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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN num: 9780867195873
ISBN number: 0867195878
Label: Last Gasp
Manufacturer: Last Gasp
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 114
Printing Date: September 01, 2004
Publishing house: Last Gasp
Release Date: August 15, 2006
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In this 114-page softcover book, comic artist Justin Green captures monumental musical memories and odd and fascinating adventures in the lives of some of America's strangest and most beloved musicians, from old-time bluesmen to rock 'n roll icons, from Robert Johnson's deal with the devil to the drug-filled spiritual quest of Jim Morrison. These full page comics (over 100 separate stories, most are in full color, some are in grey & white) originally appeared in Tower Records' Pulse! magazine, and this collection contains comics from March 1992 through November 2002, starting with Benny Meets Charlie and ending with Ukelele Ike. Afterword by the San Francisco Chronicle's Joel Selvin.
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Many people wonder whether the King of Rock`n' Roll is still alive. I don't know. But I have made some definite Elvis sightings in the last few days in the pages of Musical Legends by Justin Green, an entertaining collection of comic strips depicting the lives of pop music stars. The Musical Legends series very first appeared in Pulse! Magazine, the late, lamented music magazine from Tower Records. Hopefully, this collection will make some new fans for the comix and the artists portrayed.
These fly-on-the-wall one-page comix biographies of singers, songwriters and musicians offer a fascinating look at the world of music and the people who created it - encompassing blues, jazz, rock`n' roll, country and pop. If you ever wondered where the music came from, get this book!
You'll see Elvis Presley repay a musical debt to jump blues shouter Roy Brown by writing him a $3,000.00 check on a potato chip bag. You'll hear the insults that transformed Wayne Newton from top-40 wimp to Las Vegas macho man. Justin shows us why jazz violinst Joe Venuti stopped taking audience requests and how Alvin and the Chipmunks were "born" in the recording studio.
In these pages, Iggy Pop shares space with Stephen Foster; Mickey Rat cartoonist and Cheap Suit Serenader Bob Armstrong attempts a meeting with fellow musician Leon Redbone; Rancid and Jimmy Buffett mix it up with Jimi Hendrix, Dinah Washington and Bix Beiderbecke. Here's the inside scoop on Peggy Lee, Leadbelly, Philip Glass, Irving Berlin, the Beach Boys, the Beastie Boys, Joni Mitchell, Fats Waller, Louis Jordan, Janis Joplin, Captain Beefheart, Blind Willie McTell, Ukelele Ike, Nina Simone and many more.
Justin Green, the underground cartoonist who invented autobiographical comix with Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary, has given us the ultimate pop music history in comix form. Check it out. I guarantee you will dig it!
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