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Reading & Book Signing with Paul Devlin, Editor of Rifftide

The Port Washington Public Library is hosting a reading and book signing with Paul Devlin, editor of the new autobiography Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones, on Friday, February 3rd at 7:30 PM. 

About the Book:

An American original and jazz luminary, Papa Jo Jones intrigued many with his outrageous personality and innovative drumming. Drawn from fourteen tapes recorded over eight years beginning in 1977, Rifftide is an impressionistic series of riffs and tales by Jones, revealing a man at the forefront of a new form of music and a country amidst incredible turmoil and opportunity.

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For more information please visit: http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/rifftide

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