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27 : a history of the 27 club through the lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse / Howard Sounes.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML394 .S686 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sounes, Howard, 1965- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jones, Brian, 1942-1969.
Jones, Brian.
Hendrix, Jimi.
Joplin, Janis.
Morrison, Jim, 1943-1971.
Morrison, Jim.
Cobain, Kurt, 1967-1994.
Cobain, Kurt.
Winehouse, Amy, 1983-2011.
Winehouse, Amy.
Rock musicians--United States--Biography.
Rock musicians.
Singers.
Death.
United States.
England.
Rock musicians--United States--Death.
Rock musicians--England--Biography.
Rock musicians--England--Death.
Singers--United States--Biography.
Singers--England--Biography.
Singers--United States--Death.
Singers--England--Death.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Da Capo Press edition.
Other Title:
Twenty seven
History of the 27 club through the lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse
Place of Publication:
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2013.
Summary:
A history of the "27 Club" (music stars who died at 27), examining its six most iconic members.
Imagine a club that people are dying to get into-- literally! Sounes examines the lives of six musicians and singers who died at the age of 27, plus other music industry figures who died at that age, to discover what-- apart from coincidence-- this phenomenon signifies. He discovers a common story of excess, madness, and self-destruction.
Contents:
Life. Exit, Gate 27 ; The young Dionysians ; Daddy's girl ; The mad ones ; Success ; Kurt and Courtney, Amy and Blake ; Excess ; Distress
Death. In which Brian is entirely surrounded by water ; Nodding out ; The crack-up ; The secret house of death ; One little drink, then another ; The glass is run ; The dance of death
Appendix. 27 long-list.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780306821684
0306821680
OCLC:
826685298

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