Are there any books about the "Life" in a pool room or about one of the great "Action" pool Rooms?

jay helfert said:
Thanks for that. To make a living at pool, you had to get down on the table and make those balls! You couldn't fake it at pool, and I loved that fact. Every score I made, I had to grind it out, one game at a time. One truism from TCOM was how sweet money won was. After a long night of playing and I got back to my room and counted the money, there was a feeling of elation over the extra 30 or 40 dollars. I had earned it with my skill on the table!
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Yep. Pretty sweet to play around all day and come home with more than ya left with.
 
Kid Dynomite said:
I am still waiting for Jam to release the Keith McCready book she wrote.....

One day I hope!

Kd

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Aren't we all ? I just hope there isn't too much written about how they players pants fit , and or , if they stand with there legs apart.😉😁😆
 
Not really pool hall music, but it accurately describes pool halls in the 21st century:

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi

Also provides an apt description of the world of tournament pool (and a good title for tournament pool's first great book): "Paved Paradise".

It's difficult to appreciate what you've never experienced.

So for the uninitiated and the rest of us, too (This one's especially for you, JAM):
 
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brunswick1901 said:
I have seen articles and books about, how to play, where to play, the history, and about players but I would like to more about the rooms that had the most pool action.

I had just started to play pool when I went to the Vern Peterson's Billiard place in the late 1960s. I do not remember the names but I was told the best players in the world were there. What I clearly remember there was gambling on EVERY table.

I would like to know more about the Rack in Detroit, Red's in Houston, Lambert's in Baton Rouge and any other rooms from the past.
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Or you could take a vacation, spend a couple weeks in LA and get the modern taste, feel and action.
 
jay helfert said:
Thanks for that. To make a living at pool, you had to get down on the table and make those balls! You couldn't fake it at pool, and I loved that fact. Every score I made, I had to grind it out, one game at a time. One truism from TCOM was how sweet money won was. After a long night of playing and I got back to my room and counted the money, there was a feeling of elation over the extra 30 or 40 dollars. I had earned it with my skill on the table!
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Money won has no home
 
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