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A Rock Bottom Remainders occurs as rock & roll band consisting of published writers, most of them both amateur musicians and popular English-language book, magazine, and newspaper authors. A band took its self-mocking title from either a publishing term "remaindered book", a function for which a unsold remainder of the publishers equity of copies is sold at the decreased price.

A band members include Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Stephen King, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, James McBride, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount Jr., Barbara Kingsolver, Robert Fulghum, Matt Groening, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Tad Bartimus, and Greg Iles. Band members collaborated in a book just about the band, Mid-Life Confidential.

A band's members own freely admitted their want of musical talent. E.g., Dave Barry hwhen been quoted as expression: "We play music as well as Metallica writes novels." Supposedly a average band member "knows three chords".

Concerts:

1992, Anaheim: American Booksellers Association convention 1995, Cleveland: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (opening)

Guests:

Bruce Springsteen Roger McGuinn Josh Kelly Erasmo Paolo Sam Barry Warren Zevon

Songs:

"Rockaway Beach" "Louie, Louie" "These Boots are made for Walking" "If the House is a Rockin'..." "Gloria" "You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover" "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"

"Don't Quit Your Day Job" Records Group: The Rock Bottom Remainders
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