I shot a man in Reno : a history of death by murder, suicide, fire, flood, drugs, disease, and general misadventure, as related in popular song /: a history of death by murder, suicide, fire, flood, drugs, disease, and general misadventure, as related in popular song. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Graeme Thomson.
• Other Names: Thomson, Graeme
• Contents: Death ain't nothin' new: from John Barleycorn to John Walker's blues -- Teenage wildlife: from sob to suicide -- Blood on the floor: murder, music and morality -- How does it feel?: death and the sixties -- Appetite for self destruction: oblivion songs -- Sweetness follows?: into the great beyond -- Gangsta gangsta: rap reclaims the murder song -- Sometimes it snows in April: the music of loss -- Who wants to live forever?: the fat lady's songbook -- The art of dying (slight return) -- Epilogue. To die for: the forty greatest death songs.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 253 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 782.42164/1588; Popular music -- History and criticism; Death in music; MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General; Death in music; Popular music; Tod; Popmusik; Mord; Jazz; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441158161; 1441158162; 1282875140; 9781282875142
• Related ISBNs: 9780826428578; 0826428576
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.