Fogo perceptively explores why Lennon's death generated such an enormous outpouring of grief and journalistic commentary, lifting Lennon from the ranks of pop music heroes to the level of social archetype. Drawing on Victor Turner's idea that society evolves through social drama--a tear or disruption of the social fabric followed by reintegration that creates new social forms--Fogo asserts that Lennon became a symbol of a generation alienated from "straight" society in the sixties and that has been searching for reintegration ever since. Lennon's transformation from rebel-poet to house-husband and parent is viewed as representative of a generation attempting to create a new definition of adulthood. This clearly-written book is important not so much because it shows Lennon's significance ranged well beyond pop music, but because of its well-thought-out analysis of ,the sixties cultural revolution and its impact on people's lives.

This book answered questions I've had for years about my collection of hot rod music. There should be many people out there looking for this book. It may not be completely comprehensive, but who'd know. If it had had better distribution, maybe there'd have been revisions and second editions. Personally I'd really like to see a 1950's version of this book.

Buy this book and check it against your list. You'll be glad you did.

a life captured in less than 30 pages.. truely brillant....a wonderful song...lennon is the ruler of rock...I was brought to tears

An epic thriller of unmatched profundity! The debris-slope has never been so slippery, the carbonate never so fine grained! While Sheehan more than "deposits" his prose, we would be truly remiss to ignore the writing contributions of the eclecticly-minded "et al," who makes us question our very basic assumptions about the Devonian Age, especially undermining our generally held beilef about the so-called "Antelope Peak." After reading this work you'll be looking forward to enjoying the best days of the antelope, disabused of your notions that the antelopes better days had passed.

As for the climactic ending, I won't spoil the surprise, suffice it to say that Isolated Carbonated Bodies do not stay isolated forvever, especially those composed of stacked debris-flow!

For anyone who wants to get an idea of what it was like to travel with and be a part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, then this book is for you.
Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for the Experience, writes his personal memoirs of the years with Hendrix on the road, along with rare photographs of rocks greatest guitarist.

Musicians, writers, artists and fans alike should read this candid biopic into the lives of John & Yoko during the prime of their lives and populariy. They were involved. They were controversial. They were naive. They were important and outspoken... and most of all, vulnerable. Anthony Fawcett was more than sympathetic... he was privileged to find himself involved at a time when the magic of John Lennon transcended who he even thought he was. Forever dispells the silly myth that Yoko, Linda or anything other than John's decision broke up the Beatles.

This book is a must-have for all Lennon fans. It has summaries and origins of all his songs from 1970- .It's full of photos, too! [...]

John Mellencamp: The Guitar Collection is a fun rockin' set from the pre-eminent guitar rocker of the 1980s. The songs in note and TAB are challenging, yet can be mastered fairly quickly by any intermediate guitarists. The lively songs are perfect for sing-alongs around the campfire.

While it is true that God has saved the Kinks, it took John Mendelssohn to put their career (through the early Arista years) into perspective. And, though his perspective is heavily filtered by the late 60's cynical voice, the book is one of the best accounts of a truly enigmatic group.

The book takes the Kinks as seriously as the Beatles as recorded performers and makes a very good case for Ray Davies inclusion in the same breathe as Lennon-McCartney. While Mr. Mendelssohn dwells on the late 60's from "Face To Face" through "Lola versus Powerman and The Moneygoround", it is justified in the fascinating insights he provides into these bona fide masterpieces.

Mr. Mendelssohn has been a huge champion of the Kinks and this serves as the ultimate kronickle of the Kinkdom, being far more honest, if less revealing, than "X-Ray", Ray Davies interesting but flawed third-person autobiography.

The only dissapointing part of this book is the author's tunnel-vision regarding the band's underrated work during the late 1970's and early 1980's. While their studio work suffered slightly, their concerts became more polished and exciting. In fact, the standouts from their recent "To The Bone" collection draw heavily from this period.

In summary, this book is an absolute must read for any well respected man. Get it today! God Save The Kinks!

Most biographors who have written about Mr. Lennon ether tell you very little or they tell you too much about his private life. This book did not do that it told you about his acheivements and it also told you about his faults. When Mr. Coleman wrote this book he showed his love for the person and not the name. There have been writters who have written in envy or hate. There is not one part in this book that is written under thoes pretences. This book helps you see his human side and how giving, caring, and how loving this man was. It told you about his life from childhood right up to his death. I would not recomend this book for any one who can not stand to read a verv long time but if you really are interested in John Lennon, out of all the books I've read this would be the one I would recomend