Things I Carry Around: My Country, My Music, My Story by Troy Cassar-Daley with Tom Gilling

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

A born storyteller, Troy Cassar-Daley, has at last turned his talent to sharing his own inspiring life. For the first time, Troy talks about his early life - how his parent's divorce changed things for him about missing his Dad and growing up in Grafton surrounded by the warmth and love of his mother Irene, his Nan and Pop, and his extended Indigenous family.

A larrikin at heart, Troy includes all the highs and lows on his path to stardom: the thrill of performing on stage at the Tamworth Music Festival with Jimmy Little when he was just 15, the excitement of heading off on tour with Brian Young and then discovering just how lonely life on the road could be; his first record deal; playing with the greats - Johnny Cash Willie Nelson Merle Haggard and Slim Dusty; his first album Beyond the Dancing which blended his indigenous heritage with his rural background; meeting the woman who would steal his heart; recording in Nashville; and finally releasing True Believer the album that really launched his career.

The multiple Golden Guitar APRA ARIA and Deadly winner also lets us in on some of the life lessons he learned the hard way. These lessons kept this prodigiously talented Aussie on the straight and narrow (most of the time).

Things I Carry Around is the warm, genuine, and inspiring story of a young indigenous Australian who had a dream and turned that dream into reality. (back cover)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.