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Raymond L. Atkins Set List (Mercer University Press) After reading Camp


Redemption and Sweetwater Blues, I became a serious fan of Raymond Atkins’ writings. With his latest novel, Set List, I may have just become his biggest fan. The novel and its main character are


more than a little identifiable to me personally. Blanchard Shankles is a 60-year-old, life-


long guitar player who has played in bands for over 45 years. Now the rough life of a rock and roll musician is catching up with him, landing him in the hospital with serious heart problems and forcing him to look closer than ever into the deepest recesses of his own life. Atkins titles each chapter after a rock song, usually the songs that most of us players of that same age have per- formed countless times, from “Free Bird” to “Crazy Mama,” “Lucky Man,” and “Heart of Glass.”


The conversations and nostalgic memories


discussed by Blanchard and his songwriting part- ner John Covey, ignite a fire within those of us who recall the music with love and happiness. One side note that I found absolutely cool was Atkins including actual, complete lyrics of many of many songs penned by Shankles and Covey. Set List is an honest, well written novel for


anyone who longs for the days of Grand Funk Railroad, Black Sabbath or the James Gang. A story of life, love, mortality and music. A true rock and roll dream.


-Michael Buffalo Smith


Michael Buffalo Smith From Macon to Jack- sonville: More Conversa- tions in Southern Rock (Mercer University Press) For his fourth title for Mer-


BOOKS


cer University Press of Macon, Georgia, Michael Buf- falo Smith delivers a sequel to the 2016 interview collection Capricorn Rising.


With the new book, Smith collects over 20


years of interviews with more great stars of Southern Rock, including members of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Gary Rossington, Ed King, Artimus Pyle, JoJo Billingsley, Mike Estes); Rossington Collins (Dale Krantz Rossington, Derek Hess); Blackfoot (Jakson Spires, Rickey Medlocke, Greg T. Walker); Charlie Daniels; 38 Special (Donnie Van Zant, Don Barnes); Gov’t Mule (Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, Matt Abts); Widespread Panic (Jimmy Herring); the Outlaws (Henry Paul); Molly Hatchet (Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek, Duane Roland, John Galvin, Riff West); Doc Holliday (Bruce Brookshire, Eddie Stone); Devon Allman; Drive By Truckers (Patterson Hood); Blackberry Smoke (Charlie Starr); Les Dudek; Hour Glass (Mabron “Wolf” McKinney and more including archived interviews with leg- endary Allman Brothers roadie Red Dog Camp- bell and Marshall Tucker Band road crew chief Moon Mullins. There are literally hundreds of great stories from the southern rock road here, capped off with a foreword from Blackberry Smoke front man Charlie Starr. There’s a reason why Buffalo has come to


be known as the “Ambassador of Southern Rock.” He has proven himself to be the official archivist of the genre time and time again, and his love for the bands and their music is unquestionable. From Macon to Jacksonville will be a wel-


come addition to the library of any true fan of southern rock, classic rock and 1970’s music. A real winner.


- Angelo Saska 29


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