Despite his fame, Eli Page is a riddle wrapped in a myth, his past so shrouded in gossip and half-truths that no one knows who he is behind the act. Jack Wyeth, a budding writer, joins Eli in Galesville, a small town on the border of New York and Vermont, only to learn that the musician's mind is failing. As he scrambles to uncover the truth, Jack is forced to confront his own past. At the same time, he falls for a local artist, becomes linked to a town controversy and struggles to let go of his childhood idols and bridge the divide between myth and reality.
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"An examination of art, fame, and authenticity." --The Boston Globe
"[A] richly textured novel about folk music...Belcher brings the folk music scene to life, but best of all is his ability to craft a cast of memorable characters." --Publisher's Weekly "Appealing...Mingling elements from both literature and the blues, Belcher has crafted a memorable tale about how the masks and myths we create can become prisons that ultimately disconnect us from ourselves." --Library JournalW. B. Belcher grew up in western Massachusetts and earned his MFA from Goddard College. Belcher is a member of the board of directors at Caffe Lena, the oldest continuously operating folk club in the U.S. He also serves as the Director of Development at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). He lives along the Battenkill River in upstate New York with his wife and two children. LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE is his first novel.
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