Italian Made Simple by Eugene Jackson

Italian Made Simple by Eugene Jackson

The first time on the open road with Dad's beat-up clunker and a brand-new driver's lecense. That first kiss. Practicing Steve Tyler moves in the garage. Lazy summer days with nothing to do but hang out with a group of friends and the radio. Classic Rock. In Classic Rock Stories, classic rockers reveal the sometimes painful, sometimes accidental, and often hilarious process of creating the songs that you can still sing aloud. In their own words, rockers like Pete Townshend, John Lennon, Stevie Nicks, Elton John, and Keith Richards tell about the drugs, the pain, the love gone bad, and the accidents that resulted in the hits.

Joseph Lopreato is a former professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of several books, including Human Nature and Biocultural Evolution, Peasants No More, and, with L. E. Hazelrigg, Class Conflict and Mobility.