Rock 'n' Roll's Strangest Moments: Extraordinary tales from over fifty years of rock music history - Couverture souple

Evans, Mike

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 186105923X ISBN 13 : 9781861059239

Editeur : Robson Books Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Rock music, since its pre-history in blues, country music and 40s and early 50s pop, through to the well-publicised excesses of touring bands of today, has left a legacy of thousands of weird and wonderful stories in its wake.

 

We’ve all read about the Who’s Keith Moon driving a Rolls Royce into a hotel swimming pool, but far more bizarre tales of on-the-road mayhem have never been widely told. Likewise, Svengali-like managers have manipulated star-struck musicians since rock began, though hanging your well-known client from a third floor window was a less usual way of ensuring their loyalty. And just where was the stalled hotel lift in which all four Beatles, according to legend, were turned on to marijuana?

 

There are the unsung heroes of rock – pioneering eccentrics who helped make the music what it is and ended up as mere footnotes in the history books. Men such as UK producer Joe Meek who created seminal classics from a bed-sit above a cleaners on the Holloway Road, and the New York DJ who originally coined the phrase ‘rock 'n’roll’ and died in alcoholic poverty.

 

Not to mention the stories behind the stars: when Debbie Harry was a 'Playboy' Bunny, Paul Simon wrote ‘Homeward Bound’ on Widnes railway station in Lancashire, and the Gallagher brothers (so they claim) were petty thieves.

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À propos de l'auteur

With a background as a musician on the Sixties rock scene, Mike Evans began writing about popular music in the Seventies as a broadcaster in local radio and freelance writer, his work appearing in 'Sounds', 'Elle', and as a regular contributor to 'Melody Maker'. As author his books have included the much-acclaimed 'The Art of the Beatles' in 1984, the best-selling 'Elvis: A Celebration' (2002), 'NYC Rock: Rock'n'Roll in the Big Apple' and 'Waking Up In New York City' (2003), 'The Marilyn Handbook' (2004) and 'Ray Charles: The Birth Of Soul' to be published in August 2005. He lives in London SW6.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Robson Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 186105923X
• ISBN 13: 9781861059239
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible