Praise For Papa Do Run:

"Papa Do Run" will make you shake, rattle and roll with laughter! Deborah Godin has captured the essence of 50 & 60s rock and roll and condensed it into this humorous yet authoritative look at the music of her generation. For those who grew up listening to this ground breaking music or for anyone who loves the unique and diverse sounds of Motown, British Invasion and American classic rock and roll, "Papa Do Run" gives it all a whole new “twist”. A must read!
The Times Magazine

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"This book put a smile on my face from the first page right through to the very last page. What a wonderfully written book that took me back to the fun and carefree days when AM radio was all the rage and I had my very own battery powered transistor radio to pump out all those oldies. My heart thumped as I read about those songs and how they came alive in my head through this awesome book. The book is also a keeper for those rainy days when I want to do internet music research thanks to all the links you included. Thank you Deborah, well done."
Ed Belanger

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"I really loved this book. It's a great walk down memory lane-- lots of tunes I had grown up with. But the book will appeal to all ages; even if you didn't grow up listening to these tunes, it's a great historical reference to our musical roots. And really funny. Highly recommended."
Sydney P., Calgary, Alberta

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“If you are of a certain age, you can’t put this book down!”
Bill Chedour, Tecumseh, ON

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Author's baby boomer roots inform rock book
Ted Shaw, Windsor Star
Published: Saturday, September 08, 2007

Deborah Godin knows where the boys are, and the girls for the matter.

The 60-year-old baby boomer who lives in Leamington has just released a memoir about growing up with music in Motown and Windsor during the 1960s and '70s.

Papa Do Run, A Baby Boomer Looks (and Laughs) At Vintage Rock & Roll, has just hit shelves, and will have its official launch today at The Big 8 CKLW Renuion dance party at the Canadian Transportation Museum in Essex.

It's in softcover and its 281 pages are bursting with memories of a youth misspent on rock 'n' roll.

Godin was born in Lansing, Mich., and spent her early years growing up in Detroit. She was a senior in high school and had just got her driver's licence when she and a friend saw The Beatles at the old Olympia on Sept. 6, 1964.

She paid $3 for "nosebleed" seats near the rafters. In those days, she listened to what she calls her "Big Three" radio stations "Keener, Wixie, and CK" -- WKNR-AM in Dearborn, WXYZ-AM in Detroit, and Windsor's CKLW-AM.

Godin has written the book about her love for early rock. She does for local radio and the rise of Motown what author Gordon Castelnero did for the golden era of television in Windsor and the Motor City in last year's TV Land Detroit.

When she reached the age of majority, Godin would regularly make pit stops at Windsor's Bridge House while on the way to study at the University of Windsor library.

"It was as if we lived in two cities, two countries," she writes in her introduction. While she and her parents were born across the river, Godin's French-Canadian roots stretch back several generations.

She straddles the two cultures, which makes her perspective on the musical links between Detroit and Windsor so valuable.

She writes that her aim in Papa Do Run "was to be more hysterical than historical."

But between the lines, you can find evidence of plenty of hard-nosed research.