Spike Jones Off the Record : The Man Who Murdered Music

The acclaimed biography of the pistol-packing bandleader and his his accomplices in musical mayhem, whose zany slam-bang versions of classics and popular songs are enjoying a major resurgence via CD and home video. This book offers an irreverant backstage look at the man behind the carefully-crafted image: a lover of classical music who wanted to be taken seriously, a man with a razor-sharp tongue and an X-rated sense of humor, and a shrewd public relations wizard who never made an unrehearsed move.