From Amazon.com ~ With his first book, Cooper, the original shock rocker, attempts to combine autobiography and golf manual in one snappy narrative; that both parts are equally half-baked hardly matters, as Cooper's simple, frank account of his 40-plus years in the rock and roll biz is great entertainment. Cooper started playing golf in the early 1980s - as many as 36 holes a day - to fill his post-rehab days and keep him from the destructive spiral of alcoholism. Thus, golf plays a vital role in this memoir; indeed, without golf, Cooper might no longer be alive - and not incidentally, the rock legend has since become one of the best players on the pro-am tournament circuit. Cooper devotes 12 sections to his "steps of golf addiction" ("Be a Good Imitator," "Let the Adreneline Flow," "Play with Those who Inspire You"), interspersed between short chapters that present a Cliff's Notes version of his life. Revelations include the truth behind the infamous 1969 incident in which Cooper threw a live chicken into a rabid Detroit audience, an unexpected backstage encounter with Liberace and Cooper's late-life conversion to Christianity. While there's more here for fans of Alice Cooper's music than his fellow golfing nuts, the man deserves credit for finding a way to tell his life story that's as unconventional as the life itself.I've always been a fan of Alice's so found this book an interesting and quick read. There is a lot about golf in it but most of it was interesting (I skimmed over the parts where it's really focused on golf). He hung out with some interesting people and it's cool the names he mentions ... Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Janice Joplin, David Cassidy. David Cassidy?! Huh?
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He said DAVID CASSIDY, not Keith Partridge. Why does everyone think they are one and the same?
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