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Riders on the Storm
My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors
Written by John Densmore
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $17.00
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My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors
Written by John Densmore
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $17.00
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Bowie
A Biography
Written by Marc Spitz
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $26.99
Finally an expansive biography of one of the twentieth century’s greatest music and cultural icons
From noted author and rock ’n’ roll journalist Marc Spitz comes a major David Bowie biography to rival any other. Following Bowie’s life from his start as David Jones, an R & B—loving kid from Bromley... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Marc Spitz
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $26.99
Finally an expansive biography of one of the twentieth century’s greatest music and cultural icons
From noted author and rock ’n’ roll journalist Marc Spitz comes a major David Bowie biography to rival any other. Following Bowie’s life from his start as David Jones, an R & B—loving kid from Bromley... Read more >
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Bowie
A Biography
Written by Marc Spitz
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $26.99
Finally an expansive biography of one of the twentieth century’s greatest music and cultural icons
From noted author and rock ’n’ roll journalist Marc Spitz comes a major David Bowie biography to rival any other. Following Bowie’s life from his start as David Jones, an R & B—loving kid from Bromley... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Marc Spitz
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $26.99
Finally an expansive biography of one of the twentieth century’s greatest music and cultural icons
From noted author and rock ’n’ roll journalist Marc Spitz comes a major David Bowie biography to rival any other. Following Bowie’s life from his start as David Jones, an R & B—loving kid from Bromley... Read more >
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Neil and Me
Written by Scott Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.95
Scott Young chronicles his son’s early years in and around Toronto and Winnipeg and his rise from journeyman, musician to superstar in the 1960s and 1970s. The frequent occasions when Scott and Neil’s paths have crossed – from backstage meetings and family get-togethers to a sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall –... Read more >
Written by Scott Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 408 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.95
Scott Young chronicles his son’s early years in and around Toronto and Winnipeg and his rise from journeyman, musician to superstar in the 1960s and 1970s. The frequent occasions when Scott and Neil’s paths have crossed – from backstage meetings and family get-togethers to a sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall –... Read more >
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Neil and Me
Written by Scott Young
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.95
Scott Young chronicles his son’s early years in and around Toronto and Winnipeg and his rise from journeyman, musician to superstar in the 1960s and 1970s. The frequent occasions when Scott and Neil’s paths have crossed – from backstage meetings and family get-togethers to a sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall –... Read more >
Written by Scott Young
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.95
Scott Young chronicles his son’s early years in and around Toronto and Winnipeg and his rise from journeyman, musician to superstar in the 1960s and 1970s. The frequent occasions when Scott and Neil’s paths have crossed – from backstage meetings and family get-togethers to a sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall –... Read more >
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Exit Music
The Radiohead Story
Written by Mac Randall
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2009
Price: $16.00
This October, when Radiohead release their highly anticipated follow-up to 1997's guitar-driven OK Computer, music critics may very well bestow the Oxford quintet with "The Most Important Band in Rock" accolade that cursed U2, R.E.M. and the Clash. The East Coast editor of Launch magazine, Randall is undoubtedly one of the... Read more >
The Radiohead Story
Written by Mac Randall
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2009
Price: $16.00
This October, when Radiohead release their highly anticipated follow-up to 1997's guitar-driven OK Computer, music critics may very well bestow the Oxford quintet with "The Most Important Band in Rock" accolade that cursed U2, R.E.M. and the Clash. The East Coast editor of Launch magazine, Randall is undoubtedly one of the... Read more >
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The Portable Henry Rollins
Written by Henry Rollins
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $19.95
Henry Rollins is an artist whose legendary, no-holds-barred performances encompasses music, acting, and written and spoken word. As Details magazine said when it named Rollins the 1994 Man of the Year: "through two decades of rage and discipline, Henry Rollins has transformed himself from an L.A. punk rocker into a universal soldier. His... Read more >
Written by Henry Rollins
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $19.95
Henry Rollins is an artist whose legendary, no-holds-barred performances encompasses music, acting, and written and spoken word. As Details magazine said when it named Rollins the 1994 Man of the Year: "through two decades of rage and discipline, Henry Rollins has transformed himself from an L.A. punk rocker into a universal soldier. His... Read more >
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A Fine Romance
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $23.00
In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook--the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies--and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.
An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears... Read more >
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $23.00
In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook--the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies--and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.
An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears... Read more >
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A Fine Romance
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $23.00
In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook--the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies--and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.
An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears... Read more >
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Written by David Lehman
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $23.00
In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook--the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies--and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.
An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears... Read more >
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Portrait of Johnny
The Life of John Herndon Mercer
Written by Gene Lees
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $27.50
An intimate biography of the great songwriter, this is also a deeply affectionate memoir by one of Johnny Mercer’s best friends.
“Moon River,” “Laura,” “Skylark,” ”That Old Black Magic,” “One for My Baby,” “Accentuate the Positive,” “Satin Doll,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Something’s Gotta Give”—the honor roll of Mercer’s songs is... Read more >
The Life of John Herndon Mercer
Written by Gene Lees
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $27.50
An intimate biography of the great songwriter, this is also a deeply affectionate memoir by one of Johnny Mercer’s best friends.
“Moon River,” “Laura,” “Skylark,” ”That Old Black Magic,” “One for My Baby,” “Accentuate the Positive,” “Satin Doll,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Something’s Gotta Give”—the honor roll of Mercer’s songs is... Read more >
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Westlife
In Our Own Words
Written by Eugene Masterson
Foreword by Ronan Keating
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2009
Price: $9.95
WHEN IRISH GUYS ARE SMILING
Meet Westlife: Nicky, Mark, Bryan, Kian, and Shane--America's new pop sensation. These five Irish lads have broken record after record in their rise from obscurity to stardom. Now in Westlife: In Our Own Words the band tells their story, their way. Compiled from interviews with journalist Eugene... Read more >
In Our Own Words
Written by Eugene Masterson
Foreword by Ronan Keating
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2009
Price: $9.95
WHEN IRISH GUYS ARE SMILING
Meet Westlife: Nicky, Mark, Bryan, Kian, and Shane--America's new pop sensation. These five Irish lads have broken record after record in their rise from obscurity to stardom. Now in Westlife: In Our Own Words the band tells their story, their way. Compiled from interviews with journalist Eugene... Read more >
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A Freewheelin' Time
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
Written by Suze Rotolo
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $14.95
A Freewheelin’ Time is Suze Rotolo’s firsthand, eyewitness, participant-observer account of the immensely creative and fertile years of the 1960s, just before the circus was in full swing and Bob Dylan became the anointed ringmaster. It chronicles the back-story of Greenwich Village in the early days of the folk music explosion... Read more >
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
Written by Suze Rotolo
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $14.95
A Freewheelin’ Time is Suze Rotolo’s firsthand, eyewitness, participant-observer account of the immensely creative and fertile years of the 1960s, just before the circus was in full swing and Bob Dylan became the anointed ringmaster. It chronicles the back-story of Greenwich Village in the early days of the folk music explosion... Read more >
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The Protest Singer
An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger
Written by Alec Wilkinson
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $22.95
A true American original is brought to life in this rich and lively portrait of Pete Seeger, who, with his musical grace and inextinguishable passion for social justice, transformed folk singing into a high form of peaceful protest in the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on his extensive talks... Read more >
An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger
Written by Alec Wilkinson
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $22.95
A true American original is brought to life in this rich and lively portrait of Pete Seeger, who, with his musical grace and inextinguishable passion for social justice, transformed folk singing into a high form of peaceful protest in the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on his extensive talks... Read more >
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The Protest Singer
Written by Alec Wilkinson
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $22.95
A true American original is brought to life in this rich and lively portrait of Pete Seeger, who, with his musical grace and inextinguishable passion for social justice, transformed folk singing into a high form of peaceful protest in the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on his extensive talks... Read more >
Written by Alec Wilkinson
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $22.95
A true American original is brought to life in this rich and lively portrait of Pete Seeger, who, with his musical grace and inextinguishable passion for social justice, transformed folk singing into a high form of peaceful protest in the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on his extensive talks... Read more >
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Cat Power
A Good Woman
Written by Elizabeth Goodman
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $13.95
How Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, Survived Herself–and Became the Indie Rock Queen.
Chan Marshall’s stark lyrics, minimal arrangements,and wounded, smoky vocals, were an instant indie hit in the nineties–but her mental instability nearly derailed her career. How this sensitive but headstrong Georgian daughter of an unstable mother and a relatively unknown... Read more >
A Good Woman
Written by Elizabeth Goodman
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $13.95
How Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, Survived Herself–and Became the Indie Rock Queen.
Chan Marshall’s stark lyrics, minimal arrangements,and wounded, smoky vocals, were an instant indie hit in the nineties–but her mental instability nearly derailed her career. How this sensitive but headstrong Georgian daughter of an unstable mother and a relatively unknown... Read more >
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Cat Power
A Good Woman
Written by Elizabeth Goodman
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $13.95
How Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, Survived Herself–and Became the Indie Rock Queen.
Chan Marshall’s stark lyrics, minimal arrangements,and wounded, smoky vocals, were an instant indie hit in the nineties–but her mental instability nearly derailed her career. How this sensitive but headstrong Georgian daughter of an unstable mother and a relatively unknown... Read more >
A Good Woman
Written by Elizabeth Goodman
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $13.95
How Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, Survived Herself–and Became the Indie Rock Queen.
Chan Marshall’s stark lyrics, minimal arrangements,and wounded, smoky vocals, were an instant indie hit in the nineties–but her mental instability nearly derailed her career. How this sensitive but headstrong Georgian daughter of an unstable mother and a relatively unknown... Read more >
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W.C. Handy
The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues
Written by David Roberston
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $27.95
Before there was Elvis, there was W.C. Handy, “the man who made the blues.” Here is the first major biography in decades of the man who gave us such iconic songs as “St. Louis Blues,” “The Memphis Blues,” and “Beale Street Blues,” and who was responsible, more than any other musician... Read more >
The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues
Written by David Roberston
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $27.95
Before there was Elvis, there was W.C. Handy, “the man who made the blues.” Here is the first major biography in decades of the man who gave us such iconic songs as “St. Louis Blues,” “The Memphis Blues,” and “Beale Street Blues,” and who was responsible, more than any other musician... Read more >
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W.C. Handy
Written by David Robertson
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $27.95
The first major biography in decades of the man who gave us such iconic songs as “St. Louis Blues,” “Memphis Blues,” and “Beale Street Blues,” and who was responsible, more than any other musician, for bringing the blues into the American mainstream.
David Robertson charts W. C. Handy’s rise from a rural... Read more >
Written by David Robertson
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $27.95
The first major biography in decades of the man who gave us such iconic songs as “St. Louis Blues,” “Memphis Blues,” and “Beale Street Blues,” and who was responsible, more than any other musician, for bringing the blues into the American mainstream.
David Robertson charts W. C. Handy’s rise from a rural... Read more >
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The Facts of Life
and Other Dirty Jokes
Written by Willie Nelson
Foreword by Larry McMurtry
Format: eBook, 248 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $13.95
If you had to give America a voice, it’s been said more than once, that voice would be Willie Nelson’s. For more than fifty years, he’s taken the stuff of his life-the good and the bad-and made from it a body of work that has become a permanent part of our... Read more >
and Other Dirty Jokes
Written by Willie Nelson
Foreword by Larry McMurtry
Format: eBook, 248 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $13.95
If you had to give America a voice, it’s been said more than once, that voice would be Willie Nelson’s. For more than fifty years, he’s taken the stuff of his life-the good and the bad-and made from it a body of work that has become a permanent part of our... Read more >
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The Toughest Show on Earth
Written by Joseph Volpe and Charles Michener
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.00
The Toughest Show on Earth is the ultimate behind-the-scenes chronicle of the divas and the dramas of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House, by the remarkable man who rose from apprentice carpenter to general manager.
Joseph Volpe gives us an anecdote-filled tour of more than four decades at the Met, an institution full... Read more >
Written by Joseph Volpe and Charles Michener
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.00
The Toughest Show on Earth is the ultimate behind-the-scenes chronicle of the divas and the dramas of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House, by the remarkable man who rose from apprentice carpenter to general manager.
Joseph Volpe gives us an anecdote-filled tour of more than four decades at the Met, an institution full... Read more >
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For the Music
The Vince Gill Story
Written by Jo Sgammato
Format: eBook, 236 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $15.00
TO LOVE MUSIC IS TO LOVE VINCE GILL
His pure tenor voice, amazing guitar playing, and superb songwriting skills have earned Vince Gill eleven Grammies and seventeen Country Music Association Awards--making him the biggest CMA winner of all time. But it's the man behind the music who inspires so much love and... Read more >
The Vince Gill Story
Written by Jo Sgammato
Format: eBook, 236 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $15.00
TO LOVE MUSIC IS TO LOVE VINCE GILL
His pure tenor voice, amazing guitar playing, and superb songwriting skills have earned Vince Gill eleven Grammies and seventeen Country Music Association Awards--making him the biggest CMA winner of all time. But it's the man behind the music who inspires so much love and... Read more >
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Tori Amos: Piece by Piece
Written by Tori Amos and Ann Powers
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
I choose to fight my battles through my music . . . I was born a feminist. And then at age five, when my strict Christian grandmother punished me, I realized, I’m not penetrating here. I’m just pissing people off. So I had to find another way to penetrate. I had... Read more >
Written by Tori Amos and Ann Powers
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $15.95
I choose to fight my battles through my music . . . I was born a feminist. And then at age five, when my strict Christian grandmother punished me, I realized, I’m not penetrating here. I’m just pissing people off. So I had to find another way to penetrate. I had... Read more >
Wilco
Learning How to Die
Written by Greg Kot
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $14.00
The intimate story of one of the great American bands of our time, creators of the controversial masterpiece Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
When alt-country heroes-turned-rock-iconoclasts Wilco handed in their fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, to the band’s label, Reprise, a division of Warner Brothers, fans looked forward to the release of another challenging... Read more >
Learning How to Die
Written by Greg Kot
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $14.00
The intimate story of one of the great American bands of our time, creators of the controversial masterpiece Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
When alt-country heroes-turned-rock-iconoclasts Wilco handed in their fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, to the band’s label, Reprise, a division of Warner Brothers, fans looked forward to the release of another challenging... Read more >
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Life on Planet Rock
From Guns N' Roses to Nirvana, a Backstage Journey through Rock's Most Debauched Decade
Written by Lonn Friend
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $14.95
For the generation coming of age in the years from 1987 to 1994, RIP magazine was every bit as crucial as Rolling Stone. Life on Planet Rock describes how Friend, the editor of RIP, became the Zelig-like chronicler of the biggest musical moments of that time—from introducing Guns N’ Roses (in... Read more >
From Guns N' Roses to Nirvana, a Backstage Journey through Rock's Most Debauched Decade
Written by Lonn Friend
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $14.95
For the generation coming of age in the years from 1987 to 1994, RIP magazine was every bit as crucial as Rolling Stone. Life on Planet Rock describes how Friend, the editor of RIP, became the Zelig-like chronicler of the biggest musical moments of that time—from introducing Guns N’ Roses (in... Read more >
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Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs
Written by Dave Bidini
Format: Trade Paperback, 328 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $19.99
The strengths of Bidini’s two best-loved books, On a Cold Road and Tropic of Hockey, music and travel to unlikely places, come together in this account of his search for rock ‘n’ roll.
When it looks as if the Rheostatics are breaking up after more than twenty years together, Dave Bidini is... Read more >
Written by Dave Bidini
Format: Trade Paperback, 328 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $19.99
The strengths of Bidini’s two best-loved books, On a Cold Road and Tropic of Hockey, music and travel to unlikely places, come together in this account of his search for rock ‘n’ roll.
When it looks as if the Rheostatics are breaking up after more than twenty years together, Dave Bidini is... Read more >
