Brown Eyed Handsome Man - The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry

This biography uncovers the real Chuck Berry and provides readers and fans with a stirring, unvarnished portrait of both the man and the artist. 35 black-and-white photos, many never before published.

List of contents

Acknowledgements, Prologue: Grand Avenue, 1. The Ville, 2. De Sun Do Move, 3. Maybellene, 4. Breaking White, 5. Deliver Me from the Days of Old, 6. Windermere Place, 7. Club Bandstand, 8. The Mask, 9. St. Louis Blues, 10. Never Saw a Man So Changed, 11. Mercury Falling, 12. Back Home, 13. The Whole World Knows the Music, Nobody Knows the Man, 14. Wentzville and St. Charles, 15. Johnson vs Berry, Epilogue: Blueberry Hill, Discography, Notes, Works Cited, Index

About the author

Bruce Pegg teaches in the writing program at Syracuse University. He has received numerous grants to research the life of Chuck Berry, and has spent several extended periods in St. Louis conducting interviews and doing archival research. He lives in Canastota, NY.

Summary

Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of ChuckBerry draws on dozens of interviews done by the author himself and voluminous public records to paint a complete picture of this complicated figure. This biography uncovers the real Berry and provides us with a stirring, unvarnished portrait of both the man and the artist.

Additional text

"Pegg's scholarship is tidy, his writing is clear and straightforward." -- The Los Angeles Times

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Pegg, Pegg Bruce
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2002
• EAN: 9780415937481
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93748-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Weight: 750 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Biography: arts & entertainment, Pop Music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment