Mama, just killed a man!  Learn all about musicians who killed, artists with mob connections, murders and money laundering, oh my!  Angie Moon has written the book:  Crime of the Century – Classic Rock and True Crime.  In this one-hour interview, Angie informed Jex Russell and I on so many topics!

• Jack Ruby & the Band
• DEVO’s connection with true crime
• Dennis Wilson & Charles Manson
• The excellent cover art of her book
• Publishing a book from scratch
• Social media and promotion
• The diversity of classic rock
• The Kinks
• The White Album
• And so much more!
• Thank you Angie and thank you Jex for the education on Grab A Stack of Rock!

You can get your copy now on your local Amazon, or directly from the author.

 

 

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Show notes:

Your dad was once a police officer, and later on in life you realized there were no books about true crime and classic rock.  Does that about sum up what started you on this journey?

I like the way the book is formatted.  You have a chapter about a band/crime, and you introduce both the band and the criminal in a way that you don’t need any background knowledge at all.

Jack Ruby and the Hawks (the Band) – sounds like Jack had a reputation and an aura to him?  No surprise the shows they played at his club were poorly attended?

What is it about the Kinks that you love so much?  Can you sum it up?  What do you imagine that party at John Wayne Gacy’s place was like?

I enjoyed your overview of the White Album.  I realize this might be the most difficult question of the interview, but where do you rank that Beatles album in their catalogue?

I didn’t know about Charles Manson’s childhood, and that his alcoholic mother was destitute and spent time in prison.  That had to have an impact on the person he became.  I also had no idea he was studying Scientology.

Reading about how Manson and his girls duped Dennis into staying at his rented mansion, fleecing him for $100,000 worth of generosity, just made me feel sad for Dennis.  He was not a man without his demons.

Are there any classic rock crimes or bands that you just decided to steer clear of for this book?

I did not know that Paul McCartney bought the rights to Buddy Holly’s back catalogue!