Bet My Soul on Rock n Roll, Jean Beauvoir
Bet My Soul on Rock n Roll, Jean Beauvoir
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Bet My Soul on Rock 'n' Roll
Diary of a Black Punk Icon

Author: Jean Beauvoir, John Ostrosky

Narrator: James Fouhey

Unabridged: 10 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/08/2022

Synopsis

Jean Beauvoir joined the Plasmatics in 1979, playing bass and keyboards for the most notorious band to emerge out of the New York City punk scene. By 1982, he was a member of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, a retro-rock revival act headed by Steven Van Zandt. The Disciples of Soul videos played on MTV during the network's earliest years, making Beauvoir one of the first Black recording artists to cross the start-up music channel's "color line."

Beauvoir went on to become a multi-platinum artist, producer, and songwriter. Bet My Soul on Rock 'n' Roll follows his ride through the American music industry, detailing his encounters with rock stars such as Bruce Springsteen, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, and Lita Ford, as well as the actor Sylvester Stallone, the billionaire executive Richard Branson, and even Donald Trump. Beauvoir also considers the manner in which his Haitian heritage has shaped his public image, his music, and his role as an activist for the dispossessed and the poor.

Beauvoir's collaborations—and stories—span genres, including work with KISS, Debbie Harry, Justin Timberlake, Lionel Richie, and the Ramones.

About Jean Beauvoir

Jean Beauvoir is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter of Haitian descent. Guitar World featured him on its list of the fifty "Most Influential Black Rockers" of all time. Beauvoir's worldwide music catalogue, currently administered by Universal Music Publishing, contains over six-hundred published titles. As an artist, producer, and songwriter, he has sold in excess of forty million records and his works are featured on over 500 albums.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob

Jean Beauvoir is one of those musicians I have always been aware of but never knew their name. With his distinctive white mohawk he was hard to miss. From the Plasmatics to Crown of Thorns, Jean was an MTV staple, but more popular in Europe than the states. His autobiography could have been one of th......more

Goodreads review by Jason

I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Jean recently, and he signed a copy of his book for me. Jean was one of the nicest, most down to earth person I have ever met, and had stories for days! That being said, I banged out the book in 2 days. Jean has been there done that and then some. A v......more

Goodreads review by Mark

This review is from my Racine, WI Writer in Residence post here: [URL not allowed] At the Racine Public Library in late July, skimming the nonfiction new books titles (I only very rarely read fiction, maybe that shows), I saw a rock ‘n’ roll auto-bio by Jean Beauvoir (ghost-hel......more

Goodreads review by Laura

Feel the Heat! When I first saw the "Feel the Heat" video the summer of 1986, I loved the song but thought he was one of the coolest looking people I had ever seen in my life. A black man with a blonde Mohawk... I'm a little disappointed those were blue contacts! I always wondered why he wasn't "bigg......more

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