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# Read # Fiddling With Disaster: Clearing the Past by Ashley Macisaac, Frank Condron ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Fiddling With Disaster: Clearing the Past "My goal in life has been the same from the beginning: to become a Cape Breton fiddle player. Today Ashley MacIsaac is on the mend. This being said, Cape Breton is also the home of a vibrant Scottish and Celtic music scene known to fans of this style of music the world over. A new record deal and an upcoming new release, an autobiography set to be published, and tour plans for North America for spring '03 all signal a return to the vibrant creativity of his past.. He bounces through various reco
| Title | : | Fiddling With Disaster: Clearing the Past |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.19 (875 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1894622332 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-15 |
| Language | : | English |
D. O'Neill said Fiddling with his past. The book is an eye opening look at what goes wrong when a Scottish boy from the Eastern most edges of Canada take his fiddle out of the small world he grew up in, and into the big universe that surrounds Cape Breton. The battle for Ashley MacIsaac's soul began when he was young, when everyone discovered what a genius he was. Yes, he could've been called a child prodigy. From the time he was a champion dancer to his unwavering talent at the fiddle, Mr. MacIsaac was destined, I think, to end up where he did. Some was his fault, which he readily admits, b. Catherine M. Dorkin said Fiddling with Love. There is nothing disasterous about this novel. Ashley MacIsaac was raw, edgy and above all truthful when re-telling his life. A book that is the best autobiography I have ever read.If you know who Ashley MacIsaac is, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Fiddler, gay, crack addict, and East Coast. Chances are you thought of all four. Mr. MacIsaac does not dispute any of these and at long last was able to have his say on his life. A poignant look at his life, his way.His thoughts on fame by 18, being the first to break the East Coast music mold, M. Powerful and gripping. Deserves to be read. Thomas Ligotti Reader Ashley MacIsaac's autobiography titled "Fiddling With Disaster: Clearing the Past," is a gripping, powerful read. Ashley is severely honest as he tells his story to writer Francis Condron.The book is absolutely a page turner from beginning to end. I've basically put my life on hold the last few days to indulge myself totally in Fiddling With Disaster.Ashley shares the struggles and highlights of being famous and rich, and then being famous and poor. Ashley should be applauded for telling his story as frankly as he does. He takes responsibility for his
"My goal in life has been the same from the beginning: to become a Cape Breton fiddle player. Today Ashley MacIsaac is on the mend. This being said, Cape Breton is also the home of a vibrant Scottish and Celtic music scene known to fans of this style of music the world over. A new record deal and an upcoming new release, an autobiography set to be published, and tour plans for North America for spring '03 all signal a return to the vibrant creativity of his past.. He bounces through various record labels -- each one less prominent than the last -- flirts with bankruptcy, insults audiences, loses his house to fire, and is arrested for marijuana possession. This book spells out MacIsaac's tale with bleak humor and equally bleak honesty. By the summer of 2000 he hits bottom. By his mid-20s, MacIsaac had appeared on The Conan O'Brien Show (famously scissor-kicking in a kilt during his performance to reveal exactly what a Scotsman does wear underneath), had toured North America with the Chieftains to standing ovations and rave reviews, and had several major label releases with sales in the hundreds of thousands. An unfortunate sequence of interviews andappearances had thrust his unconventional sexuality into the public eye and also -- highlighted by bizarre and unpredictable public behavior -- his addiction to crack cocaine and his penchant for marijuana. Celtic-punk musician Ashley MacIsaac hails from the tiny village of Creignish on rural Cape Breton Island, the
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