(3.5) The Blues, everybody gets 'em sometimes...

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	• 100 Ways to Beat the Blues Tanya Tucker Fireside, 2006 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Best Blues Book Ever

This book is a great pick me up for all ages! What a needed topic and great approach from those with experience. Encouraging words are the backbone of all positive on this planet and this is certainly Tanya's wonderful contribution
from the heart.
Debbie Laster

Not the Deepest Philosophy, but Kind of Fun

This little book is filled with small snippits of advice from a hundred or so people famous and otherwise on what they do when they are down. They vary from yelling at the television (President Bush) to fixing a fried bologna sandwich. This is not the deepest philosophy text that you will ever find, but it makes for pretty good light reading.

I find myself wondering why none of these people seem to do what I do which is go down to my local pub and have a beer or two with friends. Good friends are willing to listen, willing to talk and willing to put up with you when you're not having the best of days.

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(3.5) The Blues, everybody gets 'em sometimes...

This book is a compilation of anecdotal essays by Tanya Tucker and ninety-nine of her friends, each sharing a moment, a memory, of that one day when the blues needed to be chased away . For Roseanne, it was a moment of rage, when she took a baseball bat to her ex-husband's prized motorcycle, only to realize it was her own. What could she do but laugh? Ian Duncan wonders if his submission will be the only one bemoaning lost love, his "Broken Heart Blues". George Stevens, Jr., calls it "when I feel a little bit down" and suggests literally changing the subject: a walk, nine holes at the golf course, calling a loved one to say hello. Instead of running, Garth Brooks went home to face his past and find his place on the smaller stage of daily life.

Page by page, the famous and the not-so-famous share their thoughts: Willie Nelson's "An Alternative to the Blues"; Wesley McNair's "The Back Seat Blues"; "Around the Farm Blues" by George Jones; "The Cinematic Blues" of Dan Lauria; Tom Rymour's "The Jurassic Blues"; and "Weird Al" Yankovic's "The Warm Weather Blues". These short essays won't solve the problems of the world, but they do offer a variety of alternatives for dealing with the downside of life, whether changing the scene or the thought, a testament to the universal experience we all know so well. Entertainment folks have their own stories to tell, the emotional roller coaster of fame and fortune, their stories in the end as familiar as our own. Luan Gaines/ 2006.

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Useful ideas to beat the blues!

Who hasn't had the blues?

Yet the real question should be: What do you do about them?

Country singer Tanya Tucker in 100 WAYS TO BEAT THE BLUES
helps you answer that second one with a collection of tips from such celebrities as Garth Books, Brenda Lee, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, and NASCAR's Geoff Bodine . . . in
addition, she got ideas from 30 other "just plain" folks, including a
farmer, private detective, doctor, and retired gospel radio-show host.

You might not find anything brilliantly original in this book,
yet that said, it made me smile at times--such as when I
read that former President George H. W. Bush yells at
his television . . . I also found myself shaking my head
in agreement with such advice as the following given by
actress Morgan Fairchild: When it comes to the blues,
it's always better to give than to receive.

100 WAYS TO BEAT THE BLUES, by the way, would be
an excellent gift if you're looking for an ideal way just to tell
somebody that you're thinking of him or her . . . any
recipient would benefit from such other useful tidbits
as the following:

[Brenda Lee] The year 2000 marked by fiftieth year in show business.
I don't often get down, but when I do, I reflect on how blessed I've been
in my life. Then I think of something I can do for someone else.
Offering a helping hand to another will lift you up faster than anything.

[Paul Gahlinger]: So, if feeling blue is a matter of chemistry, and we can
change brain chemistry by sheer thought alone, then it seems logical to
stop feeling blue just by deciding to do so. But if that fails, I personally
reach for the ultimate weapon: a pint of Ben & Jerry's New York Super
Fudge Chunk.

[Robert Westbrook]: Here's what I've learned: Money can be nice. It can
even be necessary for a lot of things. But you can't buy away the blues.
And money didn't buy my parents long and fruitful lives. Instead, concentrate
on the things that you already own, and that no one can take from
you, whether you've got money or not: Music. Sunsets. Loyal friends.
Joy. Inner peace. That's the expensive stuff.

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A witty, wonderful and inspirational book!

The list of celebrities alone is a wonderful list: Kris Kristofferson, Roseanne, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Burt Reynolds, Wally Lamb, Billy Bob Thornton, Willie Nelson, Joan Jett, George and Barbara Bush, Eric Burdon, Loretta Lynn, Bret Michaels, Kinky Friedman, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gretchen Wilson, Dave Prowse (that's Darth Vader!) Wynonna Judd, Little Richard, Weird Al Yankovic, NASCAR's Geoff Bodine, Garth Brooks, Jerry Orbach, George Jones, Tommy James, Chad & Jeremy, Gene Pitney, Brenda Lee, Morgan Fairchild....well, the list goes on and on. Some are very thoughtful and heart-stabbing, such as Tammy Faye Bakker Messner talking about all she had to go through, and even Barbara Bush talking about losing a young child. And then 30 "regular" folk were chosen from around the country, to show that no matter how famous or rich you are, we all get the blues now and then! But mostly, it's a fun book, uplifting, with 100 witty ways to beat the "blues!" A book for every kind of reader.

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How do you beat the blues?

We all have moments in life when we're down, lonely, or just plain sad. It's part of being human. Just as everyone is different, everyone has a unique way of beating the blues.

For anyone who needs a bit of inspiration, a smile, or a friendly pat on the back, Tanya Tucker and ninety-nine friends offer this heartwarming collection of their personal recipes for beating the blues. President George H.W. Bush yells at the television. Loretta Lynn makes herself a fried bologna sandwich. Sir Arthur C. Clarke explores the infinite universe of fractals. NASCAR's Geoff Bodine cleans the house. Seventy celebrities such as Kris Kristofferson, Wynonna Judd, and Garth Brooks and thirty ordinary folks such as a farmer, a private detective, a doctor, and a retired gospel radio-show host share what lifts their spirits and remind us of all the joy life has to offer.

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