Writing about music has been a passion project in recent years for Chatham-born author Ray Robertson, winning him new readers.
Robertson, 59, returns to Chatham to launch his latest book, Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars), in Studio One at the Chatham Cultural Centre Nov. 28.
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A followup to 2016’s Lives of the Poets (with Guitars), it features more big-name and lesser-known performers, from Danny Kirwan, Handsome Ned, Captain Beefheart and Nico to Duane Allman and Muddy Waters. It’s published by Windsor’s Bibloasis.
Asked about his choice of artists, Robertson said, “I didn’t try to be purposely obscure, but everybody in the book I care about.”
It stems from “pure curiosity, I just let my mind go where it does,” he added.
Robertson said each musician has