The Singer and His Songs
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This a unique story about a unique musical talent who lives in Two Different Worlds while he conquers the World musically. A Young Estonia Immigrant or DP ( Displaced Person ) as they were known in Australia, , teams up with a Group of Australian High School kids and discovers he has an unbelievable talent for Music. He learns to play his best friend’s Guitar almost overnight, and the Band they form becomes an overnight sensation in Australia. To complete the picture he meets the Cousin of his friend, a beautiful young Blonde and instantly falls head over heals in love with her, and she with him. In his final Concert before thousands he serenades April with his own composition called “ A Ballad for April “ Regretfully his family can not make ends meet in Australia, so without consulting him, they move to Canada, completely ignoring the success of their son musically, in fact, completely ignoring his musically talents . In Canada, have lost his friends, his career, and the love of his life in April, he becoming introverted and builds himself into a shell that no one can penetrate. In secret he continues his music and writes and composes more and more music, always with a picture of April before him. Then as Fate would have it, Another Beautiful Blonde Sarah, appears in his life and puts a crack in his shell. As an Architectural Technologist, one night, while inspection a Recording Studio, he, thinking he is alone, sings five new songs including a New “ Ballad for Sarah “ to an imaginary Audience. Fortunately he is overheard by the Studio Produce who records his songs. Suddenly his Musically world Opens up again as The Studio Producer takes Control of his Life and turns him into an International Superstar, as he conquers the World with his Music. Trouble enters in the form of the Mafiosi and a Hitman is engaged to eliminate Chris. Also Complications arise as his two beautiful Blondes have to deal with this Unique and extraordinary Individual. Fate is still playing her cards
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The first time Chris Wild sees an electric guitar, it is as if he has found a long-lost friend. As soon as he touches the smooth surface of the guitar and his fingers wrap around its neck, his life changes forever. It is the mid-1950s in Australia when Chris realizes he possesses a musical gift and joins the teenage band, the Offenders — never realizing he has just embarked on a life-spanning career.
Forced to leave the Offenders behind when his family emigrates to Canada, Chris never hears that their first single has become an Australian chart-topping hit. In Canada, Chris receives no support for his musical talents and reluctantly studies to become an architectural technician. While assisting with the design of a recording studio, his innate musical gift is revealed during a solo midnight session overheard by the studio executives. Suddenly, Chris is launched back into the musical world and into a life of stardom. As he inspires thousands all over the world with his new album, Chris's old girlfriend from Australia resurfaces and he must determine how to reconcile his original muse, April, with his new lover, Sarah.
Fate can be capricious, especially when someone lives in two different worlds.
About the Author
Deke Rivers lives in Bellingham, Washington. As an architect, he has designed numerous recording studios and witnessed the birth of rock and roll and its evolution in his youth in Australia as well as during his teenage years in Canada and the United States.