Three steps to heaven - Bobby Cochran

Outrageously talented
remarkably handsome
internationally renowned
and dead at the age of 21. More than 40 years after the tragic car crash that killed him
Eddie Cochran remains one of rock and roll's most lamented
What Ifs.
A trailblazing guitarist
gifted vocalist
hit-making composer and arranger
and budding whiz-kid producer
Cochran quickly ascended from Midwestern obscurity in the late '50s to become one of nascent rock and roll's leading lights. He penned or recorded many of the most recognized songs in rock history
Summertime Blues
Nervous Breakdown
Somethin' Else
C'mon Everybody
Twenty Flight Rock
Sittin' in the Balcony
songs whose distinctive sound and defiant
often wryly humorous lyrics have been eagerly digested
analyzed and lovingly reinterpreted by generations of rockers after him
from The Beatles to the Sex Pistols
The Who to U2.Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story
co-authored by Cochran's nephew
also a gifted musician
is the first American biography of this uniquely American rock legend
who was among the first to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The book is a detailed portrait of Cochran's personal and professional triumphs and travails
with fascinating insight into the rock pioneer's life that only a family member can provide. 33 B/W photographs; Hardcover.