Heroin and Music in New York City

B. Spunt

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781137308566
• eBook ISBN: 9781137314291
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Music
• Index: Social Sciences

Using narrative accounts from a sample of 69 New York City-based musicians of various genres who are self-acknowledged heroin users, the book addresses the reasons why these musicians started using heroin and the impact heroin had on these musicians' playing, creativity, and careers.

NOTES

1 Introduction

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11. Schneider, Smack; Musto, The American Disease; Brecher, Licit and Illicit Drugs; David Bellis, Heroin a...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• One  Introduction
• Two  Jazz
• Three  Rock
• Four  R&B
• Five  Folk Music
• Six  Latin and Caribbean Music
• Seven  Conclusion
• Notes
• Index