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Rock & Roll Archaeologist How I Chased Down Kurt's Stratocaster, the "Layla" Guitar, and Janis's Boa
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Dubbed the "Indiana Jones of Rock 'n' Roll" by Seattle's The Rocket, Peter Blecha's life reads like a dream come true. From an adolescence spent hoarding 45s, he turned an obsession with music memorabilia into an amazing career, amassing an astonishing collection of rock-and-roll artifacts while hobnobbing with music industry bigwigs and helping to establish a world-famous museum. Here Blecha recounts his favorite adventures in the field, from porchside interviews with Jimi Hendrix's father to haggling with Courtney Love for Kurt Cobain mementos to a tense auction battle for Eric Clapton's Layla” guitar. The book also relates his involvement with Microsoft mogul Paul Allen's quest to build a gallery devoted to Jimi Hendrix, which, with Blecha's help, eventually became the renowned Experience Music Project. Blecha's story is a unique celebration of fandom taken to obsessive lengths, culminating in a lifetime of incredible experiences and a basement overflowing with the stuff rock-and-roll dreams are made of.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781570614439 |
Publisher: | Sasquatch Books |
Imprint: | Sasquatch Books |
Pub date: | 20 Sep 2005 |
DEWEY: | 781.66075 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 207 |
Weight: | 308g |
Height: | 226mm |
Width: | 161mm |
Spine width: | 14mm |