Home of Michael Perry – Author, Humorist, Singer/Songwriter, Amateur Pig Farmer
Books
Coop: A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg (Paperback)
$14.00
Publisher’s Description: in over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the author of Truck: A Love Story gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.
Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting (Hardcover)
$24.00
Publisher’s Description: in over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, the author of Truck: A Love Story gives us a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country.
Truck: A Love Story (paperback)
$14.00
From the publisher: "All I wanted to do," says Michael Perry, "was get my old pickup truck running. That, and plant a little vegetable garden. Then I got distracted by this woman…"
Truck: A Love Story (Hardcover)
$24.00
From the publisher: “All I wanted to do,” says Michael Perry, “was get my old pickup truck running. That, and plant a little vegetable garden. Then I got distracted by this woman…”
Population:485 – Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time (Paperback)
$14.00
After a twelve-year absence, a real-life prodigal son returns to his hometown — New Auburn, Wisconsin, population: 485 — and joins the volunteer fire and rescue department.
Off Main Street: Barnstormers, Prophets & Gatemouth’s Gator (paperback)
$12.00
From the book jacket: “…A collection of essays about life in small towns, on the road, and around the world. Whether he’s passing a kidney…
Why They Killed Big Boy…and other stories (paperback)
$10.00
A collection of essays, humor and nonfiction by Michael Perry. Reviewer comments: “Rural America is changing fast, and Perry is one of the funniest, most…
Big Rigs, Elvis & the Grand Dragon Wayne (paperback)
$10.00
From the book jacket: “Collected from publications as diverse as Esquire, Salon, Utne Reader, Orion, Troika and Road King, the essays in Big Rigs, Elvis…
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Audio
The Clodhopper Monologues Live
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Not so long ago, author, humorist and amateur pig farmer Michael Perry fed the chickens, changed his boots, kissed his wife and daughters, and drove…
Golden In The Morning
$0.99
Downloadable audio track (digital release only).
Recorded as part of Mike’s occasionally monthly “song-a-month” series – just Mike, an acoustic guitar, and one take.
Mike says: “I…
Tiny Pilot – Michael Perry and the Long Beds
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Tiny Pilot is Michael Perry’s second full-length release with his band the Long Beds. The songs on Tiny Pilot range from boot-stomping country to roughneck folk ballads and are populated by characters drawn straight from rural and small-town America.
Headwinded – Michael Perry and the Long Beds
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Ten-song album of original songs written by Mike and recorded with his band the Long Beds.
Population 485 with Off Main Street (audiobook)
$15.00
This is a six-CD audiobook. Michael Perry reads Population 485 (abridged to fit format) and eight essays from Off Main Street. Also included: Three live-audience…
Why They Killed Big Boy…and other stories (audiocassette)
$10.00
A collection of essays, humor and nonfiction by Michael Perry. Reviewer comments: “Rural America is changing fast, and Perry is one of the funniest, most…
Never Stand Behind A Sneezing Cow & Other Tales from Foggy Crossing (humor CD)
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A live-audience recording of Mike addressing issues including high culture in low places, Fightin’ Frogs football, parade floats gone bad, the fine art of manure…
I Got It from the Cows (humor CD)
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A live-audience recording of Mike searching for truth in everything from the perfect cow to clogged sewer lines. Tracks include: “The Bull Catalog”; “The Perfect…
Shirts
Long Beds “BedHead” T-Shirt
from $13.50
We can’t all be DeadHeads. Special thanks to our firefighter friend Barry – he’s the first person we heard use this phrase. T-shirt features Mike’s…
Long Beds “Gordon” T-shirt
from $13.50
After we played a benefit show in Mike’s hometown of New Auburn, a sweet lady told us we sounded, “Just like Gordon Lightfoot…only zippier!” We figured that was about perfect.