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  • Walking Back Home

  • By: Ricky Ross
  • Narrated by: Ricky Ross
  • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (60 ratings)

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Summary

The first memoir by Deacon Blue singer and music icon Ricky Ross.

In 1986, Ricky Ross started a full-time career in music, which has lasted for over 35 years. His earlier working life was spent in youth work and teaching in his home city of Dundee, and his adopted home of Glasgow. It was in these two cities where he spent his formative years learning how to write and play songs.

Having always written about the people and places who've made an impact on his life, it's no surprise that this is how he has approached Walking Back Home, his first-ever memoir, which takes the listener on a journey from Ricky's childhood to the roller coaster of leading his band Deacon Blue to top of the charts and the band's eventual break-up and his solo career.

"I started to write about the years I spent putting the band together, on the first time we ever played in America, and about some of the musical characters I've met along the way. I gave some thought to growing up in suburban Dundee in a family with no record player and no sense that someone like me could, one day, make a record. That's one part of the story. However, I still want to talk about the smell of Born to Run when I first got it home and how I saw the Buzzcocks looking at a Cliff Richard album sleeve in a Dundee Record Shop window. I still want to tell the stories of my grandparents and parents and the woman whose voice was so vulnerable when she got up to sing at our church.

For all these years I've told stories. Sometimes these days I also tell them on the radio. I've met some amazing people and their stories need told, too. The first time Deacon Blue ever played Wembley Arena I started to introduce a song only to hear, 'Get on with it' shouted from Row Z. We proceeded with the song, but I often thought I'd quite like to finish that story."

©2022 Ricky Ross (P)2022 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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Walking Back Home Ricky Ross

This unabridged audible memoir is simply outstanding. It is moving, wise and warm. I haven’t been this deeply absorbed and affected by a book since pre-pandemic (where admittedly I’ve struggled to focus and concentrate with books) It is a brilliant read, and everyone will take something from it. Thanks Ricky and Deacon Blue. Wow ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Absolutely Amazing!!!

Possibly The Best Autobiography I have ever experienced!!!

Just Brilliant!

Well Done. Ricky!!

Go Ricky!!

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Amazing.

Listening to Ricky was fantastic. Being a Dundonian by birth and living there until the age of 13 I could relate to him, having travelled and lived in Africa also I could again relate and his point about not every American being tarred with the same brush has given me pause for thought.

Thank you Ricky

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Great listen

A great insight to the humble beginnings of Deacon Blue.
Finished 7 dad before his gig in Perth, Scotland 😃😃

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Must for any fan

Lifelong DB fan was always going to enjoy this, especially as the reading was by the man himself. Still was surprised by how little I actually knew about Ricky outside of the band giving the book added interest.
Aside, although slow to embrace DB 2.0 I find now I enjoy it much more than 1.0 and hope there is more to come.

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Excellent, a must for Deacon Blue fans

Ricky reading his book to you is an exceptional experience! Every chapter is insightful and interesting.

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Good listen

Really Enjoyed this. A life well and truly lived . Highly Recommended and worth checking out

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Excellent book and well read

Excellent Book and well read by Ricky. Interesting to hear how it all started for him and the blue

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Beautiful, compassionate stories

Beautifully written and read by Ricky Ross himself. Not a ‘normal autobiography- much, much better than that. So much so, I’m sure I’ll listen and read again!

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Brilliant & beautiful memoir

I really felt this was an outstanding book that went from from pioneering community work to writing chart topping songs. It’s the wonderfully observant details of the Scottish childhood and the life after the initial success that most gripped me. The final chapters in particular, I have found wonderful moving and life affirming (joyful). Thanks Ricky.

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