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john-peterson's picture
Nov.25.2012
I recently saw Steve Bergman's book about Johnny Ace and there was immediatly a flood of memories about my youth in Galveston.As a teenager I was very heavilly "into" southern blues. I attended a show at the old Manhatten Club up on the Boulevard in Galveston at 15. It was called the...
steve-bergsman's picture
Nov.18.2012
Johnny Ace's most famous song, Pledging My Love, plays in the movie Back To The Future when Marty McFly turns up at the school dance with his mom. The song also appears in the movies Mean Streets and Christine.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT_eOiTwtoQ  
steve-bergsman's picture
Aug.23.2012
  “Long before the ultimate culmination of the self-destructive impulses of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain, there was the shocking and mysterious death of Johnny Ace. Steve Bergsman puts a totally new spin on the fascinating saga of a pioneer of rock and roll in this entertaining...
steve-bergsman's picture
Aug.19.2012
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS   1)      Johnny Ace was a historical person. Why write a novel instead of a biography? A)    I could have written a biography, but only a small universe of popular music aficionados would be interested in such a book. On the...
steve-bergsman's picture
Aug.19.2012
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS   1)      Johnny Ace was a historical person. Why write a novel instead of a biography? A)    I could have written a biography, but only a small universe of popular music aficionados would be interested in such a book. On the...
steve-bergsman's picture
Aug.19.2012
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS   1)      Johnny Ace was a historical person. Why write a novel instead of a biography? A)    I could have written a biography, but only a small universe of popular music aficionados would be interested in such a book. On the...
steve-bergsman's picture
Aug.16.2012
NEW NOVEL: The Death of Johnny Ace   What really happened backstage at that deadly Christmas Eve concert in 1954?   Steve Bergsman’s new book brings the world of 1950s R&B to vivid life through the fictionalized story of musician Johnny Ace.   Vancouver, Canada – (October 2012...