This is the follow up to my debut book King of the Sunset Strip. Same raw, passionate and brutal poetry, viewing life in it's entirety. Influences of John Fante, Charles Bukowski and Jim Morrison, this is a hard knock life look at the world as we know it, through poetic verse. There is hope along the way, and a beauty that catches the eye.
This is a sometimes dark, brutal read that goes to the very abyss of the soul, but there is always hope and a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel.
In a time of social media and fake news, we took to our keyboards to spread disdain.While some of us picked up a book and used words for our power.Inside are my words. Enjoy.
Book number 6 from Surrey poet John Davies takes the viewer through a journey of the good, the bad and the very ugly avenues that life has made available to us.
Dancing at Ciro’s is as compelling as a fine novel.”---Susan Isaacs, author of Compromising Positions and Long Time No See “This is the book Sheila Weller was born to write.
If you poll I Love Lucy fanatics on the funniest episodes , you'll almost always hear “ Lucy at the Brown Derby with William Holden . ” ( Officially titled “ L.A. at Last . " ) Lunching with Fred and Ethel , Lucy spots Holden .
Decades later, he rediscovered his Kodachromes, the only extensive collection of photographs that document those iconic billboards.
Book number four from John Davies, this book takes you even further into the abyss of the human mind and takes you on a journey through pleasure and pain.
Presents a collection of photographs of people, from the famous to the unknown, who live and work in Los Angeles.
“The world's not waiting for another Little Richard,” he said. ... as “These Arms of Mine” was not only on the market, performed by Buddy Leach and the Playboys, but also on Otis's demo record sitting in Smith's office.
His story is inextricably intertwined with the history of the city of angels. Mickey Cohen is a seductive tale of Hollywood true crime history with a wildly eccentric mob boss at its center.