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Book SynopsisBy the mid-1980s, singer-songwriter John Hiatt had been dropped from three record labels, burned through two marriages, and had fallen deep into alcoholism.
It took a stint in rehab and a new family to inspire him, then a producer and an A&R man to have a little faith. By February 1987, he was back in the studio on a shoestring budget with a hand-picked supergroup consisting of Ry Cooder on guitar, Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums, recording what would become his masterpiece,
Bring the Family.
Based on author Michael Elliott's multiple extensive and deeply personal interviews with Hiatt as well as his collaborators and contemporaries, including Rosanne Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder, and many others,
Have a Little Faithis the journey through the musical landscape of the 1960s through today that places Hiatt’s long career in context with the glossy pop, college-alternative, mainstream country, and heartland rock of the last half-century. Hiatt’s life both pre- and post-
Family will be revealed, as well as the music loved by critics, fellow musicians, and fans alike.
Table of Contents Introduction Prologue: Eclipse I It Hasn't Happened Yet (1952–1982) 1 Seven Little Indians 2 This Racket Down Here 3 Drive South 4 Sure as I’m Sittin’ Here 5 Old Days 6 Angry Young Man 7 The Broken Promise Land II Have a Little Faith (1983–1990)8 Riding with the King 9 Adios to California 10 Bring the Family 11 Turning Point 12 The Rest of the Dream III Loving a Hurricane (1991–1999)13 Don’t Bug Me When I’m Working 14 Something Wild 15 Nashville Queens IV Stumbling into the Twenty-First Century (2000–2010)16 Crossing Muddy Waters 17 Memphis in the Meantime V Long Time Comin’ (2011–2019)18 The Caveman Cometh 19 Only the Song Survives Epilogue: Before I Go (2020)
