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Not Fade Away: A Backstage Pass to 20 Years of Rock & Roll
by Ben Fong-Torres

Not Fade Away: A Backstage Pass to 20 Years of Rock & Roll
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Author: Ben Fong-Torres
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-11
ISBN: 0879305908
Number of pages: 350
Publisher: Miller Freeman Books

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Summary: 3 Stars

Fong-Torres is a talented writer, but readers who are interested in rock 'n' roll history may wish to skip this book's chapters on people like Diane Keaton, Neil Diamond, Annie Leibovitz, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, and (!) Rodney Dangerfield. (Steve Martin's is worth reading, however.)

Not to worry, though, this volume does contain actual interviews and profiles with music industry folks like Ricky Nelson, Three Dog Night, and Dick Clark. You can probably see the problem with this book's title and cover image by now. And you might understand why I got excited when I came to the book's piece on Iggy Pop. Unfortunately, it was just a two-page description of an appearance Iggy did at a Tower Records.

Drat.

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