Newman 1124.

Inscribed by author: "Catherine - Thanks for your support - hope you enjoy the tour - Bill Sparks"


"Bill Sparks was born in 1946 in Ashtabula, Ohio. He grew up in nearby Dorset, and after graduating from high school worked as a laborer, disc jockey, newspaper reporter and photographer before being drafted into the army. The Vietnam veteran now lives in Phoenix..." -- back cover

Contents: "What sadness I feel from having missed so much" -- The last triumphant tour -- Illusion -- Dark side of June -- Gramps -- Teachers and Indians -- Downfall -- Chicago, 1969 -- Honky tonk -- The juices stopped flowing -- A foot in the grave is a foot from the womb -- Self-portrait -- Chase -- Echos -- Celebrate, 1969 -- Happy birthday -- Love lines -- The last word -- Why didn't you talk to me? -- Flight from night -- Sweaty 2 am -- Easy love -- Crime stop -- Here's Johnny! -- Relate -- To a short time friend -- Subtract you... add another -- Running from -- On second thought -- Another explanation -- Durango, May 1973 -- Victimless -- Paranoid soup -- Prosperity, 1973 -- Hard hit, up, on -- Scoring, 1984 -- Wouldn't you like an escape machine? -- Transposition -- For T -- Break away -- Traitors -- Limbo -- Retreat -- Hobo clock -- Roughly speaking -- Another explanation.