Greenville live music scene rocks on following handlebars. Rockin a hard place is the story of the handlebar, an intimate listening room that has presented thousands of artistsjohn mayer, joan baez, zac brown, and sugarland among themand hosted a quartermillion fans since its opening in 1994. Some may be granted only one word, others a paragraph. In upstate, south carolina, hes best known as cofounder of the handlebar, a small concert venue that he owned and operated with his wife, kathy laughlin, for 20 years. Buy rockin a hard place book online at low prices in. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases.
He is now the proprietor of the handlebar, a nightclub in greenville, s. Every major league player is deeded real estate in the book of baseball. Musical memoir from the owner of venerable greenville, s. Flats, sharps, and other notes from a misfit music club owner by john jeter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Oct 26, 20 music promoter and entrepreneur, freelance writer and author, former newspaperman and current dilettante, i write to entertain. As a lover of good music, i connect to so much in his book which reminds me of countless super shows that ive seen at the handlebar with friends, with my. View john jeters profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Gotta have that 2,000word piece about a complex subject day after tomorrow. Rockin a hard place local hub city writers project. Chc1 chc10 chc2 chc3 chc4 chc5 chc6 chc7 chc8 chc9 ch1 ch2 ch3 ch4 ch5 ch6 ch7 ch8 ch9 ch10 ch11 ch12 ch ch14 ch15 ch16 ch17 ch18 ch19 ch20 ch21 ch22 ch23 problem. John jeter is coowner and founder of the handlebar, an awardwinning concert venue in greenville, south carolina.
Hub city press announces the publication of rockin a hard place. Jon jeter is a published book author and twotime pulitzer prize finalist with more than 20 years of journalistic experience. First book by the founder of the concert bar in spartanburg. Most recently, he signed with a literary agent to represent his latest novel, spent. The plunder room is his first novel john jeter is coowner and founder of the handlebar, an awardwinning concert venue in greenville, south carolina. Greenvilles handlebar is ready for its tv closeup news. John jeter john jeter was a burntout journalist living in florida when the younger brother who once saved his life with a donated kidney telephones with lifealtering news.
Dec 01, 2019 john jeter journalist, novelist, playwright, academic and entrepreneur, john jeter is best known in the upstate as coowner of the handlebar, a nowlegendary concert venue in greenville, s. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The handlebar announces that its east stone location will close. Coowner and cofounder of the handlebar, a concert venue in greenville, sc, john jeter also cowrote the lucifer genome. View john jeter s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Rockin a hard place hub city books, about my 20 years owning and buying talent for the handlebar, a small concert venue. Rockin a hard place goodreads meet your next favorite book. Amazingly, he sold and published it without an agent something that is rare in todays cutthroat publishing world. John jeters debut is a powerfully compelling story about one mans. Book your lunch with greenville author and owner of the handlebar john jeter on thursday, november 1st, from 122 pm at the lazy goat in greenville. As a small business owner, i connect to his story of the tough side of the music business. As a nationally published author, his books include rockin a hard place. Mar 24, 2014 were looking for a bigger, better location thats going to serve the market better, john jeter said.
The memoir by jeter a columbia university journalism school grad and coowner of popular southeastern music venue the handlebar is an absorbing tale of how to start a business and fail, and win, and succeed, and fail and win again. Book your lunch with handlebar owner and author john jeter. John jeter is a burntout journalist living in florida when the younger brother who once saved his life with a donated kidney telephones with lifealtering news. Its more along the lines of the show is postponed, its. Fans of singersongwriters and blues musicians, in particular, will appreciate jeter s many anecdotes and quotes from road warriors such as livingston taylor.
In greenville, handlebar proprietor john jeter a former newspaper reporter managed to steal enough time away from booking the most happening listening room in the state to write a book. Don silver writes about working for clive davis at arista records. John jeter author john jeter is coowner and founder of the handlebar, an awardwinning concert venue in greenville, south carolina. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover john s. Jun 02, 20 thats what happened when john oliver, a greenville voiceover talent and voice of the greenville drive, approached john jeter, coowner of the handlebar, and suggested that jeter s book. Martin s press thomas dunne books this year without an agent. Rockin a hard place is the story of the handlebar, an intimate listening room that has presented thousands of artists john mayer, joan baez, zac brown, and sugarland among themand hosted a quartermillion fans since its opening in 1994. He is a journalist, novelist, playwright, and entrepreneur. In the upstate, jeter is best known as cofounder of the handlebar, a concert. Rockin a hard place livros na amazon brasil 9781891885990. Mar 24, 2014 owner john jeter who relocated the handlebar to stone avenue years ago, anchoring a cultural resurgence in the north main district told that the venue has earned. John jeter published his debut novel, the plunder room, with st. Author john jeter, best known as the coowner of greenville, s.
John jeter and his wife, kathy laughlin, opened the original handlebar in 1994 with johns brother and sisterinlaw, stephen and melanie jeter. Growing up in an african american workingclass family in the midwest, jon jeter watched the jobs undergirding a community disappear. Mar 25, 2014 the handlebar also spawned a memoir, rockin a hard place, written by coowner john jeter and published by spartanburgs hub city press, as well as a tv pilot, still in development. Fans of singersongwriters and blues musicians, in particular, will appreciate jeter s many anecdotes and. John jeter author of rockin a hard place goodreads. Rockin a hard place is the story of the handlebar, an intimate listening room that has presented thousands of artists john mayer, joan baez, zac brown, and sugarland among themand hosted a.
Owner john jeter who relocated the handlebar to stone avenue years ago, anchoring a cultural resurgence in the north main district told. The plunder room by john jeter meet your next favorite book. Peter happens to be the music citys music critic that alone makes him world class and hes one hell of a great songwriter himself and he writes beautiful prose. John jeter, don silver and michael supe granda read and sign copies of. Journalist, novelist, playwright, academic and entrepreneur, john jeter is best known in the upstate as coowner of the handlebar.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover johns. The plunder room, a novel by john jeter, coowner of the handlebar in greenville, sc published jan. Help the handlebar s john jeter celebrate his debut novel handlebar coowner and founder john jeter celebrates the publication of his first novel, the plunder room st. John jeter has written a wonderfully entertaining novel about a quirky southern family and its reaction to the death of the patriarch, a colonel who gives his grown grandson the key to the plunder room, a locked room said to contain secrets from a life overseas and in combat. The plunder room is one of the most satisfying southern yarns ive read in years. John jeter, coowner of the handlebar, a concert venue in greenville, sc, has published his third book, the lucifer genome. John jeter recounts creating and running greenvilles handlebar.
Thats what happened when john oliver, a greenville voiceover talent and voice of the greenville drive, approached john jeter, coowner of the handlebar, and suggested that jeter s book. Karin gillespie, author of dollar daze john jeter combines family, fighting, history and honor in a story of four generations of a southern family, told with both humor and deepsouth detail. John jeter journalist, novelist, playwright, academic and entrepreneur, john jeter is best known in the upstate as coowner of the handlebar, a nowlegendary concert venue in greenville, s. Handlebar detroit is the best for a group of friends who are looking to laugh and have a great time.
Handlebar bowling alley plans approved greenville online. Greenvilles handlebar announces plans to relocate news. Cofounder and coowner of the legendary handlebar, he still loves music especially when its live, his wife kathy laughlin, and, on the off chance that their shih tsu is being good, their dog. For dazzling content from magazinequality journalism to books and from. Buy rockin a hard place book online at best prices in india on. John jeter s a novelist, memoirist, playwright, scriptwriter, recovering journalist, copywriting wannabe, word merchant, and literary dilettante. Rockin a hard place is the story of the handlebar, an intimate listening room that has presented thousands of artists. John jeter adjunct professor converse college linkedin. C its an appropriate name since jeter sports his own curly handlebar mustache.
The plunder room by john jeter overdrive rakuten overdrive. He is a former washington post bureau chief and award. Martins press, a novel about the disintegration of honor. The plunder room is a novel about several generations of a southern family and we all know what those are like. Dec 23, 2008 the plunder room, a novel by john jeter, coowner of the handlebar in greenville, sc published jan. Jeter wrote fiction for 20 years, but the plunder room is his first published book. Exjournalist turned club promoter jeter assures readers that all the hard work, sacrifice, frustration and disappointment that went into building and sustaining his dream listening room has been worth it. A welcoming bike centric bar, with a great dance floor and delicious late night food menu. Please join us in welcoming john jeter for a discussion and signing of his new book rockin a hard place. This year also marks the 15th anniversary of the handlebar, the music venue he opened with his wife, kathy laughlin, in greenville, sc, where they have promoted such artists as john mayer, joan baez, bela fleck, john hiatt, shinedown, nickel creek, david sanborn and. Rockin a hard place hub city books, about my 20 years owning and buying talent for the handlebar, a small concert venue in greenville, s. Martins press, about honor, which is why its fiction.
A powerful, accessible, and eyeopening analysis of the global economy. Jan 21, 2009 author john jeter, best known as the coowner of greenville, s. Rockin a hard place is the story of the handlebar, an intimate listening room that has presented thousands of artists john mayer, joan baez, zac brown, and sugarland among. From magazinequality journalism to books, from blogs to blurbs, i deliver copy thats as clean as your kitchen well below market rates. Transformed locationsentrepreneurs, by their nature, ar. Five months later, the handlebar remains closed, its stone avenue location up for sale, and club owner john jeter continues his search for a new venue for the handlebar to call home.
John mayer, joan baez, zac brown, and sugarland among them. In the upstate, jeter is best known as cofounder of the handlebar, a concert venue he owned and operated with his wife, kathy laughlin, for 20 years. John jeter takes a look back at the handlebar through an excerpt from his new book, rockin a hard place. The site has served as a cultural bookend of the emerging stone avenue and. As a nationally published author, his books include rockin a hard place, a hub city. Amazingly, he sold and published it without an agent something that is rare in todays cutthroat.