Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out - Couverture rigide

Graham, Bill; Greenfield, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0385240775 ISBN 13 : 9780385240772

Editeur : Doubleday, 1992

Synopsis

Book by Bill Graham Robert Greenfield

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Gritty, moving, funny, and always fascinating, Bill Graham Presents is the inside story of the explosive and unforgettable man who created the business of rock.

As a child, Bill Graham fled Europe to escape Hitler's armies. He grew up on the streets of New York and in the dining rooms of the hotels in the Catskills. After failing as an actor, he headed for San Francisco right before the Summer of Love where he founded the Fillmore and launched the rock icons of a generation--Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, the Grateful Dead, and more. He was a complex, caring, compassionate whirlwind of energy who rock stars either loved or hated.

In his own voice and those of the people who knew him--Jerry Garcia, Keith Richards, Grace Slick, Ken Kesey, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Carlos Santana--we hear Bill's story as well as the scoop on the major events in rock for more than three decades, ending with his tragic death in a 1991 helicopter crash.

Revue de presse

"A worthy coda to the master showman's illustrious career, the book is at once a deeply personal and insightful history of modern rock."―Rolling Stone

"One of the best-if not the best-books ever written about the world, and the business, of rock 'n' roll."―New York Post

"An extraordinary insider account of the golden age of rock 'n' roll."―Boston Globe

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Doubleday
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0385240775
• ISBN 13: 9780385240772
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible