Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison

by John Kruth

Overview

Two eight-page B&W and color photo inserts

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480354937
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	246
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

John Kruth (New York, NY'), 'whose previous books include To Live's to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt (winner of the 2008 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award) and Bright Moments: The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, is also a musician with nine solo albums to his credit. He has performed and recorded with Ornette Coleman, Laurie Anderson, John Cale, Violent Femmes, and Garth Hudson and Rick Danko, among others. Kruth's writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Progressive, Wire, Wax Poetics, and Sing Out! A professor of music, Kruth currently teaches at Manhattan College and the College of Mount Saint Vincent.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 The Rockabilly Rigoletto 1

2 All Right . . . for a While 23

3 A Cat Called Domino 37

4 Dreamsongs of the Gentle Emperor 55

5 Of Crickets and Beatles 85

6 The Pretty Woman and a House Without Windows 99

7 Rolling with the Stones and Other Punches 113

8 Love, Death, and B Movies 121

9 Greetings from Jericho Parkway 149

10 Down Thunder Road and Back 167

11 Bulgarian Holiday 183

12 California Blue 189

13 In Bob's Garage 203

14 Going Out on a High Note 209

15 Beyond the End: A Widow's Walk 217

Afterword: So Tired of Being Lonely 225

Selected Discography 231

Bibliography 237

Acknowledgments 239

Index 241