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Summary: Filled with interesting anecdotes.
Review: As a lifelong fan of rock 'n' roll, I've often wondered why no one has ever written a comprehensive history of the most influential music club on the West Coast, the famed Whisky A Go Go. The place has been a magnet for incredible music and decadent behavior since I before I can remember, so I was eager to read this book. Finally, one of rock's greatest stories has been told - with all the dirty details intact, thank God. I found this book highly entertaining, quite informative, and flat-out hilarious in many places. The authors take a really unique approach to the story, and the book's sub-title doesn't lie: almost every page is filled with outlandish true tales of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Jim Morrison and the Doors, Janis Joplin, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Slash & Axl - they're all here. Even if you're just a casual rock fan, you'll find lots of juicy tidbits to keep you entertained. If, like me, you consider yourself a hardcore fanatic, "Straight Whisky" is a book you absolutely need to own. It's going on my shelf next to "Hammer of the Gods" and "True Adventures of the Rolling Stones" - both of which I also recommend.
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Summary: Amazing Tales of Triumph and Decadence!
Review: As a lifelong fan of rock 'n' roll, I've often wondered why no one has ever written a comprehensive history of the most influential music club on the West Coast, the famed Whisky A Go Go. The place has been a magnet for incredible music and decadent behavior since I before I can remember, so I was eager to read this book. Finally, one of rock's greatest stories has been told - with all the dirty details intact, thank God. I found this book highly entertaining, quite informative, and flat-out hilarious in many places. The authors take a really unique approach to the story, and the book's sub-title doesn't lie: almost every page is filled with outlandish true tales of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Jim Morrison and the Doors, Janis Joplin, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Slash & Axl - they're all here. Even if you're just a casual rock fan, you'll find lots of juicy tidbits to keep you entertained. If, like me, you consider yourself a hardcore fanatic, "Straight Whisky" is a book you absolutely need to own. It's going on my shelf next to "Hammer of the Gods" and "True Adventures of the Rolling Stones" - both of which I also recommend.
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Summary: Very entertaining and informative.
Review: I found this book to be a great read. It's got lots of wild stories about some of my favorite rock stars, and a ton of interesting historical facts. I went to the Whisky one time and always wanted to know what kind of crazy things happened there over the years. This book answered all my questions in a very readable, entertaining style. If you enjoy reading about sex, drugs and rock and roll, this book is absolutely for you.
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Summary: Very entertaining and informative.
Review: I found this book to be a great read. It's got lots of wild stories about some of my favorite rock stars, and a ton of interesting historical facts. I went to the Whisky one time and always wanted to know what kind of crazy things happened there over the years. This book answered all my questions in a very readable, entertaining style. If you enjoy reading about sex, drugs and rock and roll, this book is absolutely for you.
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Summary: Finally... A Rock Book With Balls!
Review: I read this book cover-to-cover in just a few days, and there isn't a dull page in it. Whether you're a serious rock and roll historian or just love hearing the kind of insane tales they tell on VH-1's "Behind the Music,"(except totally uncensored here) then this book is for you."Straight Whisky" goes inside the most legendary rock clubs on L.A.'s Sunset Strip: the Whisky, the Roxy and the Rainbow. It's packed with juicy stories, and the authors aren't afraid to treat the subject matter with as much creative energy as the musicians they are writing about. I guess some critics have had a problem with this inventive approach, but I thought it made the book that much cooler. I mean, this isn't a doctoral dissertation on world hunger--it's a book about rock stars getting loaded, getting laid, and making history. The stories are just amazing: Jim Morrison pulling a date-rape move on Janis Joplin and getting a bottle broken over his head in return. . . Roger Daltrey enjoying a backstage mini-orgy with the Plastercasters. . . Led Zeppelin absolutely ripping it up in Rainbow Bar and Grill. . . David Bowie getting brutally assaulted by an obsessed fan who happened to be a black belt. . . the Germs causing a riot at the Whisky and setting the stage on fire. . . One wild story after another, told in an intense narrative style. Plus there's a great amount of interesting information about the clubs and how they affected the history of rock and roll in America. Overall, a great read, highly entertaining and informative. With 32 pages of killer photos, almost none of which I've seen before, "Straight Whisky" totally delivers the goods. Read it.
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Summary: Filled with interesting anecdotes.
Review: I think anyone interested in this portion of American culture will enjoy this book. A great gift for any rock n roll fan.
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Summary: A new classic
Review: I've read the great books about rock & roll of recent years ("The Dirt," "No One Here Gets Out Alive," Old Gods Almost Dead," etc.) and this book ranks right up there with the best. Compelling all the way through, often very funny, and full of facts I didn't know about the history of rock in Los Angeles. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Why I Love Rock and Roll
Review: It's the music of course, live and on my headphones, but it's also the scene and the lifestyle and the stories. Straight Whiskey captures what's gone on "behind the music," back in the dressing room, out in the street and even under the tables at the coolest rock clubs of all time. (Guys, the next time G&R's school bus comes to town, try to get a good seat!) Reading this book, I learned a lot and laughed more than I have since I read the great Motley Crue memoir The Dirt, which this book reminded me of. Made me want to go to L.A. and try again to ride my axe to glory, or at least a really good time. I'm old and (mostly) straight now so the best I can do to imagine what it's really like--and why I love it--is it put on No Sleep At All, [open] a Bud and re-read my favorite chapters of this great book.
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Summary: Why I Love Rock and Roll
Review: It's the music of course, live and on my headphones, but it's also the scene and the lifestyle and the stories. Straight Whiskey captures what's gone on "behind the music," back in the dressing room, out in the street and even under the tables at the coolest rock clubs of all time. (Guys, the next time G&R's school bus comes to town, try to get a good seat!) Reading this book, I learned a lot and laughed more than I have since I read the great Motley Crue memoir The Dirt, which this book reminded me of. Made me want to go to L.A. and try again to ride my axe to glory, or at least a really good time. I'm old and (mostly) straight now so the best I can do to imagine what it's really like--and why I love it--is it put on No Sleep At All, [open] a Bud and re-read my favorite chapters of this great book.
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Summary: Great read
Review: This is not the usual dreck you get when you buy a book that's about "rock'n'roll." Straight Whisky is both narrative and history that's beyond the standard party stories you've heard from your friends a million times. It evokes not just an era, but a progression of eras that snake through the 20th century like the Sunset Strip snakes through Hollywood. This is the story of a few miles of road that run through the heart of wealth and debauchery and all the rogues that union will breed. Pour yourself a drink and enjoy.
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