Jerry Lee Lewis : his own story
Rick Bragg
Bok · Engelsk · 2014
| Utgitt | New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers , 2014
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| Omfang | x, 498 s. : ill.
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| Utgave | First edition.
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| Opplysninger | Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-481) and index.. - Introduction: Jolson in the river ; The father of waters ; Whiskey in the ditches two feet deep ; The big house ; Mr. Paul ; Sun ; "I been wantin' to meet that piano player" ; Too hot to rock ; England ; "Who wants some of this?" ; American wilderness ; "He who steals my name" ; Jet planes and hearses ; The year of the gun ; "Babies in the air" ; The fork in the road ; Last man standing ; Stone garden ; Epilogue: Killer.. - "A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi; galvanized the world with hit records like "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire," that gave rock and roll its devil's edge; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year-old second cousin;his third wife of seven; ran a decades-long marathon of drugs, drinking, and women; nearly met his maker, twice; suffered the deaths of two sons and two wives, and the indignity of an IRS raid that left him with nothing but the broken-down piano he started with; performed with everyone from Elvis Presley to Keith Richards to Bruce Springsteen to Kid Rock;and survived it all to be hailed as "one of the most creative and important figures in American popular culture and a paradigm of the Southern experience"
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| ISBN | 0062078224 : 178 kr. - 9780062078223
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| Hylleplass | 781.64092 LEW
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