ETERNAL FIRE. THE STORY OF JERRY LEE LEWIS, NICK TOSCHES

The dramatic and tumultuous life of Jerry Lee Lewis is one of the most legendary in the history of American popular music. Considered one of the best biographies ever written, "Hellfire" is a fascinating account that oscillates between the darkest and most unrestrained fiction and surgical documentary precision, and which, since its publication in 1982, has continued to be acclaimed and championed.
Born in Louisiana to a dynasty that traces its roots back to the first settlers—a lineage of gamblers and heavy drinkers—Jerry Lee Lewis struggled from his early youth between the Holy Spirit and the temptations of the devil; between salvation and sex, drugs and rock and roll, and together with other indomitable young men, he forged one of the great cultural and musical revolutions of the West.
He started playing at fourteen, when he discovered that the piano—which he played like a man possessed—could be both a diabolical and spiritual instrument. By twenty-one, he had recorded "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" for the legendary Memphis label Sun Records and became a legend. Soon after came the provocative "Great Balls of Fire," drugs, outbursts of passion, overwhelming fame, marriage to his thirteen-year-old cousin, infamy, and scandal. And when it seemed his career was over, he was reborn as a country artist in the late 1960s.
"Eternal Fire" illuminates the tormented soul of one of the most enduring savages in popular culture and recounts the great revolution that the emergence of rock and roll represented, whose thunder and upheaval have reached our days.

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• Number of pages: 264