{"product_id":"the-27s-the-greatest-myth-of-rock-roll-9780615189642","title":"The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock \u0026 Roll","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcess and tragedy are the stuff of music legend  but it is only with hindsight that deeper patterns emerge. None of these is more striking than the deaths at age 27 of some of the greatest musicians of our time.  Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Brian Jones. Kurt Cobain. Founding bluesman Robert Johnson. All died at 27. Their stories  as well as those of ill-fated members of the Grateful Dead  The Stooges  Badfinger  Big Star  Minutemen  Echo \u0026amp; the Bunnymen  and The Mars Volta  are here presented for the first time as a profound and interlocking web that reaches beyond coincidence to the roots of artistic causality and fate.  The 27s is the first comprehensive account of the lives and legacies of the thirty-four musicians who make up (to date) rocks most notorious myth. It is also a capsule history of rock \u0026amp; roll  twisting and turning through decades and genres  unfurling layers of numerology  philosophy  and astrology along the way. The text is complemented by compelling and multifaceted artwork that brings a nonlinear graphic-novel edge to this major contribution to the study of rock culture.  The 27s also include crooner Jesse Belvin (\"Earth Angel \" \"Goodnight My Love\")  Rudy Lewis of the Drifters  Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones  Malcolm Hale of Spanky And Our Gang  Alan Wilson from Canned Heat  Arlester Christian of Dyke And the Blazers  Jim Morrison  Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan of the Grateful Dead  Pete Ham of Badfinger  Gary Thain of Uriah Heep and Keef Hartley Band  Roger Lee Durham of Bloodstone  Helmut Kllen of Triumvirat  Chris Bell of Big Star  D. Boon of Minutemen  Pete de Freitas of Echo \u0026amp; the Bunnymen  Mia Zapata of the Gits  Kurt Cobain of Nirvana  Kristin Pfaff of Hole  Raymond \"Freaky Tah\" Rogers of Lost Boyz  Sean McCabe of Ink \u0026amp; Dagger  Jeremy Michael Ward of De Facto and The Mars Volta  Bryan Ottoson of American Head Charge  and Valentin Elizalde.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646814707765,"sku":"ByrdShop_0615189644","price":41.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780615189642.jpg?v=1781678780","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-27s-the-greatest-myth-of-rock-roll-9780615189642","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}