Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd
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This intimate story of Lynyrd Skynyrd tells of how a band of lost souls and self-destructive misfits with uncertain artistic objectives clawed their way to the top of the rock 'n' roll world. Based on interviews with surviving band members, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars shares how lead singer and front man Ronnie Van Zant guided the band's hugely successful five-year run and, in the process, created not only a new country rock idiom, but a new Confederacy in constant conflict with old Southern totems and prejudices. Placing the music and personae of Skynyrd into a broad cultural context, this book gives a new perspective to a history of stage fights, motel-room destructions, cunning business deals, and brilliant studio productions. It also offers a greater appreciation for a band whose legacy, in the aftermath of their last plane ride, has since descended into self-caricature.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781613738771 |
Publisher: | Chicago Review Press |
Imprint: | Chicago Review Press |
Pub date: | 01 Mar 2018 |
DEWEY: | 782.421660922 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 304 |
Weight: | 412g |
Height: | 149mm |
Width: | 223mm |
Spine width: | 15mm |