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Introduction: “Do It Your Own Ignorant Way!”
- University of Illinois Press
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INTRODUCTION “DO IT YOUR OWN IGNORANT WAY!” Withthesewords,Gammy—mymother’smother,JuliaFlaherty—would dismiss one or the other of us grandchildren as we informed her of how we were about to do something. So that’s what I’ve been doing ever since—going my own way in the world, finding my own voice, following my own path—doing it “my own ignorant way.” That path took me on a musical journey from Dedham, Massachusetts, to Cambridge, to New Orleans, to Newport, to Woodstock, to Nashville, to Ireland, to Vermont, and all around the world. I’ve been making my story up as I went along. Here it is. ...
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