Going Down to the River, Doug Seegers
Going Down to the River, Doug Seegers
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Going Down to the River
A Homeless Musician, an Unforgettable Song, and the Miraculous Encounter that Changed a Life

Author: Doug Seegers, Steve Eubanks

Narrator: Webb Wilder

Unabridged: 5 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 09/11/2018


Synopsis

The astonishing story of a singer-songwriter living on the streets of Nashville who met Jesus, got sober, and found international stardom at the age of 62.Doug Seegers left New York for Nashville in search of every songwriter’s dream. When he didn’t find success, he fell into a state of loneliness that fed an addiction he had battled since adolescence. Soon, he was homeless, playing his guitar on the street with a cardboard sign asking for money. But then he cried out to God in repentance and need, and God graciously met him. Doug then found sobriety, regained some footing, and in a miraculous moment was discovered outside a food pantry by a Swedish musician and documentarian who put his story on the air in Stockholm. Within days of the documentary airing--even though he still walked to the public library every day and acquired most of his belongings from nearby Dumpsters--Doug had the number-one selling song in Sweden. Going Down to the River is Doug’s inspirational story of faith, forgiveness, and the power of prayer and belief. It is also the never-give-up tale of a man who played music for 55 years without success only to become a chart-topping artist at the age of 62.

About Doug Seegers

Doug Seegers is a platinum-selling recording artist who was discovered after a decade of living as a homeless person on the streets of Nashville, TN. He currently records and tours with his band throughout Scandinavia and the United States.

About Steve Eubanks

Steve Eubanks is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning columnist who has cowritten autobiographies with Arnold Palmer, Lou Holtz, and Jeff Gordon, among others.


Reviews

This book is an interesting, true story, of a man's struggle trough youth into his late adult years. Doug Severs began childhood in a dysfunctional home-later it became a single parent home. He had an all-consuming desire to write and sing his own music. He participated in small bands playing and sing......more

Goodreads review by John

Very interesting biography of one of the countless musical dreamers coming to Nashville hoping for the best. I've walked the streets of downtown every day for the last 35+ years, so I'm pretty sure our paths would have crossed at some point. One can't help feeling good about the way Seegers' story h......more

Goodreads review by Ariel

The writing was surprisingly good. I thought I will lose interest halfway, but I actually did not. Stories about the Christian faith usually throw me off, but this one actually did not. I feel like it is because it wasn't pushed too hard.......more