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Whiskey Bottles and Brand New Cars by Mark Ribowsky

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Whiskey Bottles and Brand New Cars

Author
Mark Ribowsky
Narrator
Jeremy Arthur, Jeremy Arthur
Publisher
Lantern Audio
Publish Date
1 April 2015
Run Time
10 hours 39 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Biography: general
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This intimate story of Lynyrd Skynyrd tells of how a band of lost souls and self-destructive misfits with uncertain artistic objectives clawed their way to the top of the rock 'n' roll world. Based on interviews with surviving band members, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars shares how lead singer and front man Ronnie Van Zant guided the band's hugely successful five-year run and, in the process, created not only a new country rock idiom, but a new Confederacy in constant conflict with old Southern totems and prejudices. Placing the music and personae of Skynyrd into a broad cultural context, this book gives a new perspective to a history of stage fights, motel-room destructions, cunning business deals, and brilliant studio productions. It also offers a greater appreciation for a band whose legacy, in the aftermath of their last plane ride, has since descended into self-caricature.

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Author
Mark Ribowsky
Narrator
Jeremy Arthur, Jeremy Arthur
Duration
10 hours 39 minutes
Release Date
1 April 2015
ISBN
9781942248446
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Lantern Audio
Genre
Biography: general

Synopsis

This intimate story of Lynyrd Skynyrd tells of how a band of lost souls and self-destructive misfits with uncertain artistic objectives clawed their way to the top of the rock 'n'Äô roll world. Based on interviews with surviving band members, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars shares how lead singer and front man Ronnie Van Zant guided the band'Äôs hugely successful five-year run and, in the process, created not only a new country rock idiom, but a new Confederacy in constant conflict with old Southern totems and prejudices. Placing the music and personae of Skynyrd into a broad cultural context, this book gives a new perspective to a history of stage fights, motel-room destructions, cunning business deals, and brilliant studio productions. It also offers a greater appreciation for a band whose legacy, in the aftermath of their last plane ride, has since descended into self-caricature.

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