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Travis Edward Pike's "1964-1974: A Decade of Odd Tales and Wonders," a memoir of his early career as a singer-songwriter, features more than 170 photos and artifacts, and complete lyrics and rhymes from the CDs shown on its front cover. In it, Pike discusses writing the title song for 1964's "Demo Derby," his father's 28 minute action featurette that played on thousands of screens across the USA with the Beatles "Hard Day's Night," at the onset of the mid-1960s British music invasion. He also addresses starring in Pike Productions' 1966 Boston-based feature film "Feelin' Good," the ten songs he wrote for it, and the eight he performed on screen in that movie. The Montclairs, a racially mixed group, winners of the First Massachusetts Jaycees Battle of the Bands, performed Pike's title song on screen, but we learn that an innocuous scene of the Montclairs sharing a pizza during that volatile period of civil rights activism, restricted the film's bookings in Southern theaters. Pike also recounts how following the January 1968, Tet Offensive, even after CBS Evening News anchorman Walter Cronkite spoke out against continued American involvement in Vietnam, its escalation continued, and the number of American draftees rose, inspiring Pike, a Navy veteran, to compose his only anti-war song, "Don't You Care at All?" As Pike writes, "People, whether engaged or detached from the events that shape their world, are nevertheless compelled to experience the effects of their nation's histories, economically, politically, psychologically, and spiritually, and the ramifications of events in 1968 still shape our lives." In 1973, Pike's music underscored the Golden Globe Awards nomination for Best Documentary Film, "The Second Gun," about the 1968 assassination of Democratic Presidential Candidate, Robert Kennedy. Pike posted music sequences from that 1966 movie "Feelin' Good" on Youtube in 2016. The "Watch Out Woman" and "Way That I Need You" video clips led to a 45 rpm soundtrack recording released by State Records (U.K.), and subsequently rated number three in Shindig! magazine's Best of 2017 December issue. A native of Boston, Pike's original songs, performed live in coffeehouses, clubs, and concert halls across New England, Northern Germany, and Southern California are now available on CDs. Harvey Kubernik, author of 14 music-related books including this year's "The Doors Summer's Gone," published by Otherworld Cottage Industries, wrote the Afterword to Pike's memoir, revealing the current impact of Pike's early works.
About the Author: Author Travis Edward Pike has credits as a singer, songwriter, storyteller, actor, writer, producer, director, publisher, technical consultant, composer, film and sound editor for feature films, television pilots, and documentaries. His epic narrative rhyme, "Grumpuss," released in 2018 in a 20th Anniversary Platinum Edition on DVD, won a 1999 Silver Plaque Award at the Chicago Film Festival in the International Communications Competition [INTERCOM] for Special Achievement - Writing, and he edited, co-wrote, and co-produced (with director Jo Christensen), the New Playwrights Foundations feature documentary, "Volunteers for Verdi," which won two Certificates for Creative Excellence in the 2006 US International Film and Video Festival. Chairman Emeritus of the New Playwrights Foundation, in 2013 Pike began self-publishing under his Otherworld Cottage Industries and Morningstone Music DBAs. As of this printing, Pike has published six music CDs, two spoken word CDs, three books, two DVDs, and has several more properties in active development. His expanded marketing partnerships have resulted in his books, CDs, DVDs and digital downloads becoming available in Western Europe, Great Britain, Japan, Canada, and across the USA, its possessions and territories. Most recently, Pike's Otherworld Cottage Industries won a 2018 Global Entertainment award for Best Audio Storyteller.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781892900043
  • Publisher: Otherworld Cottage Industries
  • Publisher Imprint: Otherworld Cottage Industries
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 376
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 503 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1892900041
  • Publisher Date: 05 Sep 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Decade of Odd Tales and Wonders
  • Width: 152 mm


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