Bet My Soul on Rock 'n' Roll - Beauvoir, Jean
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"Jean Beauvoir joined the Plasmatics in 1979, playing bass and keyboards for the most notorious band to emerge out of the New York City punk scene. By 1982, he was a member of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, a retro-rock revival act headed by Steven Van Zandt. The Disciples of Soul videos played on MTV during the network's earliest years, making Beauvoir one of the first Black recording artists to break the start-up music channel's "color line." Bet My Sould on Rock 'n' Roll follows this iconic musician's ride through the worldwide music industry, detailing his successful solo career…mehr

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"Jean Beauvoir joined the Plasmatics in 1979, playing bass and keyboards for the most notorious band to emerge out of the New York City punk scene. By 1982, he was a member of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, a retro-rock revival act headed by Steven Van Zandt. The Disciples of Soul videos played on MTV during the network's earliest years, making Beauvoir one of the first Black recording artists to break the start-up music channel's "color line." Bet My Sould on Rock 'n' Roll follows this iconic musician's ride through the worldwide music industry, detailing his successful solo career as well as his encounters with rock stars such as Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Springsteen, and Lita Ford. Beauvoir also considers how his Haitian heritage has shaped his public image, his music, and his life. Beauvoir's collaborations -- and stories -- span genres, including work with KISS, Debbie Harry, Justin Timberlake, Lionel Riche, Nona Hendryx, and the Ramones"--Dust jacket.
Autorenporträt
Jean Beauvoir is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter of Haitian descent. Guitar World featured him on its list of the fifty "Most Influential Black Rockers" of all time. Beauvoir's worldwide music catalogue, currently administered by Universal Music Publishing, contains over 600 published titles. As an artist, producer, and songwriter, he has sold in excess of 40 million records. He lives in Bonita Springs, FL. John Ostrosky, the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Ace Frehley's No Regrets, is the cohost of Talking Metal and a Berklee alumnus who has performed with musicians including members of the Ramones and Twisted Sister. Kermit Blackwood is a multifaceted artist who has collaborated with a number of iconic luminaries over the span of his thirty-year career as ghostwriter, scribe, conduit, and careful listener of the stars. Kermit Blackwood is author of the Widow of the Pharaoh anthologies and Station of No Station.