More Miles Than Money: Journeys Through American Music

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Armed only with a Greyhound ticket and enough money for his next beer, Garth Cartwright set out to see whether the American roots music he loved - blues and country, folk and soul - was still alive in the twenty-first century. His journey took him from the LA bus station to the Mexican cantinas of San Antonio, the Indian reservations of New Mexico to the last surviving juke joints of Highway 61. Along the way he met an exotic mix of surviving legends - from soul diva Mabel John to the queen of Mexican American song Lydia Mendoza, funk pioneer Charles Wright to country troubadour Billy Joe Shaver - plus a supporting cast of cowboy poets, down and out bluesmen and a feller called Lee who became Cartwright's co-pilot for an epic drive across the deserts of the South-West. Previous edition ISBN 9781852424831.

New Zealand born, South London based, wanderer by inclination, Garth Cartwright is best known for his 2005 book Princes Amongst Men 9781842424831 (Serpents Tail). He left school at 16, tried his hand at professional skateboarding, singing in punk bands, promoting concerts and even had a brief sojourn as a boxer, before turning to writing full time. In 1995 he won the Guardian Music Writing Award. He has written for the Guardian, Telegraph, Independent On Sunday, The Times, Time Out, Uncut, Folk Roots, and a multitude of international publications.

Praise for Princes Amongst Men 'Excellent . . . what distinguishes Cartwright is his style, his verve and his whole-hearted engagement with his subject * Guardian * Brilliant . . . Will capture the imagination of any would-be traveller . . . An irresistible combination of travelogue and search for human roots * Sunday Express * Cartwright has a writer's eye for detail and a musician's dedication to late-night adventures * Sunday Telegraph *