Producer John Simon takes you on an incredible journey through his career in music with inside tales and quirky good humor. "Simon’s star-studded debut memoir populated with humorous details and matter-of-fact commentary is...
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Author:Blount, PattySummary:There may be two sides to every story, but sometimes there's only one way to set things right... Music is Elijah's life. His band plays loud and hard, and he'll do anything to get them a big break. He needs that success to help take...
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Author:Popoff, MartinSummary:The result of an extensive poll asking heavy metal fans to list their favourite high-octane albums, this compendium combines those survey results with Popoff’s original interviews with world famous rockers who reveal recording session...
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Author:Goodall, MarkSummary:Critical opinion on The Beatles (aka the 'White Album') in 1968 varies, the record being seen as something of a comedown after the exhilaration of the group’s somewhat over-rated predecessor, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In...
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Author:Svenonius, Ian F.Summary:Ian F. Svenonius's experience as an iconic underground rock musician--playing in such highly influential and revolutionary outfits as the Make-Up and the Nation of Ulysses--gives him special insight on techniques for not only...
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Author:Southall, BrianSummary:A carefully crafted and collectible volume celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of a legendary and groundbreaking Beatles album. Expert Brian Southall's unique edition recounts the story behind the music and the cultural climate of 1967...
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Rock ‘n’ Radio illustrates that Montreal was at the epicentre of the rock radio revolution in Canada, eventually attracting talented DJs from the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Their personal stories and the inevitable collision with the...
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Jo Sullivan just wanted some new material for her column in Winds of Change, a weekly rag willing to dust the dirt off the seamier side of Chicago. Then she meets 15-year-old Lexie Green, with her haunting eyes, eerie tale, and the...
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Author:Bidini, DaveSummary: - Author:Beaujour, Tom.Summary:
This program includes introductions read by the authors. "A backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock history—you'll feel like you were right there with us!" —Bret Michaels of Poison Nothin' But a Good...
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Different scenes of rock and roll have been birthed in different times and places since 1954. Kaye takes us on a historical carpet ride of rock and roll's most influential movements and moments.
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Author:Summary:A tribute to more than two dozen legendary music artists who significantly influenced the landscape of music for generations to come, from Ray Charles and Bob Dylan to Chuck Berry and Johnny Cash.
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Author:Phillips, BeauSummary:Provides an all-access behind-the-scenes VIP tour of when rock was great, courtesy of Beau Phillips, a former head of marketing at MTV and insider / occasional accomplice to the funny, decadent, and outrageous legends of classic rock in...
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Author:Kelly, PaulSummary:Each chapter, and there's a hundred of them, is a tightly written story in itself somehow relating to one of a hundred Paul Kelly songs:- Anastasia Changes Her Mind "Anastasia left a kiss on the mirror And a couple of...
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'Hollywood Edenbrings the lost humanity of the record business vividly back to life ... [Selvin's] style is blunt, unpretentious and brisk; he knows how to move things along entertainingly ... Songs about surfboards and...
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Author:Warga, JasmineSummary:Getting to know your father after sixteen years of estrangement doesn't happen on one road trip. But as Tal spends more time with Julian and his family, she begins to untangle her parents' secret past, and discovers a part of herself...
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Author:Barclay, Michael, Jack, Ian A. D., Schneider, JasonSummary:Published in autumn 2001, Have Not Been the Same became the first book to comprehensively document the rise of Canadian underground rock between the years 1985 and 1995. It was a tumultuous decade that saw the arrival of Blue...
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Author:Prato, GregSummary:Grunge Is Dead weaves together the definitive story of the Seattle music scene through a series of interviews with the people who were there. Taking the form of an “oral” history, this books contains over 130 interviews, along...
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Author:McWhirter, TeresaSummary:Five Little Bitches chronicles the rise and fall of the all-woman band, Wet Leather. Each of the women is plagued by her own unique demons, but their devotion to music and the punk lifestyle keeps them pushing on. As the band progresses...
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Author:Dillon, MarkSummary:Catch a wave with original insights behind the best tunes of the Beach Boys
An original look at a beloved band, Fifty Sides of The Beach Boys chronicles the story behind 50 of their greatest songs through...
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