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Gene Vincent: There's One in Every Town (Hardcover)

by Mick Farren (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 155 pages
  • Publisher: The Do-Not Press (25 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904316379
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904316374
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 154,123 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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There's one in every town: Gene Vincent was the original and legendary black-leather bad-boy of rock 'n' roll. His records were banned and censored, his live shows incited riots, he wrecked hotel rooms while Keith Moon was still a schoolboy, his private life was a combat zone of booze, pills, guns, and women, and he ultimately died for the bluejean bop. Without him there would have been no Jim Morrison, no Sid, no Marilyn Manson, and even Elvis would have struggled. And that's why Gene Vincent is still remembered and celebrated thirty years after he should have been dead and gone.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The blueprint for rock 'n' roll., 28 Sep 2006
By Alan Burridge (Poole,, Dorset. United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Indeed, the synopsis here says everything. And this book not only heralds Gene as the first rock 'n' roller who everyone who came after copied, (or if today's idols don't know his name, they're copying those whom copied him), it is written by a man whom openly cites him as the idol and legend who shaped his own life in rock 'n' roll. So the book is not only a life-story, it is told with an extreme depth-of-feeling and respect for this character, wracked with pain from wearing a leg-iron and trying to kill its pain with drugs and in doing so inadvertantly adopts the frontman stance that would be set in stone forever. A fabulous read, yet a pitiful and endearing story of the very first god of rock 'n' roll.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Gene' race with the devil, 15 Dec 2006
A well written book where you can feel the writers love for the artist. It's a well constructed read which draws you easily into both the good and bad of Vincent's character. There are some truly surprising and well informed facts about Gene and other rock stars he encountered that the average reader would not be likely to have heard of.
This is an excellent read, definitely worth a look.
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