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How can I choose my favorite part of the rain? I wanted to walk in it, dance in it. Get wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWhen people asked me my favorite song, I would just say the radio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Brian Cullman always knew where the great music was hidden and writes about it with wit and elegance. His descriptions of close encounters with Nick Drake, Big Joe Turner, the Master Musicians of Jajouka, and so many others are as good as music reportage gets.” \u003cstrong\u003eJoe Boyd, record producer and author of \u003cem\u003eAnd the Roots of Rhythm Remain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“A fantastic memoir of a lifelong love affair with music, intertwined with recollections of a time when Music functioned as a Power in the Earth. 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