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Rock 'n' Roll Myths

Author : Gary Graff
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 076034230X
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Rock 'n' Roll Myths written by Gary Graff and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's perhaps the relative modernity of rock 'n' roll that makes the genre a minefield of myths and legends accepted as truth. History hasn't had time to dissect the bunk. Until now. Discover the real stories behind rock's biggest crocks, how they came to be but why they have persisted. Did Cass Elliott really asphyxiate herself with a ham sandwich? Did the Beatles spark a spliff in Buckingham? Did Willie Nelson do the same in the White House? Did Keith Richards get a complete "oil change" at a Swiss clinic in 1973 to pass a drug test necessary to embark on an American tour with the Stones? Then there's the freaky (did Michael Jackson own the remains of the Elephant Man?), the quasi-medical (Rod Stewart and that stomach pump?), the culinary (did Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne really do all those things to bats, chickens, etc. onstage?), and the apocryphal (did Robert Johnson sell his soul to the Prince of Darkness in exchange for mastery of the blues?). In all, more than 50 enduring lies are examined, explained, and debunked.

Rock 'n' Roll Myths

Author : Gary Graff
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1610585712
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Rock 'n' Roll Myths written by Gary Graff and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's perhaps the relative modernity of rock 'n' roll that makes the genre a minefield of myths and legends accepted as truth. History hasn't had time to dissect the bunk. Until now. Discover the real stories behind rock's biggest crocks, how they came to be but why they have persisted. Did Cass Elliott really asphyxiate herself with a ham sandwich? Did the Beatles spark a spliff in Buckingham? Did Willie Nelson do the same in the White House? Did Keith Richards get a complete "oil change" at a Swiss clinic in 1973 to pass a drug test necessary to embark on an American tour with the Stones? Then there's the freaky (did Michael Jackson own the remains of the Elephant Man?), the quasi-medical (Rod Stewart and that stomach pump?), the culinary (did Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne really do all those things to bats, chickens, etc. onstage?), and the apocryphal (did Robert Johnson sell his soul to the Prince of Darkness in exchange for mastery of the blues?). In all, more than 50 enduring lies are examined, explained, and debunked.

The 27s

Author : Eric Segalstad
Publisher : Samadhi Creations, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0615189644
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book The 27s written by Eric Segalstad and published by Samadhi Creations, LLC. This book was released on 2008 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Brian Jones. Kurt Cobain. Founding bluesman Robert Johnson. All died at 27. Their stories, as well as those of ill-fated members of the Grateful Dead, The Stooges, Badfinger, Big Star, Minutemen, Echo & the Bunnymen, and The Mars Volta, are here presented for the first time as a profound and interlocking web that reaches beyond coincidence to the roots of artistic causality and fate.

Take a Walk on the Dark Side

Author : R. Gary Patterson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 143910364X
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Take a Walk on the Dark Side written by R. Gary Patterson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a Walk on the Dark Side is the ultimate book for today's rock and roll fan: a fascinating compendium of facts, fictions, prophecies, premonitions, coincidences, hoaxes, doomsday scenarios, and other urban legends about some of the world's most beloved and mysterious pop icons. Updating, revising, and expanding on material from his cult classic Hellhounds on Their Trail, Patterson offers up a delectable feast of strange and occasionally frightening rock and roll tales, featuring the ironies associated with the tragic deaths of many rock icons, unsolved murders, and other tales from the "fell clutch of circumstance." Beginning with the fateful place where it all started -- a deserted country crossroads just outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, where Robert Johnson made his deal with the devil -- through the Buddy Holly curse (rock and roll's first great tragedy) and beyond, this incredible volume uncovers some of rock and roll's most celebrated murders, twists of fate, and decades-long streaks of bad luck that defy rational explanation. Inside you'll find: Facts about Jimmy Page and the Zeppelin Curse. Chilling quirks of fate in the fatalities in the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Facts about Jimmy Page and the Zeppelin curse Chilling quirks of fate surrounding the deaths of musicians in the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd A provocative look at "The Club," membership in which requires an untimely death at age twenty-seven and whose inductees include Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin Cryptic messages in song lyrics that have proved eerily prophetic Carefully researched, wildly enjoyable, and often harrowing, Take a Walk on the Dark Side takes the reader on a mysterious ride through rock and roll history.

The Rock And Roll Book Of The Dead

Author : David Comfort
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0806532122
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Rock And Roll Book Of The Dead written by David Comfort and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once you're dead, you're made for life. --Jimi Hendrix Hendrix. Janis. Morrison. Elvis. Lennon. Cobain. Garcia. Their reckless brilliance held the key to their self-destruction. Their deaths had much in common--and, surprisingly, so did their lives. From lonely childhoods marred by loss to groundbreaking music and turbulent careers that ended tragically and suspiciously, David Comfort explodes the myths as he probes: • The sinister roles of Hendrix's manager and girlfriend in his death and subsequent cover-up • The bizarre odyssey of Jim Morrison's corpse • Why Kurt Cobain was worth more dead than alive to Courtney Love • The twisted motives that caused John Lennon to sail through the Devil's Triangle to Bermuda--nearly going down in a storm--shortly before he was fatally shot • The crippling disease and "miracle" drug that drove Elvis to suicide Charismatic and gifted, but also isolated and conflicted, these are not the rock icons you thought you knew. Here are their larger-than-life stories of turmoil and excess that led to their early deaths and ultimate immortality. It's a wild ride to the other side of fame. "Fame is the soul eater." --Jerry Garcia "Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground." --John Lennon Includes Rare Photos David Comfort is the author of three bestselling nonfiction books. His short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines, including Eclectic Literary Forum, Pacific Review, Coe Review, and Belletrist Review. He has been the recipient of several literary prizes and a finalist for such prestigious awards as the Nelson Algren Award and America's Best. A former rock musician, he has spent over 30 years studying rock music, particularly the revolutionary and fatalistic pioneers of the 1960s. He lives in Santa Rosa, California.

Rock Shrines

Author : Thomas H. Green
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061778648
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Rock Shrines written by Thomas H. Green and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rock Shrines" reveals the most important venues for anyone thinking of attempting a musical pilgrimage. From Graceland to Neverland Ranch, this full-color guide comes with removable memorabilia to the coolest and most important places of rock reverence in the world.

The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll

Author : Christopher Knowles
Publisher : Cleis Press
ISBN 13 : 1573444057
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll written by Christopher Knowles and published by Cleis Press. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...tells the story of the Mysteries [e.g. Mystery religions]--their rise, fall and eventual rebirth in the New World, where rhythms and melodies from the West African and the Celtic diasporas collided with the sound of popular music forever."--P. 4 of cover.

Death by Rock 'n' Roll

Author : Gary J. Katz
Publisher : Carol Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780806515816
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Death by Rock 'n' Roll written by Gary J. Katz and published by Carol Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What really happened to Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Brian Jones, Bob Marley, and so many other of the great rock legends of our time? Their deaths until now have been surrounded by rumors, myths, and untrue stories, but this book explores each case, uncovering the facts behind the rumors by interviewing the insiders in the music business. Over 100 bizarre stories of death and undoing fill the pages of "Death by Rock and Roll," along with photos of each performer.

Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky

Author : Karen Kelly
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814747278
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky written by Karen Kelly and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music industry insiders on the nature of fame Our cultural darlings make music; we make them mythic. Every musical genre begets a community of listeners, performers, and critics, and quite often those categories are blurred. From the principled punk refusal of celebrity to hip-hop's celebration of its power, the music world is self-obsessed. Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky assembles scholars, music writers, industry workers, and musicians, who offer a range of opinions and experience of the nature of fame. The collection focuses on commerce, the crowd, performance and image, history and memory, and romance. Contributors discuss black women icons, love-songs, the legacy of the blues, the image of the tortured rock star, MTV, the politics of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the joy of line-dancing, and more. The contributors are James Bernard, Anthony DeCurtis, Katherine Dieckmann, Chuck Eddy, Paul Gilroy, Daniel Glass, Lawrence Grossberg, Jessica Hagedorn, Kathleen Hanna, James Hannaham, Dave Hickey, Jon Langford, Greil Marcus, Angela McRobbie, Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky), Barbara O'Dair, Ann Powers, Toshi Reagon, Simon Reynolds, Robert Santelli, Jon Savage, Danyel Smith, Arlene Stein, Deena Weinstein, and Ellen Willis.

My Rock 'n' Roll Friend

Author : Tracey Thorn
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1786898241
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book My Rock 'n' Roll Friend written by Tracey Thorn and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Entertaining, affectionate and righteous' Guardian 'Says so much about being a woman' Cosey Fanni Tutti In 1983, backstage at the Lyceum in London, Tracey Thorn and Lindy Morrison first met. Tracey’s music career was just beginning, while Lindy, drummer for The Go-Betweens, was ten years her senior. They became confidantes, comrades and best friends, a relationship cemented by gossip and feminism, books and gigs and rock ’n’ roll love affairs. Thorn takes stock of thirty-seven years of friendship, teasing out the details of connection and affection between two women who seem to be either complete opposites or mirror images of each other. She asks what people see, who does the looking, and ultimately who writes women out of – and back into – history.

Dispelling the Myths

Author : Todd Rheingold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966219708
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Dispelling the Myths written by Todd Rheingold and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Popular Music, Popular Myth and Cultural Heritage in Cleveland

Author : Brett Lashua
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787691578
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Popular Music, Popular Myth and Cultural Heritage in Cleveland written by Brett Lashua and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a case study of popular music heritage to address why, and how, Cleveland, Ohio has claimed to be the "birthplace of rock 'n' roll" and became the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It explores the role of radio DJs, record stores, concerts and myths in shaping the relations between people, places, and the past.

Rock and Roll War Stories

Author : Gordon G. G. Gebert
Publisher : Pitbull Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780965879422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book Rock and Roll War Stories written by Gordon G. G. Gebert and published by Pitbull Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of true stories of stories of rock and roll on the road.

50 Licks

Author : Peter Fornatale
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408833824
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book 50 Licks written by Peter Fornatale and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behold the Rolling Stones: run-ins with the law, chart-topping successes, and now the World's Greatest Continually Operating Rock and Roll Band. It tells the story of the Stones, right from its very origins.

The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1

Author : Ed Ward
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250071178
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1 written by Ed Ward and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative—from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an immense change in the airwaves took hold and the Beatles prepared for their first American tour. The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1 shines a light on the far corners of the genre to reveal the stories behind the hugely influential artists who changed the musical landscape forever. In this first volume of a two-part series, Ward shares his endless depth of knowledge and through engrossing storytelling hops seamlessly from Memphis to Chicago, Detroit, England, New York, and everywhere in between. He covers the trajectories of the big name acts like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Ray Charles, while also filling in gaps of knowledge and celebrating forgotten heroes such as the Burnette brothers, the “5” Royales, and Marion Keisker, Sam Phillips’s assistant, who played an integral part in launching Elvis’s career. For all music lovers and rock & roll fans, Ward spins story after story of some of the most unforgettable and groundbreaking moments in rock history, introducing us along the way to the musicians, DJs, record executives, and producers who were at the forefront of the genre and had a hand in creating the music we all know and love today.

Unknown Legends of Rock 'n' Roll

Author : Richie Unterberger
Publisher : Backbeat Books
ISBN 13 : 9780879305345
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Unknown Legends of Rock 'n' Roll written by Richie Unterberger and published by Backbeat Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles rock musicians from the 1950s to the 1990s who never made it big, including the Collins Kids, Graham Bond, Duffy Powder, the Remains, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, Martin Newell, and the Free Spirits

Just Around Midnight

Author : Jack Hamilton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674416597
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Just Around Midnight written by Jack Hamilton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jimi Hendrix died, the idea of a black man playing lead guitar in a rock band seemed exotic. Yet ten years earlier, Chuck Berry had stood among the most influential rock and roll performers. Why did rock and roll become white? Jack Hamilton challenges the racial categories that distort standard histories of rock music and the 60s revolution.