What I Was Listening To When...

<p>The way the moments and the music connected over his life in literature and the law is author Jack L.B. Gohn's subject in this literate and revelatory memoir.</p><p>Charting his evolution from a 1950s preschooler absorbing a misleading sense of security from a children's record to a retiree deriving pandemic solace from watching musicians collaborate remotely on a Sondheim overture over YouTube Gohn vividly evokes the times and astutely interprets the songs. Along the way Gohn scrutinizes the work of performers from universally -known icons like the Beatles and Dylan to world musicians like Pietra Montecorvino and San Telmo Lounge from country stars like the Chicks to orchestral composers like John Adams.</p><p>Partly confessional partly poignant reminiscence partly an interrogation of the music that structured Gohn's thoughts and feelings over seventy years <em>What I Was Listening to When...</em> explores a varied life and a unique sensibility.</p><p>And the reader can come along for the ride streaming free shared playlists on Spotify and YouTube that track the songs considered in the book.</p>