Tell the Truth Until They Bleed Coming Clean in the Dirty World of Blues and Rock 'N' Roll

by Friedman, Josh Alan

• ISBN13: 9780879309329
• ISBN10: 0879309326
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Backbeat

Summary

Here are Fifteen Astonishing rock 'n' roll tales, from the sordid to the hilarious, from Josh Alan Friedman, author of the classic Tales of Times Square. Legendary musicians and songwriters are captured in moments of crisis, despair, revelation, and glory, and the last great story of the music business, Leiber and Stoller, is told here for the first time ever.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Jerry Leiber: Kiss My Big Black Tokhis!	p. 3
Doc Pomus: Tell the Truth Until They Bleed	p. 79
Mr. Nobody	p. 95
Adventures at the Bottom of the Music Trade: Regent Sound Studios, 1974-1976	p. 107
Joel Dorn: The Masked Announcer Strikes Again	p. 119
Dr. John: King Creole	p. 129
Mose Allison: Allison Wonderland	p. 137
Keith Ferguson: The Beautiful Loser	p. 151
Tommy Shannon: Cry Tough	p. 171
Chuck Rainey: Glory and Injustice	p. 187
David "Fathead" Newman: House of David	p. 203
Cornell Dupree: The Ultimate Unshowoff	p. 211
Sam Myers Dusts His Broom	p. 221
Little Boy Blues	p. 231
Rick Sikes and the Rhythm Rebels	p. 239
Acknowledgments	p. 249
Index	p. 251
Lyrics Acknowledgments	p. 261
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