J.P.'s review
Comrade Rockstar: The Life and Mystery of Dean Reed, the All-American Boy Who Brought Rock 'N' Roll to the Soviet Union
by Reggie Nadelson
J.P.'s review
Comrade Rockstar: The Life and Mystery of Dean Reed, the All-American Boy Who Brought Rock 'N' Roll to the Soviet Union by Reggie Nadelson
J.P.'s review
rating:
recommended for: rock fans, history buffs, biography fans
** spoiler alert **
Dean Reed was an American rock singer/actor in the early 1960s. While he was mostly overlooked in the U.S., he became a major star in South America, where his records sold millions of copies.
Seizing opportunity, Reed moved to Chile. There, he claimed, he was exposed to the wide chasm between the privileged and the poor classes of society. This experience turned Reed onto radical politics. He became a Socialist, activist and champion of "little people". He also became a harsh critic of the U.S. government, which he felt fed the corrupt governments of South America at the poor's expense.
COMRADE ROCKSTAR traces Dean Reed's life and career, from his days studying acting in Hollywood with Jean Seaberg and the Everly Brothers, through his stint in Italian "spaghetti westerns" and on to his rock concert tours of the Soviet Union, where he was the first American musician to take rock and roll behind the Iron Curtain (he was the only foreigner to ever be given ...more
Seizing opportunity, Reed moved to Chile. There, he claimed, he was exposed to the wide chasm between the privileged and the poor classes of society. This experience turned Reed onto radical politics. He became a Socialist, activist and champion of "little people". He also became a harsh critic of the U.S. government, which he felt fed the corrupt governments of South America at the poor's expense.
COMRADE ROCKSTAR traces Dean Reed's life and career, from his days studying acting in Hollywood with Jean Seaberg and the Everly Brothers, through his stint in Italian "spaghetti westerns" and on to his rock concert tours of the Soviet Union, where he was the first American musician to take rock and roll behind the Iron Curtain (he was the only foreigner to ever be given ...more
