Nick Tosches, R.I.P.

[jazztrain]

In the NY Times:  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/books/nick-tosches-dies.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Obituaries

[Big Beat Steve]

To bypass the NYT paywall:

https://variety.com/2019/music/news/nick-tosches-dead-dies-rock-writer-1203376760/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nick-tosches-music-journalist-novelist-obituary-901445/

Only 69? Way too early.
I remember well when in 1986 (long before having read his r'n'r and country books, though I had been aware of them) I bought a copy of his "Hellfire" novelized bio of JLL at a Stars & Stripes bookstore at a US Army post here (i.e. straight from the source in those days long before the WWW) and immediately had to stop by again to buy the other remaining copy after I had told the editor of a rockabilly magazine about that book. Very entertaining reading ...

RIP and thanks for many a good read.
 

 

 

[jlhoots]

I liked his writing. R.I.P.

[romualdo]

RIP Nick

one of my fav reads of his which I picked up back in the early 90s (seems like yesterday) is "Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll"

[HutchFan]

Sorry to hear this news of his passing.

RIP