Books by "Gary Van Zant"
3 books found
Take a Walk on the Dark Side is the ultimate book for today's rock and roll fan: a fascinating compendium of facts, fictions, prophecies, premonitions, coincidences, hoaxes, doomsday scenarios, and other urban legends about some of the world's most beloved and mysterious pop icons. Updating, revising, and expanding on material from his cult classic Hellhounds on Their Trail, Patterson offers up a delectable feast of strange and occasionally frightening rock and roll tales, featuring the ironies associated with the tragic deaths of many rock icons, unsolved murders, and other tales from the "fell clutch of circumstance." Beginning with the fateful place where it all started -- a deserted country crossroads just outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, where Robert Johnson made his deal with the devil -- through the Buddy Holly curse (rock and roll's first great tragedy) and beyond, this incredible volume uncovers some of rock and roll's most celebrated murders, twists of fate, and decades-long streaks of bad luck that defy rational explanation. Inside you'll find: Facts about Jimmy Page and the Zeppelin Curse. Chilling quirks of fate in the fatalities in the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Facts about Jimmy Page and the Zeppelin curse Chilling quirks of fate surrounding the deaths of musicians in the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd A provocative look at "The Club," membership in which requires an untimely death at age twenty-seven and whose inductees include Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin Cryptic messages in song lyrics that have proved eerily prophetic Carefully researched, wildly enjoyable, and often harrowing, Take a Walk on the Dark Side takes the reader on a mysterious ride through rock and roll history.
From a very young age, Gary Emilio Cavalier has been obsessed with music. From the age of two to now, at seventy, Gary has lived a life of performing, concerts, and as an audio and visual tech for musical events throughout the years. A blend of memoir and historical record, Gary's humorous stories of young, crazy days in smoke filled concert halls and festivals are mixed with fascinating records of the histories of various artists, musical instruments, and events such as Woodstock show the evolution of music from the 1950's to present, from the rise if Beatlemania and Elvis to various genres that have stemmed from rock and roll's earliest beginnings. Seventy years of history, stories, and behind-the-scenes work have led Gary's passion for music, and he now shares that passion and knowledge with you. About the Author Gary Emilio Cavalier has worn many hats over the years. He has performed with various bands throughout the years; owned his own music store, The Music Cellar, for twenty-five years; worked as a technician for the Fuji Film Corporation; worked for Snob Productions, an audio and video stage production company; and for the last five years as a Mental Health Worker and Peer Specialist at Mind Springs Hospital, working with patients through PTSD, addictions and mental health issues in their lives. In his spare time, he enjoys woodworking, golf, buying and selling musical instruments, along with outdoor activities such as gardening, camping, and taking care of the many birdhouses and feeders at his home in Grand Junction, Colorado where he currently resides.
DIVWhile a number of narrative titles have chronicled Neil Young in one manner or another, this is the first illustrated history to span his 43 studio albums, 7 live releases, and 40-plus years as a recording and touring musician./div