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Informació de l'obraHellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story de Nick Tosches (1982)
![]() Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Today, December 13 2005, is the first anniversary of this blogging endeavor and as I awoke, I became tinged with ambition. Unaccustomed to such impulses, I began to read Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis story by Nick Tosches. In almost a single sitting i read the book, enjoying six double espressos, a large cigar, two eggs (w/ bread) and several hours of outstanding music, including Bix, Blind Boys of Alabama, George Jones, James Carter, Charlie Parker and Ryan Adams. I am finished, refreshed, and bewildered by the world in all its pristine torrent. ( ![]() This was ridiculous crazy ass fun. If I think too much about it, I might get offended, so I won't. But I loved it. La dramática y truculenta vida de Jerry Lee Lewis es una de las más legendarias de la historia de la música popular norteamericana. Considerada una de las mejores biografías jamás escritas, Fuego eterno (Hellfire) es un fascinante relato que bascula entre la ficción más oscura y desatada y una precisión documental quirúrgica, y que desde su publicación en 1982 no ha dejado de ser aclamado y reivindicado. Nacido en Luisiana de una dinastía que se remonta a los primeros colonos —una estirpe de jugadores y bebedores empedernidos—, Jerry Lee Lewis se debatió desde su temprana juventud entre el Espíritu Santo y las tentaciones del demonio; entre la Salvación y el sexo, las drogas y el rock and roll, y fraguó junto con otros muchachos indómitos una de las grandes revoluciones culturales y musicales de Occidente. Empezó a tocar a los catorce años, cuando descubrió que el piano —que tocaba como un poseso— podía ser un instrumento diabólico y espiritual, y a los veintiuno grabó «Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On» para la mítica discográfica Sun Records de Memphis y se convirtió en leyenda. Poco después vendrían la irreverente «Great Balls of Fire», las drogas, el arrebato, la fama desmesurada, el matrimonio con su prima de trece años, la infamia y el escándalo… Y cuando parecía que su carrera estaba acabada, renació como artista country a finales de los 60. Fuego eterno ilumina el alma atormentada de uno de los salvajes más perdurables de la cultura popular y da cuenta de la gran revolución que supuso la eclosión del rock and roll, cuyo estruendo y revulsivo han llegado hasta nuestros días. The Killer, Mr Jerry Lee Lewis, is a unique figure in musical history and it's easy to forget how close he was to usurping Elvis's crown as the King of rock n' roll. "Hellfire" recounts how he brought his kingdom to its fall. Tosches writes well and has his pulse on the Killer's style, giving Lewis the right mix of sacred and profane. The book is dated now, finishing in the late 1970s, but perhaps it's better that way, rather than reading more on the slow, sad decline of the greatest musician of all time. One of the most satisfying and stimulating Rock Biographies I've ever read Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsCritica Diabolis (154)
The life of Jerry Lee Lewis is one of the most dramatic and tormented in rock 'n' roll history. Hellfire is a wild, riveting, and beautifully written biography that received universal acclaim on its original publication and remains one of the most remarkable biographies ever written. Born in Louisiana to a family legacy of great courage and greater wildness, Jerry Lee was torn throughout his life between a demanding Pentecostal God and the Devil of alcohol, drugs, and the boogie-woogie piano. At fourteen he began performing publicly, and at twenty-two he recorded "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", which propelled him to stardom. But almost immediately, news of his marriage to his thirteen-year-old cousin nearly destroyed his career. Over the next twenty years, Jerry Lee would rise again as a country star, and lose it all to his addictions to alcohol, drugs, and his own fame. Hellfire is an audacious, artful look directly into the soul of a rock 'n' roll legend. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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