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« on: October 22, 2020, 01:27:49 PM »

Finally!!

N E W    B I O G R A P H Y

Forthcoming in 2021.
Pre-Order from McFarland & Co.
Dead Man’s Curve: The Rock ’n’ Roll Life of Jan Berry

By Mark A. Moore

Jan Berry, leader of the successful music duo Jan & Dean from the late 1950s to mid-1960s, was an intense character who experienced more in his first 25 years than many do in a lifetime.

As an architect of the West Coast Sound, he was one of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s original rebels—brilliant, charismatic, reckless, and flawed. He bucked authority and made his own rules. As a songwriter, music arranger, and record producer for Nevins-Kirshner Associates and Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Jan was one of the pioneering self-produced artists of his era in Hollywood. In addition to co-writing Jan & Dean’s most famous hits, he also penned hit songs for other artists.

He lived a dual life unprecedented in the annals of popular music, reaching the top of the charts with Jan & Dean while transitioning from college student at UCLA to medical student at the California College of Medicine.

Fast cars were an extension of his personality, but an automobile accident ended his seemingly charmed existence on April 12, 1966.

Suffering from brain damage and partial paralysis, Jan spent the rest of his life trying to come back from Dead Man’s Curve. His story is told here in-depth for the first time—from the birth of Rock to the bitter end.






7″ x 10″ paperback; 195 photos, illustrations, and maps; 4 Appendices; Bibliography; Index; $49.95 (print).
pISBN: 978-1-4766-7210-6
eISBN: 978-1-4766-4333-5







https://jananddean-janberry.com/
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2020, 03:23:24 PM »

I've been quietly anticipating this for quite some time! I hope it'll be out by next summer!
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2021, 02:06:08 AM »

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BOOK RELEASE DATE — May 23, 2021
RELEASE BLURB FROM PUBLISHER McFARLAND & CO.
— Jan Berry, leader of the music duo Jan & Dean from the late 1950s to mid-1960s, was an intense character who experienced more in his first 25 years than many do in a lifetime. As an architect of the West Coast sound, he was one of rock ‘n’ roll’s original rebels—brilliant, charismatic, reckless, and flawed. As a songwriter, music arranger, and record producer for Nevins-Kirshner Associates and Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Berry was one of the pioneering self-produced artists of his era in Hollywood. He lived a dual life, reaching the top of the charts with Jan & Dean while transitioning from college student to medical student, until an automobile accident ended his seemingly charmed existence in 1966. Suffering from brain damage and partial paralysis, Jan spent the rest of his life trying to come back from Dead Man’s Curve.
His story is told here in-depth for the first time, based on extensive primary source documentation and supplemented by the stories and memories of Jan’s family members, friends, music industry colleagues, and contemporaries. From the birth of rock to the bitter end, Berry’s life story is thrilling, humorous, unsettling, and disturbing, yet ultimately uplifting.

7″ x 10″ paperback; 426 pp.; 195 photos, illustrations, and maps; 4 Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
$49.95 (print); $29.95 (e-book)
pISBN: 978-1-4766-7210-6
eISBN: 978-1-4766-4333-5
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2021, 01:56:01 AM »

Here's a promo video:

Dead Man's Curve: The Rock 'n' Roll Life of Jan Berry - (Book)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR0p9VPhWfBaFOmGvfwetdMKaj4qzwejgNUpfT7xJcENkLPrE_KLp-fg60U&v=SkuN7Mt8_fo&feature=youtu.be
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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2021, 03:11:28 AM »

Here's the press release:

https://jananddean-janberry.com/press-release-dead-mans-curve-the-rock-n-roll-life-of-jan-berry/
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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2021, 10:07:52 AM »

Very good interview:



Deadman’s Curve: Bio Clocks High-Octane Life of Jan Berry

As the storyteller of one of the most foreboding tunes of the 1960’s, Jan Berry cemented in song the danger of cruising through life at break-neck speed. Yet Berry’s own fierce ride – and resolute return from his personal Dead Man’s Curve – far eclipsed any fictional car race and continues to amaze music fans today.Author Mark A. Moore brings Berry’s fascinating journey to life in his forthcoming biography: Dead Man’s Curve: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of Jan Berry (McFarland & Co., Summer 2021.) We recently spoke with Moore to get a quarter-mile glimpse of the real Jan Berry.

https://baltimorepostexaminer.com/deadmans-curve-bio-clocks-high-octane-life-of-jan-berry/2021/05/13?fbclid=IwAR1GTnwCrEu8sHjD8ozd5CsPwfCInQwi_RU9EXF1DukbthLTZSE06qfvmQ0
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2021, 01:21:51 AM »

A new promo video:


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« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2021, 02:14:50 AM »

MARK A. MOORE, author of “DEAD MAN'S CURVE: THE ROCK 'N' ROLL LIFE OF JAN BERRY,” will discuss the book with DJ Arnie Amber, WMBS Radio, 590 AM / 101.1 FM, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Saturday, August 28, 4:15 p.m. ET. The show will later be archived.
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« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2021, 09:30:49 AM »

Excerpt from Mark A Moore's amazing book on the life of Jan Berry; Deadman's Curve:

Part 1> https://prayforsurfblog.blogspot.com/2021/09/mark-a.html

I contacted Jan and his wife Gertie and got them interested in what I wanted to do, and that’s what led to Jan sharing his career archive with me. That was the first big step in acquiring the documentary evidence of Jan’s life and career. Gertie was also instrumental in securing my interview with Arnie Ginsburg. Also, in the early 2000s, surf music aficionado Stephen McParland self-published a two-volume reference set on Jan & Dean that was quite good and helpful.

The more interviews I conducted, the more I was able to cross-reference them against the documentation in Jan’s archive, which included business and legal documents, and medical information, plus original session tape from Jan’s productions at United Recording and Western Recorders in Hollywood. The crown jewels among Jan’s documentation were his surviving original music charts and scores, the actual parts used by the Wrecking Crew to record the original music: brass, woodwinds, strings, guitars, basses, keyboards, drums, and percussion. These surviving artifacts are invaluable and offer concrete evidence of Jan’s intricate music arrangements. One of my next goals is to get Jan’s original charts and scores published for the benefit of interested musicians, and for posterity.

Beyond Jan’s archive, I researched the studio musicians’ union contracts with the help of archivists at AFM Local 47 in Los Angeles. I also conducted a vault/tape box inventory with the kind assistance of staff at EMI-Capitol (inheritors of Jan & Dean’s Screen Gems and Liberty holdings), which at that time was in the process of being taken over by Universal.
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