About This Book
“Fantastic! Real Americana” is how poet Gary Stewart Chorré describes the verse of Cleveland native Gair Linhart. “Lyrics of Woody Guthrie” was the comment of legendary Albuquerque DeeJay, Charlie Z., regarding Linhart’s songs. In the compilation entitled Poemsongs, the best of his frequently funny, always moving, poetry and song lyrics are brought together under a single cover–specially edited with readability in mind. The New Mexico Waltz, Mixed Up, and juke box favorites Five Dollar Bill and Close to the Wire flow easily, adjacent to poetry designed for the book page. Readers of Gair Linhart’s novels, School and Crazy Blue City, will be delighted with another facet of the artist’s work in Poemsongs.
