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Title: Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock 'N' Roll by Nick Tosches ISBN: 0306807130 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Irreverent Yet Loving!
Comment: Tosches displays not only a historian's love for the eras he writes about, but a gossip columnist's passion for irreverence and shock. That makes this book and its companion (Unsung Heroes of Rock & Roll) completely essential reads for anyone who loves popular twentieth century music. And, it blows the lid off country's origins in a way guaranteed to outrage country's often-times "holier-than-thou" patrons. Obscure names, obscure songs, obscure facts all mesh to create a living, breathing historical time-capsule that speaks as much about the era the music was recorded in as the music itself. And the writing is dry yet never condescending, witty yet never demeaning, sincere yet unafraid to point out "the truth" no matter how ugly and undignified it may be. But you'll learn to love the heroes that pepper this book for the pioneers they were. And, when the last page is read, you'll come back to it again and again. Part of the pleasure of reading a great book is rereading it and learning much more than you did the last time you read it... Tosches manages that feat thanks to an unflinching eye for detail and a poet's way with words.
Rating: 5
Summary: Masterpiece!
Comment: I loved this book. I read it when it was called COUNTRY: THE BIGGEST MUSIC IN AMERICA which I thought was perfect in an ironic sense then and now. This is the thinking person's guide to why C&W matters.
Rating: 5
Summary: Nick Tosches is one of our most important writers
Comment: Greetings from Bella Bella, BC and thank you for providing a forum for readers to express their admiration and awe for the writers and publishing houses who support them. I am sorry to intrude on this review station for his other book; however, I believe this may help all parties rooting for Mr.Tosches. I have re-read Nick Tosches' "Trinities" now for the third time. If you have not read this novel, wind sprint to your nearest bookstore and pick it up. Nick Tosches has unleashed hell on earth with this powerful, brutal and unapologetic story about men killing each other off to control the worldwide herion export/import business. I think Nick Tosches is a man who knows way too much and I am glad his publisher gave him the support to publish this book. I want, however, to give the publisher heck for using possibly the worst cover I have ever seen on any book. That's right! The first cover on the mass trade paperback was horrible and really revealed nothing about the true power and wisdom waiting to be told in the following pages. I am glad to see a new cover on the novel. I have no doubt this will increase sales and perhaps spur more great reviews for Mr. Tosches. I cannot find any of Nick's other books in Canada and am desperately trying to find them. Can anyone out there help me? Nick Tosches, you have written one of the most powerful books I have ever read. You managed to capture the strangest beauty in your brutal, bloody story. I do not know how you did it, but you did. Congratulations and please hurry up and come out with another great novel. Your fan, Richard Van Camp
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Title: Unsung Heroes of Rock 'N' Roll: The Birth of Rock in the Wild Years Before Elvis by Nick Tosches ISBN: 0306808919 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Hellfire by Nick Tosches ISBN: 0802135668 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Where Dead Voices Gather by Nick Tosches ISBN: 0316895075 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Nick Tosches Reader by Nick Tosches ISBN: 0306809699 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Last Opium Den by Nick Tosches ISBN: 158234227X Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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