Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and CursesSimon and Schuster, 16 ביוני 2008 - 304 עמודים 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:
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. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 39
עמוד iv
... Robert Johnson, photo booth self-portrait, early 1930s, © 1986 Delta Haze Corporation, all rights reserved. Used by permission. Kurt Cobain, AP/Wide World Photos, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020. All other photos: Photofest, 32 ...
... Robert Johnson, photo booth self-portrait, early 1930s, © 1986 Delta Haze Corporation, all rights reserved. Used by permission. Kurt Cobain, AP/Wide World Photos, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020. All other photos: Photofest, 32 ...
עמוד xi
... Robert Johnson willing to sacrifice his soul for the power of the blues? Was it the rhythmic gospel beat found in the southern backwoods churches that gave it a pulse? Or was the part-time delivery boy who stopped in at Sun Records to ...
... Robert Johnson willing to sacrifice his soul for the power of the blues? Was it the rhythmic gospel beat found in the southern backwoods churches that gave it a pulse? Or was the part-time delivery boy who stopped in at Sun Records to ...
עמוד xv
... Robert Johnson's legendary hellhound had found him and led him down a path of self-destruction. When rock and roll legends are discussed there are mentions of doomed bands and bizarre coincidences that reach from beyond the grave. One ...
... Robert Johnson's legendary hellhound had found him and led him down a path of self-destruction. When rock and roll legends are discussed there are mentions of doomed bands and bizarre coincidences that reach from beyond the grave. One ...
עמוד xx
... palely down upon one solitary figure holding a guitar standing by a crossroads. The time? It is shortly after midnight. Come. Let me introduce you to Robert Johnson . . . 1. Waiting at the Crossroads I went down to the Introduction.
... palely down upon one solitary figure holding a guitar standing by a crossroads. The time? It is shortly after midnight. Come. Let me introduce you to Robert Johnson . . . 1. Waiting at the Crossroads I went down to the Introduction.
עמוד 1
... Robert Johnson, “Crossroads Blues” You may bury my body down by the highway side So my old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride. —Robert Johnson, “Me and the Devil Blues” Whispers from the crowd followed him throughout every ...
... Robert Johnson, “Crossroads Blues” You may bury my body down by the highway side So my old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride. —Robert Johnson, “Me and the Devil Blues” Whispers from the crowd followed him throughout every ...
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia | 37 |
Mr Crowley | 57 |
Sympathy for the Devil | 71 |
The Sorcerers Apprentice | 99 |
Welcome to the Hotel California | 139 |
The Backward Mask and Other | 163 |
The Club | 217 |
Notes | 263 |
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