27: the legend & mythology of the 27 club

Introduction

27: Robert Johnson (1938)

Brian Jones (1969)

Jimi Hendrix (1970)

Janis Joplin (1970)

Jim Morrison (1971)

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1988)

Kurt Cobain (1994)

Amy Winehouse (2011)

Notable mentions: Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (1970)

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1973)

Jonathan Brandis (2003)

The almost-27s: Otis Redding (1967)

Tim Buckley (1975) and Jeff Buckley (1997)

The science of 27

Final thoughts: Avicii, and the future

Acknowledgments

Index.