{"product_id":"riding-so-high-joe-goodden-9781999803308","title":"Riding So High: The Beatles and Drugs","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Who gave the drugs to the Beatles? I didn't invent those things. I bought it from someone who got it from somebody. We never invented the stuff.' - John Lennon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiding So High charts the Beatles' extraordinary odyssey from teenage drinking and pill-popping, to cannabis, LSD, the psychedelic Summer of Love and the darkness beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrugs were central to the Beatles' story from the beginning. The acid, pills and powders helped form bonds, provided escape from the chaos of Beatlemania, and inspired colossal leaps in songwriting and recording. But they also led to break-ups, breakdowns, drug busts and prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only full-length study of the Beatles and drugs, Riding So High tells of getting stoned, kaleidoscope eyes, excess, loss and redemption, with a far-out cast including speeding Beatniks, a rogue dentist, a script-happy aristocratic doctor, corrupt police officers and Hollywood Vampires. 'The deeper you go, the higher you fly...'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An essential new work in Beatles historiography.'- Erin Torkelson Weber, author of The Beatles and the Historians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Goodden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999803302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999803308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pepper \u0026amp; Pearl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.82d","brand":"Joe Goodden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050745032959,"sku":"9781999803308","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a9ee3eac-8a5f-4e23-975a-80a9226acab4.jpg?v=1685008992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/riding-so-high-joe-goodden-9781999803308","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}