Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story - Softcover

Tosches, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802135668 ISBN 13: 9780802135667

Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

Born in Louisiana to a family legacy of great courage and greater madness, Jerry Lee was torn throughout his life between a harsh Pentecostal God and the Devil of alcohol, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. He began performing publicly at fourteen, and at twenty-one he recorded "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, " which propelled him to stardom. Almost immediately, news of his marriage to his thirteen-year-old cousin all but destroyed his career. Over the next twenty years, Jerry Lee, ever indomitable and ever wild, would rise again as a country star, and then lose it all again to his own inner demons.

About this title

Review:

'The best rock 'n' roll biography ever written... There is a novelistic intensity to this story of tragedy, triumph and love. Its portrayal of a society alien to mainstream America is riveting' Newsday

Brilliant... the best account we have of how the first rock and rollers were torn between salvation and the Devil's music (New Statesman)

About the Author:

Nick Tosches lives in New York City and is the author of Dino, Night Train, King of the Jews and several other biographies as well as two novels. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, of which he is a contributing editor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0802135668
• ISBN 13: 9780802135667
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304