This ain't no Holiday Inn : down and out at the Chelsea Hotel, 1980-1995 : an oral history

Checking in -- Chelsea wildness -- The three wise men of dope: beat writers Huncke, Corso, and Matz -- Three chords and a grudge: Dee Dee Ramone and the Chelsea Hotel blues -- Getting By -- Stanley Bard: steel fist in velvet glove -- Chelsea portraits -- Checking out -- 21st century aftermath -- Fauxhemia: does the death of Bohemia matter? -- Where are they now?;"This oral history of the famed hotel peers behind the iconic façade and delves into the mayhem, madness, and brilliance that stemmed from the hotel in the 1980s and 1990s. Providing a window into the late Bohemia of New York during that time, countless interviews and firsthand accounts adorn this social history of one of the most celebrated and culturally significant landmarks in New York City"--Syndetics. Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this extraordinary musical and social history, Robert Palmer traces the odyssey of the blues from its rural beginnings, to the steamy bars of Chicago's South Side, to international popularity, recognition, and imitation. Palmer tells the story of the blues through the lives of its greatest practitioners: Robert Johnson, who sang of being pursued by the hounds of hell; Muddy Waters, who electrified Delta blues and gave the music its rock beat; Robert Lockwood and Sonny Boy Williamson, who launched the King Biscuit Time radio show and brought blues to the airwaves; and John Lee Hooker, Ike Turner, B. B. King, and many others. During Its Heyday, The Chelsea Hotel In New York City Was A Home And Safe Haven For Bohemian Artists, Poets, And Musicians Such As Bob Dylan, Gregory Corso, Alan Ginsberg, Janis Joplin, And Dee Dee Ramone. This Oral History Of The Famed Hotel Peers Behind The Iconic Façade And Delves Into The Mayhem, Madness, And Brilliance That Stemmed From The Hotel In The 1980s And 1990s. Providing A Window Into The Late Bohemia Of New York During That Time, Countless Interviews And Firsthand Accounts Adorn This Social History Of One Of The Most Celebrated And Culturally Significant Landmarks In New York City. Personal histories of great bluesmen trace the evolution of the blues from Africa to the Mississippi Delta. --Publisher.