Cover of Smile, You're Traveling: Black Coffee Blues Part 3

Smile, You're Traveling: Black Coffee Blues Part 3

Part of the Black Coffee Blues series

Henry Rollins's thought-provoking pieces about the life and times of a world-traveling entertainer are always intense and often humorous. In this book he chronicles a year spent rehearsing, recording, and touring for the Rollins Band's last-ever album, Come in and Burn, and shares travel stories from his trip around the world.

Subject
travelbiographyphilosophy
Themes
music
Setting
20th century
Audience
adult
Length
short · 190 pages
Form
poetrydiaryessaysshort stories

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