I shot a man in Reno : a history of death by murder, suicide, fire, flood, drugs, disease, and general misadventure, as related in popular song

I shot a man in Reno : a history of death by murder, suicide, fire, flood, drugs, disease, and general misadventure, as related in popular song / Graeme Thomson.

Author/creator	Thomson, Graeme, 1968-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Continuum, 2008.
Description	xvii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Popular music--History and criticism. Death in music.

Contents	Death ain't nothin' new: from John Barleycorn to John Walker's blues -- Teenage wildlife: from sob to suicide -- Blood on the floor: murder, music and morality -- How does it feel?: death and the sixties -- Appetite for self destruction: oblivion songs -- Sweetness follows?: into the great beyond -- Gangsta gangsta: rap reclaims the murder song -- Sometimes it snows in April: the music of loss -- Who wants to live forever?: the fat lady's songbook -- The art of dying (slight return) -- Epilogue. To die for: the forty greatest death songs.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-234) and index.
LCCN	2008017486
ISBN	9780826428578 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0826428576 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Music	Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk	ML 3470 .T55 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold