Bon : the last highway ; the untold story of Bon Scott and AC/DC's Back in Black /Jesse Fink

The death of Bon Scott is the Da Vinci Code of rock In death, AC/DC's trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon, and the legend of the man known around the world simply as "Bon" grows with each passing year. But how much of it is myth? At the heart of Bon: The Last Highway is a special — and unlikely — friendship between an Australian rock star and an alcoholic Texan troublemaker. Jesse Fink, author of the critically acclaimed international bestseller The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC , reveals its importance for the first time. Leaving no stone unturned in a three-year journey that begins in Austin and ends in London, Fink takes the reader back to a legendary era for music that saw the relentless AC/DC machine achieve its commercial breakthrough but also threaten to come apart. With unprecedented access to Bon's lovers, newly unearthed documents, and a trove of never-before-seen photos, Fink divulges startling new information about Bon's last hours to solve the mystery of how he died. Music fans around the world have been waiting for the original, forensic, unflinching, and masterful biography Bon Scott so richly deserves — and now, finally, it's here. Part 1 1977 23 -- 1 Go Down 25 -- 2 Bad Boy Boogie 35 -- 3 Whole Lotta Rosie 43 -- 4 Problem Guild 49 -- 5 Dog Eat Dog 53 -- 6 Overdose 60 -- 7 Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be 74 -- Part 2 1978 87 -- 8 What's Next to the Moon 89 -- 9 Kicked in the Teeth 102 -- 10 Rock 'n' Roll Damnation 106 -- 11 Gimme a Bullet 115 -- 12 Up to My Neck in You 122 -- 13 Riff Raff 126 -- 14 Down Payment Blues 131 -- 15 Sin City 143 -- 16 Cold Hearted Man 150 -- Part 3 1979 159 -- 17 Walk All Over You 161 -- 18 Night Prowler 176 -- 19 Touch Too Much 182 -- 20 Love Hungry Man 187 -- 21 If You Want Blood (You've Got It) 200 -- 22 Girls Got Rhythm 207 -- 23 Highway to Hell 217 -- Part 4 1980 227 -- 24 Shoot to Thrill 229 -- 25 Hells Bells 234 -- 26 Shake a Leg 240 -- 27 Let Me Put My Love Into You 247 -- 28 Given the Dog a Bone 255 -- 29 Have a Drink on Me 263 -- 30 Back in Black 269 -- 31 What Do You Do for Money Honey 281 -- 32 Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution 289 -- Part 5 Aftermath 301 -- 33 Rocker 303 -- 34 Ain't no Fun (Waiting 'Round to be a Millionaire) 311 -- 35 High Voltage 320 -- 36 It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) 325 -- 37 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 331 -- 38 Rock 'n' Roll Singer 339 -- 39 You Shook Me All Night Long 343 -- 40 Live Wire 349 -- 41 Let There Be Rock 354 -- Closer 361 -- Ride On 363. "In death, AC/DC's trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon, and the legend of the man known around the world simply as "Bon" grows with each passing year. But how much of it is myth? At the heart of Bon: The Last Highway is a special, and unlikely, friendship between an Australian rock star and an alcoholic Texan troublemaker. Jesse Fink, author of the critically acclaimed international bestseller The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC, reveals its importance for the first time. Leaving no stone unturned in a three-year journey that begins in Austin and ends in London, Fink takes the reader back to a legendary era for music that saw the relentless AC/DC machine achieve its commercial breakthrough but also threaten to come apart. With unprecedented access to Bon's lovers, newly unearthed documents, and a trove of never-before-seen photos, Fink divulges startling new information about Bon's last hours to solve the mystery of how he died. Music fans around the world have been waiting for the original, forensic, unflinching, and masterful biography Bon Scott so richly deserves, and now, finally, it's here."-- Provided by publisher "The legend of the man known around the world simply as 'Bon' only grows with each passing year - in death the AC/DC icon has become a god to millions of people - but how much of his story is myth or pure fabrication and how much of the real man do we know? ... Jesse Fink ... leaves no stone unturned for Bon- The Last Highway, a book years in the making, that finally solves the riddle of the death of Bon Scott. The 1977-80 period forged the legend of AC/DC. There wasn't a harder working band in the music business. But, as Fink startlingly reveals, the relentless AC/DC machine was also threatening to come apart. Fink has answers to the nagging questions rock 'n' roll fans have been asking since 1980 and reveals secrets that will change music history"-- from publisher's description