Vol. 9 No. 2 (2013)
Articles

Was Bix Beiderbecke Poisoned by the Federal Government?

Published 2014-03-18

How to Cite

Sandke, R. (2014). Was Bix Beiderbecke Poisoned by the Federal Government?. Journal of Jazz Studies, 9(2), 178–185. https://doi.org/10.14713/jjs.v9i2.68

Abstract

Explores the government's strategy to eradicate alchohol consumption in the United States by adding poisonous compounds to render it undrinkable and how these efforts affected Bix Beiderbecke, perhaps precipitating his physical decline and early death