This is a blood-and-guts half-century account detailing the hard-paid dues and travails of a consummate yet non-famous talent and entertainer. A songwriter, recording artist, band leader, actor, writer, comedian, ventriloquist, celebrity impersonator, cartoonist, professional clown, politician, boxer, and reality TV personality.

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Pete Berwick has taken on and tackled all avenues of show business. If you prefer the fantasy of glitz and glamour, those books are out there.

If you want the dark side and sordid reality of a life in the rough and tumble snake-filled trenches of show business, you're holding that book in your hands. Just be sure to wash them after reading.

"No one works harder than Pete Berwick, and I mean no one. "- Middle Tennessee Magazine"It's a yes for me.

"- Simon Cowell"Pete Berwick has certainly paid his dues. His life's work comes from a pen that has seen and lived the harder side of life.

"- Chicago Tribune"Berwick's world is submerged in dark and desolate, dirt-coated, beer-soaked places where normal people don't dare to go. "-Illinois Entertainer Magazine"Pete Berwick has the authenticity that other artists only think they have.

"- Chris Jorgenson, Billings Gazette"Pete Berwick is far lesser known but just as equally important an artist as Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle. "- Diffuser FM and New Noise Magazine"An exceptional storyteller.

"- Fred Schmale, Real Roots Cafe"Pete Berwick will dress up as Elvis or Santa, bring your kids presents, and then punch a coke dealer in the face. He is an underground anti-hero for the ages.

His poetic genius and comedic and dramatic wit are beyond compare. A man.

A legend. Did I mention he is handsome and kind of famous?"- Devin Meany, music journalist, radio personality, and record promoter"Pete Berwick is as if Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty had a baby, and then that baby got beat up.

"- Dave McAnally, MK Ultrasound Podcast"I have seen other actors portray Frank Sinatra in movies, and none of them even come close to Pete. He not only portrays Sinatra; he becomes Sinatra.

"- Frank Calabrese, professional actor"Pete Berwick is a unique and brilliant craftsman. If there were a Mount Rushmore for the handful of musical pioneers who blazed their own trail, he would be one of my first three choices of those who kicked down the doors in Nashville for others to follow.

"- Keith A. Gordon, "The Other Side of Nashville: An Incomplete History and Discography of the Nashville Rock Underground""Pete brings such incredible energy to a film set.

When you work with him, you don't just make a film; you grow as a filmmaker. A rising tide lifts all ships, and Pete brings natural abilities and brilliant spontaneity that result in great performances from the other actors.

"- Macgregor Salmon, movie director"If there were an Entertainer's Hall of Fame, Pete Berwick would be my first pick. "- Gary Hayes, Gary Hayes Country Zine"A brilliant artist.

"- WXRT Radio"When Pete writes, you can practically smell the stale beer and vomit. "- Alex Zander, MK Ultrasound Podcast"I have never had to play the drums harder than when I played with Pete Berwick.

"- Craig Wright, drummer for Steve Earle"There are people who are forced to act, and then there is Pete Berwick, a natural. "- Michael Prescott, film director and TV personality"On the eighth day, God created Pete Berwick.

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