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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Not only was Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA, he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon. Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town, where his parents struggled to make ends meet. Bruce didn't fit in at school but found solace in rock and roll and playing guitar. After the breakup of a local band he'd joined, Springsteen went out on his own and people began to take notice. He signed with Columbia Records...
82) Mellencamp
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xviii, 300 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"John Mellencamp is not your typical rock star. Not only has he absorbed into his own work the influence of Faulkner, Williams, Steinbeck and other such literary giants, but he himself could have stepped straight from the pages of any of their great American novels. A complex, colorful and larger than life character, Mellencamp, like Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash before him, walks to the beat of his own drum. Or, as he told author and veteran music journalist,...
83) The boy is gonna rock: a drummer's journey from Houston to Hollywood in search of hair metal heaven
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Publisher
Zen Man Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Take a Ride with the Boy Through the Heart of the Last Great Era of Hard Rock! Drumming phenom Bobby Rock takes you behind the scenes to the genesis of his extraordinary musical journey: from the moment he decided to become a drummer, to his fanatical practice and training regimen, to the destined path that led him from Houston to Hollywood—during the height of the 80s hair metal explosion—for a fateful audition with ex-Kiss guitarist's, Vinnie...
Publisher
Sexy Intellectual
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documents the life and work of rock guitarist Duane Allman. Includes contributions from engineers and producers the Albert Brothers, who forged the Allman Brothers and the Derek & the Dominos sound; Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section founding members David Hood and Jimmy Johnson; Paul Hornsby and Pete Carr, former members of the Hour Glass; Willie Perkins, Allman Brothers road manager, 1970-1975; Allman biographers Randy Poe and Scott Freeman; E.J. Devokaitis,...
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"July 2018 marks fifty years since The Band first released their groundbreaking debut album, Music from Big Pink, which grew out of sessions at the group's big pink house in the woods of Ulster County, New York. A celebration of their music, this unofficial retrospective spans their career from their early days playing with Ronnie Hawkins and their collaborations with Bob Dylan to their tours, recordings, and landmark final show, The Last Waltz, filmed...
86) Forever young
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Publisher
Library Ideas, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 VOX book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE. The classic anthem to youth from Bob Dylan, one of our best-loved songwriters, reimagined as a picture book by award-winning illustrator Paul Rogers. Since it first appeared on the 1974 album Planet Waves, "Forever Young" has been one of Bob Dylan's most beloved songs. Now award-winning artist Paul Rogers gives us a new interpretation of the lyrics. With images inspired by classic Dylan songs and pieces of...
87) Born to run
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xii, 508 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Language
English
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The saga of the legendary Los Angeles band Little Feat is one of rock 'n' roll's great stories. Formed in 1969 by ex-members of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Little Feat created groove-heavy music that was an irresistible mix of rock, blues, R&B, country, jazz, soul, and funk. Fronted by the charismatic but doomed vocalist and brilliant slide guitarist Lowell George, the band recorded such classic studio albums as Sailin' Shoes and Dixie Chicken,...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"HOLLYWOOD PARK is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country's most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse. Yet, ultimately, his is a story of fierce love and family loyalty told in a raw, poetic voice that signals the emergence of a uniquely gifted writer. We were never young. We were just too afraid of ourselves. No one told us who we were or...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"A warm and surprisingly real-life biography, featuring never-before-seen photos, of one of rock's greatest talents: Prince. Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Karlen interviewed Prince for three Rolling Stone cover stories, wrote "3 Chains o' Gold," Prince's "rock video opera," as well as the...
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The ultimate front-row seat to the rise, fall, and rebirth of a band that was--for a time--the biggest in the world, Hootie & the Blowish, and Jim Sonefeld's shattering and redeeming spiritual path from addiction to recovery and a more fruitful life. For a time, there was no bigger band in the world than Hootie & the Blowfish--rock & roll's unexpected foil to the grunge music that dominated the early '90s airwaves. In Swimming with the Blowfish,...
96) The king
Language
English
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Driving a Rolls-Royce once owned by Elvis Presley - with a revolving crew of musicians in the backseat - director Eugene Jarecki embarks on a cross-country road trip to explore how Elvis lost his authenticity as America lost its soul. Nominated for the Golden Eye Award at the 2017 **Cannes Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**. *"Sprawling and brilliant."* - David Ehrlich, ***indieWire*** *"Perceptive, probing and ultimately...
97) All I can say
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Language
English
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Shannon Hoon, lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, filmed himself religiously from 1990-1995 with a video camera, recording up until a few hours before his sudden death at the age of twenty-eight. His camera was a diary and his closest confidant. In the hundreds of hours of footage, Hoon meticulously documented his life—his family, his creative process, his television, his band’s rise to fame, and his struggle with addiction. He filmed his...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The no-holds-barred group autobiography of the critically-acclaimed feminist punk-rock group, The Lunachicks FALLOPIAN RHAPSODY: THE STORY OF THE LUNACHICKS is a coming-of-age tale about a band of NYC teenagers who forged a sisterhood, found salvation, and fervently crashed the gates of punk rock during the '90s, accidentally becoming feminist icons along the way. More than that, this is a story about the enduring friendship among the book's three...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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In This Is All a Dream We Dreamed, two of the most well-respected chroniclers of the Dead, Blair Jackson and David Gans, reveal the band's story through the words of its members, their creative collaborators and peers, and a number of diverse fans, stitching together a multitude of voices into a seamless oral tapestry. Capturing the ebullient spirit at the group's core, Jackson and Gans weave together a musical saga that examines the music
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Two iconic bands. An unforgettable life. One of the most dynamic groups of the '70s and '80s, Talking Heads, founded by drummer Chris Frantz, his girlfriend Tina Weymouth, and lead singer David Byrne, burst onto the music scene, playing at CBGBs, touring Europe with the Ramones, and creating hits like "Psycho Killer" and "Burning Down the House" that captured the post-baby boom generation's intense, affectless style. In Remain in Love, Frantz writes...
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