The Da Capo Book of Rock & Roll Writing

Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press; Perseus Books, 1999. xvi, 682 pages; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Stated First Da Capo Press Edition. "Since the early days of rock 'n' roll - since Elvis Presley came out of Memphis to startle the world - a whole body of writing has grown up around it, from the album notes to obituaries, from on-the-road insider tales to dissections of the meaning behind the meaning. The Da Capo Book of Rock & Roll Writing presents the very best of this writing, on the best of the music: the Beatles, Elvis, Bruce Springsteen, the Sex Pistols, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and countless others. Part history, part literature, part reference book - part hyperbole and part disillusionment - The Da Capo Book of Rock & Roll Writing is an extraordinary tribute to one of the great creative achievements of the century: rock & roll. / Clinton Heylin is the author of Despite the System: Orson Welles Versus the Hollywood Studios, Can You Feel the Silence?: Van Morrison-A New Biography, Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades, From the Velvets to the Voidoids, and many other books. He lives in Somerset, England." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.