Don Davies

And it's not a craft book, but Alicia Altman's Permission, for the reasons we were just talking about, I think is a book that every memoirist or creative nonfiction writer should read, should have.

As far as memoirs that are inspiring, one of our contributors, Don Davies, wrote a memoir called Mothers of Sparta, which is one of my favorites, and I always go back to This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff.

Mm-hmm.

And all of Nick Flynn's memoirs.

It was in the first few years of my journalistic career covering the game.

Quite a difference considering you rewind 20, 25 years and the likes of Don Davies and Alf Clarke were the celebrities of the day, weren't they? They

were, yeah.

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Revelotte could draw from the finest players in town.

Producer Don Davies had deep ties to Detroit's elite studio circle.

Players who, despite Barry Gore, the strict rules and threats of fines routinely slipped away after hours to record for cash in hand at indie labels like Revelotte.

Chief among them were members of Motown's legendary house band the Funk Brothers, an ensemble featuring bass genius James Jamerson, drummer Benny Benjamin, Jack Ashford on tambourine and vibes and bandleader Earl Von Dyke on keys.

His vault output included great sides like Just Because Your Love Is Gone along with the B-side from what proved to be his final single.

No one blinder than a man won't see.

Once again, co-written and produced by Don Davies.

I feel so bad this evening.