Jim Dawson
Encyclopedia
Jim Dawson is a Hollywood, California-based author and self-proclaimed "fartologist" who has written three books about farting, including the best-selling 'Who Cut the Cheese?'
, including 'What Was the First Rock 'n' Roll Record?' which Mojo
magazine called 'one of the best musical reads of [1993].' His 1980 cover story on Ritchie Valens
in the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times
led directly to the reissue of the forgotten rock 'n' roller's recordings and the making of the biopic La Bamba
, which used some of Dawson's research.
Biography
Dawson has also written extensively about early rock 'n' roll and rhythm and bluesRhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, including 'What Was the First Rock 'n' Roll Record?' which Mojo
Mojo (magazine)
MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music...
magazine called 'one of the best musical reads of [1993].' His 1980 cover story on Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens was a Mexican-American singer, songwriter and guitarist....
in the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
led directly to the reissue of the forgotten rock 'n' roller's recordings and the making of the biopic La Bamba
La Bamba (film)
La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The picture features Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, and Joe Pantoliano...
, which used some of Dawson's research.
Books
- 1999 'Who Cut the Cheese? A Cultural History of the Fart' (Ten Speed PressTen Speed PressTen Speed Press is a publishing house founded in Berkeley, California in 1970. Philip Wood, founder and publisher, began his career with Barnes & Noble in 1962 and in 1965 at Penguin books...
) ISBN 781580 080118 - 2006 'Blame It on the Dog: A Modern History of the Fart' (Ten Speed PressTen Speed PressTen Speed Press is a publishing house founded in Berkeley, California in 1970. Philip Wood, founder and publisher, began his career with Barnes & Noble in 1962 and in 1965 at Penguin books...
) ISBN 781580 087513 - 2010 'Did Somebody Step on a Duck? A Natural History of the Fart' (Ten Speed PressTen Speed PressTen Speed Press is a publishing house founded in Berkeley, California in 1970. Philip Wood, founder and publisher, began his career with Barnes & Noble in 1962 and in 1965 at Penguin books...
/Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
) ISBN 781580 081337 - 1992 'What Was the First Rock 'n' Roll Record?' (Faber and FaberFaber and FaberFaber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. Faber has a rich tradition of publishing a wide range of fiction, non fiction, drama, film and music...
) ISBN 780571 129393 - 1995 'The Twist: The Story of the Song and Dance That Changed the World' (Faber and FaberFaber and FaberFaber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. Faber has a rich tradition of publishing a wide range of fiction, non fiction, drama, film and music...
) ISBN 780571 198528 - 1994 'Nervous Man Nervous: Big Jay McNeely and the Rise of the Honking Tenor Sax' (Big Nickel Publ.) ISBN 936433-17-5
- 1996 'Memories of Buddy Holly' (Big Nickel Publ.) ISBN 936433-20-5
- 2003 '45 RPM: The History, Heroes & Villains of a Pop Music Revolution'(Backbeat Books/Hal Leonard) ISBN 780879 307578
- 2005 'Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution'(Backbeat Books/Hal Leonard) ISBN 780879 308292
- 2008 'Los Angeles's Angels Flight' (Arcadia PublishingArcadia PublishingArcadia Publishing is an American publisher of local history.-History:It was founded in Dover, New Hampshire in 1993 by United Kingdom-based Tempus Publishing, but became independent in 2004....
) ISBN 780738 558127 - 2009 'The Compleat Motherfucker: A History of the Mother of All Dirty Words' (Feral HouseFeral HouseFeral House is a book publisher owned and operated by Adam Parfrey. The publisher itself describes the books it sells as "pure information", and says the topics of the books are "forbidden"....
) ISBN 781932 595413
External links
- http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=105039
- http://www.electricearl.com/dawson/index2.html