over the Central Kentucky area and beyond. This book pays close attention to that era. In addition, a talented group of Kentucky musicians helped to rejuvenate the band in the 1990s, and this book tells their stories as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis is a “must read” for aspiring young musicians and anyone who has been touched by the music of Exile. It shows how talent must be combined with patience, bull-dogish-stick-to-it-tive-ness, a willingness to put in the hard work that is needed to work in the music industry, and, in many cases, luck. Several people have been a part of Exile, and each member contributed in different ways. They each have a separate story, but this is the story of a band. Exile is an entity held together. This book gives a thorough history, but it is an unfinished story because the band plays on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRandy Westbrook has not only written the story of a band, but he has also produced a sharp and absorbing close-up of the music business, its demands and hazards, and its hard-won successes. It’s a great read and, more than that, the extensive use of interviews makes it a fine piece of living scholarship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—ThomasParrish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author of RestoringShakertown: The Struggle to Save the Historic Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill;The Grouchy Grammarian: A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better;To Keep the British Isles Afloat: FDR’s Men in Churchill’s London; and many other books and publications\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Acclaim Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":18693731876931,"sku":"50 Years of Exile: The Story of a Band in Tran","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0065\/2515\/7443\/products\/50YearsOfExile_WEB.jpg?v=1551042980","url":"https:\/\/acclaim-press-inc.myshopify.com\/products\/50-years-of-exile-the-story-of-a-band-in-transition","provider":"Acclaim Press, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}