Larry Jordan

This has to be the most detailed biography I have ever read. Nowhere else have I read details like Reeves' toupees cost $150 each in 1961 or in 1961 he was paying $291 a month for 2 years on a bus or in 1962 he was entitled to $2 worth of merchandise for winning a golf tournament. The book is well researched. The author appears to have spoken with everyone who had some kind of relationship with Reeves. The grueling details of tour dates from 1957 (05/05 in Roanoke, Virginia; 05/07 in Chambersburg, PA, 05/10 in Queens, NY, 05/11 in Newburg, NJ, 05/12 in Newark, NJ, and 5/14 in New Britain, CT) shows how tiring this life can be but I thought this could have been better presented in list in an appendix in the back of the book which could then include the amount Reeves earned as well as who he was on the bill with. At 672 pages, there was a lot of detail in the book that might have been better edited out. Lots of good photos too. My big issue with the author was his excuses for some of Reeves' bad behavior. He had a wife but was also juggling at least 2 other women that appeared to have the idea that he eventually wanted to make a life with them. His philandering on the road is probably no worse than any other performer. However, to excuse the use of 12-year old prostitutes in South Africa by saying that 12 years was the age of consent is inexcusable. A good book if you want to know all the details about Reeves' but I can no longer consider him Gentleman Jim Reeves.… (más)