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Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters is both a gonzo rush-capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they lived-and a wide-eyed reflection on why the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World needed the…
EThe Complete Singer-SongwriterE is the ultimate guide for the modern performer chock-full of tips tools and inspiration for both aspiring troubadours and those looking to take their craft and career to the next level. Author Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers…
Here is a no-nonsense guide to the world of beer answering many burning questions about the diverse array of styles ingredients and international brewing and drinking traditions that drive the world's most popular beverage.THEBeer FAQE features insi…
Presenting a remarkable selection of songs ranging from vintage rock 'n' roll to today's electronic dance music this book analyzes in fine detail the writing and recording techniques behind 100 selected singles and album cuts to see exactly what mak…
Is an entertaining and informative collection of conversations with the legends and rising stars of blues and rock music, drawn from the popular syndicated radio series, The House of Blues Radio. Host Dan Aykroyd has interviewed over 900 blues and r…
Kinky Friedman has always maintained his Kinkster persona and hidden Richard Friedman from the public eye. Using one-liners humor and occasional rudeness he follows the advice of his friend Bob Dylan to keep an aura of mystery. Author Mary Lou Sulli…
Growing from a small custom shop in the early 1970s to the only new brand to have challenged the traditional Big Three of American acoustic guitars (Gibson Guild and Martin) Taylor has effectively changed the marketplace for acoustic steel-string gu…
Few would dispute U2's position as the biggest rock band in the world. Active and relevant for nearly thirty-five years, Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr. have been masters of reinvention, thriving artistically while continuing to…
ESurf BeatE is the first book to tell the story of the birth of surf music and its persistent survival and reinvention in the face of decades of dismissal as a mere cultural aberration.THTHConventional wisdom posits that rock 'n' roll languished in…
(Book). Weaving firsthand interviews with personal insights, plus notes on recommended recordings, this book salutes the musical anarchists who have ignited generations of players and fans. Whether it's Ike Turner, who cut the first rock & roll reco…
Over 30 million records sold. The most photographed British star of the '80s - alongside Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher. Not since the Beatles has a British personality been so well known internationally, across a complete cross-section of age…
Although he's a showbiz lifer Billy Vera is cut from a wholly different cloth than his peers. If an artist is measured by their devotion to their craft EHarlem to HollywoodE may be the purest treatise on the subject ever produced. All the better it'…
A Grammy winner and pioneer of multi-track jazz recording Bill Evans was the pianist on Miles Davis' classic EKind of BlueE album and a key figure in the development of modern jazz piano. This new Backbeat book details his wide-ranging and absorbing…
What is steampunk? THGoing beyond the standard default definitions of Victorian science fiction yesterday's tomorrow today or some other equally vague or limited description ESteampunk FAQE provides a historical exploration of its literary and cinem…
In a career spanning five decades Elton John has sold over 250 million records worldwide and has appeared in nearly 4 000 live performances. Inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame the Grammy Oscar and Tony…
Led by the iconic frontman Robert Smith, the Cure remain one of the most beloved and influential bands in the history of alternative rock. Thanks in part to classic singles like "Just Like Heaven," "Boys Don't Cry," "Lovesong," "In Between Days," an…
Mixerman is a recording engineer working with a famous producer on the debut album of an unknown band with a giant recording budget. Like all great narratives, Mixerman's diary has many anti-heroes for whom we, the readers, can have nothing but cont…
This book covers all aspects of starting and running a professional sound recording studio from smaller project-style facilities to million dollar majors. For the first time here is one guide that combines serious business planning studio design and…
EIncurable BluesE explores the life and genius of Hubert Sumlin a highly influential guitarist who has survived cancer alcoholism and personal and professional tribulations to testify to the classic days of Chicago blues. Sumlin's incendiary guitar…
Born in Texas and raised in Arizona Buck Owens eventually found his way to Bakersfield California. Unlike the vast majority of country singers songwriters and musicians who made their fortunes working and living in Nashville the often rebellious and…
EBuck 'Em! The Autobiography of Buck OwensE is the life story of a country music legend. Born in Texas and raised in Arizona Buck eventually found his way to Bakersfield California. Unlike the vast majority of country singers songwriters and musicia…
Alcoholic. Epileptic. Technically challenged. Jimmy Reed nevertheless overcame these roadblocks to become perhaps the most successful R&B/pop cross-over artist of the '50s with songs like Big Boss Man and Bright Lights Big City. Musicians family mem…
The definitive unauthorized biography of Jeff Beck! This well-researched enlightening book positions Jeff Beck's astonishing achievements a like the pioneering of feedback a within the musical climate of the times. Chronicling his incarnations befor…
A visual celebration of one of the most enigmatic and influential musicians of the modern era focuses on the myth and music of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, placing him squarely in the historical context of the 1960s while retracing his career.
(Book). Focusing on the human aspects of radio, this inspirational handbook offers a proven regimen for improving the craft of programming in today's corporate-controlled world of radio. It helps readers develop leadership or "coaching" skills, and…
Jimi Hendrix was such an extraordinary guitarist it can be easy to forget that just as much passion soul and precision went into his lyrics. Inspired by Bob Dylan Hendrix was a fearless lyrical innovator willing to let his imagination guide him to l…
1963 a tail fins were in sock hops were hot and a fairytale white knight was president. That summer sixteen year-old singer Lesley Gore released her debut single It's My Party propelling her to Number One on the charts. For the next several years th…
The first half of the 1970s was an especially fertile period for British progressive rock laying claim to classics such as ETarkusE ESelling England by the PoundE ELarks' Tongues in AspicE EThe Dark Side of the MoonE and EThick as a BrickE. Collecti…
Filled with reminiscences from band members, insiders, and fans, this loving portrait of the band from Athens, Georgia, explores the personalities in the band, the dynamics behind the music, and the truth behind the legend of R.E.M. Original.
Be a fly on the wall of sound: get the inside history and behind-the-scenes events in the making of a masterpiece. In this refreshing book a which focuses solely on Amy Winehouse's musical artistry stylistic influences and creative collaborations wi…
In his 1960s-1970s heyday Rod McKuen was a phenomenally popular singer-songwriter as well as the bestselling poet in publishing history. To his legions of fans around the world he was a voice of compassion and healing as much a prophet as an author/…
In his 1960s-1970s heyday, Rod McKuen was a phenomenally popular singer-songwriter as well as the bestselling poet in publishing history. To his legions of fans around the world, he was a voice of compassion and healing, as much a prophet as an auth…
This story of a musician hailed as a genius and dismissed as a madman will appeal to anyone intrigued by the fine line between creative inspiration and insanity. Jaco looks deep inside the life and music of this talented but tormented bass player wh…
A half-century after their first single release Surfin' the Beach Boys continue to define California popular culture and the sunshine-infused sound that will forever be its living soundtrack. But beyond innocent harmonies touting the delights of cat…
To Alice Cooper the outlaw quality of rock 'n' roll is little more than theater. Just because I cut the heads off dolls doesn't mean I hate babies he once said. But others have lived by the criminal philosophy espoused in their work. The only negati…
(Book). Radiohead doesn't play by the rules of rock stardom. When conventional wisdom urges a turn to the right, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, and Phil Selway unfailingly turn left. Despite or perhaps because of this, Rad…
Jamband - the word brings to mind long summer days of hanging out with friends and listening to an astounding array of talented musicians. This book takes an in-depth look at the bands and fans of this lively, diverse musical and cultural phenomenon…
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EHearts of DarknessE is the story of a generation's coming of age through the experiences of its three most atypical pop stars. James Taylor Jackson Browne and Cat Stevens could never have been considered your typical late-sixties songwriters a self…
Nineteen seventy-seven. New York City. Dark. Dangerous. Thrilling. Punk Rock. Blondie. David Bowie. Drinking. Drugs. Happening at the speed of light.THSeventeen-year old Laura quaking within her skin while the bursting punk rock revolution explodes…
In 1964-1965, Larry Kane was the only American reporter, broadcast or newspaper, to travel with the Fab Four on every stop of their North American tour. In Ticket to Ride, Kane tells the story of what it was like to literally live with the four youn…
From faders to frequencies microphones to mixing pink noise to polarity this is the all-inclusive manual for creating the finest sound for live performances. It applies to the entire range of stage performers and their equipment a solo acoustic guit…
(FAQ Lifestyle). For as long as people have known that a smudge of ash rubbed into an opening in the skin would leave a permanent mark, tattoos have been a facet of society. Every people on the planet have had a tradition of tattooing, from the ocea…
Culled from the archives of EGuitar PlayerE magazine one of the most credible and longstanding music publications EGuitar Player Presents Clapton Beck PageE traces the mammoth and influential careers of the three most important guitarists in rock an…
On the heels of swing bebop lifted jazz from the dance floor into an art form powered by virtuoso players. This engaging collection of essays biographies and reviews by veteran jazz journalist Scott Yanow probes the lives and revolutionary works of…
After John Coltrane, there was no more revered and profoundly influential saxophonist on the planet than Michael Brecker. For those coming of age in the 1970s, during that transitional decade when the boundaries between rock and jazz had begun to bl…
This book was inspired by the eight-part Grammyx nominated film series titled ESoundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded MusicE. As Executive Producer Sir George Martin was the inspiration and intellectual force behind the series whic…
No band in recent history has divided listeners' opinions as much as Radiohead. Are they the Beatles of the twenty-first century, or is their music just pretentious, overly melancholic, and sometimes boring? Musician, pop-culture critic, and playwri…
Launched in 1967 EGuitar PlayerE was the only guitar publication in existence when the '60s and '70s six-string explosion ignited across the globe. As a result EGuitar PlayerE interviewed scores of seminal guitar stars as the magic happened. Now EGu…
