A Cappella began everthemore books in 2004 to resurrect titles that, due to the vagaries of the marketplace, have become difficult to find but whose ongoing appeal warrants their being readily available. The first of these titles were Party Out of Bounds by Rodger Lyle Brown and The Nashville Sound by Paul Hemphill (see below).

Now, we've created the imprint FOR NOW, on which we plan to publish entirely new books by writers whose work has the same enduring reputation as other everthemore titles.

Peter Case, the legendary folk-rocker, whose bands The Nerves and The Plimsouls helped define the West Coast punk and alternative rock scenes, and whose solo work ushered in the Americana music phenomenon, documents his trailblazing story in a full-length memoir. The first portion of the book is the first FOR NOW publication: As Far As You Can Get Without a Passport.
 
As Far As You Can Get Without a Passport covers Case’s very early days from the time he left his native upstate New York and wound up singing and playing on the streets of San Francisco. This period inspired some of his most memorable songs, including Entella Hotel and Travellin’ Light. Now it has inspired a great new book.
  
John Doe, co-leader of the Los Angeles punk band X, has contributed an introduction to the new book.

Media members: download Peter Case press kit here.
Click here to read Chad Radford's interview with Peter Case.

As Far As You Can Get Without a Passport
$10.00

Party Out of Bounds: The B-52’s, R.E.M. and the Kids Who Rocked Athens, Georgia by Rodger Lyle Brown. When the book first came out in 1991, R.E.M. was the most popular rock band in the world, and music fans were understandably fascinated by the funky Southern college town from which it sprang, Athens, Georgia.

When the book didn’t sell like a chart-topping album, it was quickly cast off by its publisher, presumably to be forgotten.

But R.E.M., of course, will never be forgotten, as the band is generally acclaimed to be among the greatest bands ever, continuing to sell millions of records and selling out concert venues all over the world. And Brown, an insider during the formative years of the distinctive Athens scene, had truly captured a unique moment in popular cultural history. Legions of rock music lovers continue be intrigued by this particularly fertile outpost. Demand for Party Out of Bounds has remained steady in the subterranean out-of-print book market, prompting our reprint.

Party Out of Bounds
$16.95

The Nashville Sound by Paul Hemphill. When Atlanta journalist Paul Hemphill wrote his first book, The Nashville Sound (Simon & Schuster) in 1970 he captured a snapshot of a truly honest and integral brand of American music on the verge of gentrification. Although he had no way of knowing it, the times they were a changin’, and so was the country music industry.

Prior to the ‘70s the very words “country” and “industry” were at odds. Country music was an untapped tune made “by the folks for the folks” embracing estranged working class anthems forged in America’s backwoods, small towns and luminous Southern cities. Songwriters with prickly tongues and unhurried twangs raged against the man and lamented the women who caused them grief, which only fueled their humble and creative fires.

Through impeccable research and interviews with country music innovators, including Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and the likes, Hemphill drafted the definitive work on the bittersweet sounds rising from Music City USA . The book was a commercial and critical success. The Chicago Sun-Times even called it, “The best book ever written about country music.”

Thirty-five years after The Nashville Sound hit the streets Hemphill’s work remains as solid, honest and evocative as it always has in this age of vanilla tunes, plastic production and beaming "yes men" man-handling the media. Rarely do such works of music journalism stand up to the test of time.

The Nashville Sound served as the gateway for Hemphill to embark on a lengthy and distinctively Southern career as a writer, penning several other works of both fiction and non-fiction, including Leaving Birmingham which earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination.

After three-and-a-half decades everthemore books has repackaged The Nashville Sound (280 pages) to reacquaint the music and its old heroes with a new generation of country music lovers. Hot on the heels of Hemphill’s fifteenth offering Lovesick Blues; the Life of Hank Williams (Viking), The Nashville Sound brings the writer full-circle, offering a glimpse into his voice at its humblest beginnings.

The Nashville Sound
$16.95

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