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Do Stand So Close

By: Jeffrey Lee Campbell
Narrated by: Jeffrey Lee Campbell
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Summary

A small-town musician from North Carolina tries his luck on the biggest stage of all: New York City. And he hits the jackpot. Mere months into his NYC gambit, guitarist Jeffrey Lee Campbell is catapulted from selling candy in Broadway theaters to touring the world with rock legend Sting. Go behind the scenes with the provincial, wide-eyed rookie as he fakes his way around the globe, shoulder-to-shoulder with his longtime musical hero.

Do Stand So Close is a layered, coming-of-age memoir, recounting Jeffrey Lee Campbell's glamorous (and grueling) 25 country, six-continent trial by fire on Sting's "Nothing Like The Sun" World Tour. Filled with humorous anecdotes and poignant revelations, Do Stand So Close follows Jeffrey's amazing odyssey - from relocating to NYC and miraculously landing the high-profile gig, to life on the road with one of the planet's biggest rock stars, to his humbling crash-and-burn after the tour. Buckle up!

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A tour diary - a bit repetitive

We get to follow Jeffrey on the one and only tour he got with Sting, and soon become repetitive.
Half in, I hit the fast forward to get through it. The book could easily be cut in half, i think.
Last chapter, about surviving as a struggling guitarist, is an interesting and harsh reality check for any musician,

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