Upon his return, Tom feels rejuvenated and ready to begin his new life. Leanne's zest for life and Veronica's romantic outlook have shown Tom how it feels to live and love again. Thanks to two very special women Tom's attitude toward life is very much changed. Although Tom eventually decides to return to Beaumont, Kansas, he refuses to return to his previous waiting-to-die existence. Happily and unexpectedly, the two enjoy a 55-year-later reunion-a sweet moment in both their lives. While in Monterey, California, Tom looks up an old pre-marriage sweetheart, Veronica (Betty Garrett). It is their unique friendship that gives each the courage to embrace new beginnings and face the sad finales that greet them at their journey's end. In learning to respect each other's differences, they become the best of mismatched friends. It's a rocky road to begin with, Tom is a curmudgeonly old carpenter and Leanne is the offbeat, irreverent child of a wealthy but troubled family. More significantly, Tom meets a 21-year-old free spirit named Leanne Bossert (Sarah Paulson) and the unlikely pair hitchhike from Kansas to California. When a traveling circus comes to the town of Beaumont, Kansas, Tom meets Marco, a young ringmaster, and briefly feels hope. Tom, bored and lonely, is simply waiting to die. His presence in their home is also destroying the intimacy in their marriage. Ken and Bonnie mean well, but smother Tom with their self-conscious attempts at kindness. 27.Tom Gerrin (Jack Lemmon), a retired cabinetmaker, moves in with his son, Ken, and daughter-in-law, Bonnie, after the death of his wife. The miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again. JD Clayton’s Long Way From Home is out Jan. Saroo Brierley, 2013 (2014, intl.) Penguin Publishers. Like the rest of Long Way From Home, it is best with not too many ingredients, just the right ones. Some spoken word, a bit of banjo, and harmony complete this little Southern lullaby, a love letter to his adopted city. The minimalist approach suits Clayton, particularly on the album closer. “Wind down the tore up road / and make your own way to freedom / cause no one’s gonna pull your boots up for ya,” he belts in the latter as a pedal steel lilts and swoons to an epic crescendo.Ĭlayton also leaves room to pay tribute to the music that has shaped him, including a cover of “Midnight Special” dripping in Old West vibes, and infectious boot stomper “American Millionaire” that’s surely got some Skynyrd running hot through its veins.Ĭlayton bookends Long Way From Home with a sunrise and a sunset in the form of “Hello, Good Mornin’” and “Sleepy Night in Nashville,” two of the album’s sparser tunes. It follows Clayton’s heart on his own pursuit of artistry with the down-to-earth title track and the soft but strong “Different Kind of Simple Life,” an alternate reality where perhaps he doesn’t break away from home to do what he loves. Long Way From Home follows Clayton’s heart to genuine love songs like the sweet tea-soaked “Beauty Queen” and the bouncy “Goldmine,” odes to finding that special someone. Inspired by the timeless sound of classics like Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Band - absorbed through headphones while he worked landscaping jobs - Clayton found his sensibilities as a songwriter, focusing on real, simple storytelling about following your heart. On his debut full-length album, Long Way From Home, Clayton’s warm, soulful voice could be a disciple of vocalists like Brent Cobb or Chris Stapleton. But it was his Arkansas roots that ultimately helped him home in on his sound: no-frills and anchored by his true-blue twang. Like so many artists, JD Clayton went to Nashville to make his music dreams come true.
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