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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

Sounes, Howard, 1965-2013
Book
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.
Edition:
First Da Capo Press edition.
Imprint:
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2013.Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2013.
Collation:
359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
9780306821684 (hc)0306821680 (hc)
Dewey class:
781.660922B781.6609
LC class:
ML394
Language:
English
BRN:
10361
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Library at the Dock-Art and CultureARTS 781.6609 SOUNAvailable
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