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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZCARROLL, Jim(b '50, NYC) Poet, songwriter, singer. Published book of poems at 16; self-confessed heroin addict who supported habit by hustling and writing about it. Best- known book is The Basketball Diaries, collection of teen-age sex-and-drug traumas. To West Coast by '74, kicked habit; returned to NYC, collaborated with Patti Smith on poetry; followed her into rock. Was slated to sign with Rolling Stone Records, whose president Earl McGrath became his manager, records came out on Atco (USA), CBS (UK): Catholic Boy '80, Dry Dreams '82. "People Who Died' on Catholic Boy is powerful catalogue of tragedies of personal friends. |