Synopses & Reviews
It's the real stories, not the publicists' confections, that concern Colin Escott. We hear Perry Como's story in his own words: it wasn't all smooth. We learn about the astonishing twists and turns in Roy Orbison's life, and the stories behind the songs we know so well. And we go down with Vernon Oxford, the last great honky tonk singer, who came to Nashville just a little too late. These are stories for anyone who loves what Escott calls little songs from great sorrows. They will fascinate even the most casual fan of popular music, and they're told here in sympathetic, engaging, and illuminating prose.
Synopsis
Road Kill on the Three-Chord Highway is a new collection of Colin Escott's wonderful biographies of the legends of rock, rockabilly, and country. Escott is world-renowned for telling the stories not only of the major stars but the Tex Nobodies that populate the back alleys of American music. For every struggling singer or songwriter who breaks through, there are hundreds more who labor in the shadows, victims of bad luck, bad timing, or themselves.
Table of Contents
Roy Orbison -- Perry Como -- Patti Page -- Jim Reeves -- Mitchell Torok -- Ned Miller -- Skeets McDonald -- Wynn Stewart -- Wanda Jackson -- The Collins Kids -- Sonny Burgess -- Ed Bruce -- Onie Wheeler -- Vernon Oxford.