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{weblog_name} - Cross Country with Joe Firstman
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Whenever I interview an artist, I always wonder what was going through their heads when they decided to pursue music. Now, I don’t mean the first time they were inspired by Springsteen or the White Album, thinking to themselves, “I can do that!” I mean the day that they literally dropped everything and jumped full on into the wild waters of the music business. An industry with such an unknown future, that plays no favorites, the odds of being a successful musician are highly stacked against you. Then again… some times it works. One person in particular is Joe Firstman, who traveled from his hometown of North Carolina to Los Angeles on a Greyhound bus (that’s a story in itself), with nothing more than some cash, a guitar and a boatload of optimism.  I know what you’re thinking, “I’ve… read more