Tell the Truth Until They Bleed: Coming Clean in the Dirty World of Blues and Rock 'N' Roll

by Josh Alan Friedman

Book Overview

A wild insider's ride with one of music's most notorious journalists.

Here are 15 music profiles, guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat:

- Leiber & Stoller, the white fathers of R&B and rock and roll, who possess what is perhaps the last great untold story of the music biz. They created the American songbook of the '50s and '60s, led by Elvis, the Coasters, and the Drifters.

- Doc Pomus, the only white blues singer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879309326
• ISBN13: 9780879309329
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Well written story of 60' Rock & Roll business

I learned of this book when listening to an interview with the author on the late night AM radio "Joey Reynolds Show" from WOR 710. As someone who came of age in the 60's and enjoyed a modicum of success in the music business, I found most of the book fascinating. The last few chapters cover more obscure artists which held little interest for me. Even though there is no reference to the cover, I assume it's a photo of Frankie Lymon. The title and cover picture gives no indication of the book's contents and I would have passed it by if I saw it in a bookstore. Overall, it's an interesting read and I recommend it to readers who are interested in learning about how the music business operated some 40 years ago. I'm glad I bought the book!