Man Enough to Be Woman: The Autobiography of Jayne County

by Jayne County and Rupert Smith

Book Overview

Remember Wayne County and the Electric Chairs? Long before drag queens dominated the media, before gender-bending, before punk, even before Stonewall, there was Jayne County. From the 60s to the 90s... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852423382
• ISBN13: 9781852423384
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Insider view of Warhol factory and american punk

Not only is it a fascinating story of Wayne's transition to Jayne, it is a must for anyone interested in the Warhol factory or the punk music scene centered around the legendary Max's Kansas City. The list of musicians Jayne has dealt with read like a who's who of punk and New wave (Deborah Harry as barmaid). Fascinating insights into growing up in Atlanta and life as a member of the Warhol factory and a first hand account of the Stonewall riots are also offered. Worthwhile on many levels, a great read, wish it were longer!

Love Love Love this book!

I am fan of Jayne's music and this book is the perfect accompaniment. It really gives you a great idea of the late hippie and early punk scenes in NYC and London and then Berlin as well as growing up transgendered in the South in the'60s. Yikes! Jayne is a trailblazer and one of the bravest people I know of.

Life of boy turned girl

I love Jayne County. I loved Wayne too. This is all about Wayne transforming into Jayne, the true-life tale of a gender-bending rock'n'roll survivor. Jayne describes her early years, as a "sissy boy" who dared to wear lipstick in a southern small town during the '60's. Young Wayne was actually shot at by local rednecks. County wisely decided to get out of town, ditching small-town hell for the much more cool NYC, Andy Warhol scene. Jayne describes the influence gender-bending Warhol superstars had on the pre-Ziggy David Bowie. Bowie is described as a hippy who's only saving grace (at that time) was his outrageous wife, Angie. County describes turning down Bowie flat ("He was of no interest to me sexually."), and un-requited lust for...Rod Stewart! Very entertaining anecdotes about roomates Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis, both Warhol Factory and Max's Kansas City fixtures. Highly fascinating account of her life in Berlin, and transformation from Wayne to Jayne.

i loved this book.

this is a great document of the glitter glam, Max's Kansas City New York /Warhol scene, and Jayne)the artist formerly known as Wayne) is the Forrest Gump of rock and roll. This is must reading for fans of punk. all that's missing is the interplay with punk pioneers Jimi La Lumia & the Psychotic Frogs, the group that started the "death To Disco-Disco Sucks" movement, but you can't have it all,. Jayne's saga deserves to be a movie. this is must reading.