Black Coffee Blues

Black Coffee Blues

Author	Henry Rollins
Language	English
Publisher	2.13.61
Publication date	1992 (Album in 1997)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print Paperback Spoken Word
Pages	120
ISBN	978-1-880985-55-7
OCLC	38203754
Dewey Decimal	818/.5409 21
LC Class	PS3568.O5397 B58 1997

Black Coffee Blues is a book written by Henry Rollins, comprising writings penned between 1989 and 1991. It is composed of seven parts; "124 Worlds", "Invisible Woman Blues", "Exhaustion Blues", "Black Coffee Blues", "Monster", "61 Dreams" and "I Know You". It was published in 1992 by 2.13.61 Publications, Rollins' own publishing house.^[1]

Rollins would go on to release two other books with the title: Black Coffee Blue Part 2: Do I Come Here Often? (1996) and Black Coffee Blue Part 3: Smile, You're Traveling (2000).

In 1997, it was released as a spoken word double album with author Henry Rollins narrating with acoustic guitar accompaniment by Chris Haskett, guitarist of Rollins Band.

Black Coffee Blues
Studio album (Audiobook) by Henry Rollins
Released	1997
Genre	Audiobook
Label	Thirsty Ear
Producer	Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins chronology
Everything (1996) Black Coffee Blues (1997) Think Tank (1998)

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All tracks written by Chris Haskett and Henry Rollins

1. Black Coffee Blues (Brisbane) 13:05
2. Black Coffee Blues (Berlin) 9:11
3. Black Coffee Blues (New York) 9:14
4. Black Coffee Blues (Geneva) 9:10
5. Black Coffee Blues (San Francisco) 9:39
6. Black Coffee Blues (Georgia) 13:48

1. Invisible Woman Blues 5:01
2. Monster 20:09
3. Exhaustion Blues 13:14
4. I Know You 5:09

PopMatters, "One senses that there is no small amount of self-loathing percolating beneath Rollins’s assured surface, and if you’re looking for a document to support this theory, look no further than Black Coffee Blues."^[1]