false <![CDATA[Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174418603m/396061.jpg 396061 7 The life of Jerry Lee Lewis is one of the most dramatic and tormented in rock 'n' roll history. "Hellfire" remains one of the most remarkable biographies ever written on Lewis . . . "nothing else comes close. . . . Sooner or later, "Hellfire" will be recognized as an American classic" (Greil Marcus). 555488 1982 Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story total:155|5:76|4:58|3:17|2:3|1:1| 155 670 196 25 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 14 15:34:51 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 15:46:10 -0800 2007 It describes Jerry Lee's existence in a manner that is both brutal and other worldly- The best thing about this book is that it was written in like 1980 and they talk about him as if he will be dead any day because how could you be him and li...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Dec 28 00:53:43 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 13:16:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 05 16:15:33 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 17:02:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 02 10:33:36 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:02:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 28 15:13:16 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 15:15:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 18 05:00:30 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 05:41:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 16:22:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 16:29:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 19:29:58 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 19:31:47 -0700 2009 Tosches turns his torch on "The Killer" and the results are classic (yes, classic).
One of my all time favorite books.
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This may be the greatest music book/biography i've ever read. It's sort of a strange read for a while, b/c of the whole Tosches fictional non-fiction ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 31 16:54:19 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 16:56:18 -0700 2008
Most music writing is just terrible, horrible stuff -- platitudes heaped upon often very ugly people by panting sycophants.

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