Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley?: The Stars Who Made Us Rock and Where They Are Now

Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley?: The Stars Who Made Us Rock and Where They Are Now

by Edward Kiersh
Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley?: The Stars Who Made Us Rock and Where They Are Now

Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley?: The Stars Who Made Us Rock and Where They Are Now

by Edward Kiersh

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Overview

From the jumping rock and blues joints of the 1950s to Woodstock and beyond, Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley? takes a close look at forty-seven musicians whose unique contributions to their thrilling era will never be forgotten. For as we sang their songs, we also preserved a piece of our own personal history along with each tune. But where are they now? How do they feel about their success? How have their lives changed?
 
Now, in this fun-filled, candid, and compelling collection of interviews, acclaimed journalist and author Edward Kiersh talks with each musician, reconstructing their triumphs and defeats, the road to gold and the path to obscurity. Here are the victories over incredible odds, and the struggles with drugs and booze and runaway fame—a fame that, in some cases, ran completely out of steam. But always, the humor, the idealism, the optimism that is the underlying key to success in the music business, as well as in life, shines through. Packed with fabulous photos, Where Are You Now, Bo Diddley? takes readers on a vivid, intoxicating nostalgia trip, giving us an important part of our musical past from the lips of the men and women who made it history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780385194488
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/19/1986
Edition description: 1st ed
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Edward Kiersh, editor of Golf Course Register and the golf features editor for Sport magazine, has written extensively about collectibles. As a special correspondent for Cigar Aficionado magazine, he wrote about high-priced original manuscripts and autographs. For Cigar, he covered coins, stamps, and cameras. The author of Where Have You Gone, Vince DiMaggio? and Instant Expert: Collecting Pens, he lives in Westport, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Robbie Robertson of the Band1
John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful15
Mary Wilson of the Supremes27
Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits37
David Crosby of Crosby, Stills and Nash47
Arlo Guthrie61
Don McLean71
Joe McDonald of Country Joe and the Fish79
Chubby Checker87
Barbara Lee of the Chiffons91
Jan Berry of Jan and Dean99
Al Kooper of Blood, Sweat and Tears107
Tommy James of Tommy James and the Shondells117
Fabian125
Doug Ingle of the Iron Butterfly135
Eric Braunn of the Iron Butterfly140
Phoebe Snow145
Felix Cavaliere of the Young Rascals153
Delaney Bramlett of Delaney and Bonnie163
Bonnie Bramlett of Delaney and Bonnie171
Janis Ian177
Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon185
The Chambers Brothers191
Roger McGuinn of the Byrds203
Donovan Leitch213
Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five223
Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees233
Peter Tork of the Monkees243
Richie Havens247
Bo Diddley255
Alice Cooper265
James Brown279
Petula Clark285
Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops293
Otis Williams of the Temptations301
Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane311
Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane319
Bryan "Chas" Chandler of the Animals325
Martha Reeves of the Vandellas335
Mannfred Mann344
Dion353
Mitch Ryder of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels365
Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders of the Fugs375
Ricky Nelson381
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