Juke Box Hero: My Five Decades in Rock 'N' Roll

by Lou Gramm, Scott Pitoniak

Overview

The son of a sheet-metal worker who led a big band on weekends, Lou Gramm rose from humble, working-class roots in Rochester, New York, to become one of rock ’n’ roll’s most distinctive and popular voices. With the aid of best-selling author Scott Pitoniak, Gramm poignantly recounts how he realized his dream as the lead singer and co-songwriter of the iconic band Foreigner as well as his own band and overcame a drug and alcohol addiction—along with a life-threatening brain tumor—on his path to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629377582
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	09/24/2019
Edition description:	Updated
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	217,341
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Lou Gramm was the lead singer and songwriter for the band Foreigner during the height of the band’s success in the 1970s and 1980s. He wrote or co-wrote 20 songs that achieved Top 40 status. He lives in Webster, New York.

Scott Pitoniak is an award-winning journalist and the author of 14 books, including Color Him Orange: The Jim Boeheim Story. He lives in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

1 A Harmonious Beginning 1

2 Banding Together 13

3 The Black Sheep of Rock 31

4 A Long, Long Way From Home 47

5 No Foreigner to Success 69

6 Less is More 91

7 I Want to Know What Foreigner's Future Is 109

8 Taking Steps Down the Road to Redemption 133

9 Battling Back from Death's Doorstep 151

10 An End and a Beginning 169

Epilogue 189

Appendix: Lou Gramm's Discography 223

Sources 229

Index 231

About the Authors 241

Editorial Reviews

"Lou Gramm is one of the great vocalists of our time.” —Nils Lofgren, lead guitarist for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

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