On The Road Not Taken, Paul Dodgson
On The Road Not Taken, Paul Dodgson
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On The Road Not Taken

Author: Paul Dodgson

Narrator: Paul Dodgson

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/26/2019


Synopsis

On the Road Not Taken is a memoir about the transformational power of music. It begins with a boy growing up in a small town on the Kent coast in the 1970s, who learns to play the guitar and dreams of heading out on the open road with a head full of songs. But when the moment comes to make the choice, he is not brave enough to give it a go.

Time passes but the desire to explain the world through songs never goes away. And as the years go by it gets harder and harder to sing out loud and risk looking like a fool. Eventually, thirty-four years later, when it feels like time is running out, he walks out onto a stage in front of a theatre full people and begins to sing again.

The book is journey of self-discovery that links the pop hits of Mud, the prog rock of Genesis and the explosion of punk with folk music and contemporary guitar wielding troubadour, Frank Turner. There are stories of gigs in living rooms, old people’s homes, pubs, theatres and festivals as the agony of anxiety makes way for the ecstasy of performance.

On The Road Not Taken is a humorous, life-affirming story about what happens when you finally do the thing you most wanted to do.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bonnye Reed on August 29, 2019

I received a free electronic copy of this memoir from Netgalley, Paul Dodgson, and Unbound publishing. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read On the Road Not Taken of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work. Paul Dodgson was a child who loved m......more

Goodreads review by Claire on May 12, 2020

This is a memoir about the power of music seen through Dodgson's eyes. Paul is a voice actor and his voice in the telling of this memoir really made this a great listen for me. Each chapter is relatively short in length, and ingeniously each one takes the name of a song. The memoir is split into two......more

Goodreads review by Alfred on April 20, 2020

One man's journey through music. More on the blog tour......more

Goodreads review by Alan on August 07, 2019

Like many music fans I’ve imagined myself as a musician – the 3rd guitar Thin Lizzy never knew they needed. Trouble is, I don’t so much play the guitar as interfere with them. I can only play sitting down and under no circumstances if anyone else is watching. Or listening. Paul’s tale of how he over......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on August 22, 2019

I love the memoir genre. Unlike autobiographies that look back on the entirety of one's life, a memoir explores a particular chapter. On the Road Not Taken by Paul Dodgson cleverly juxtaposes snapshots and scenes from his hilariously rock star-aspirational early teen years -- when he performed in a......more