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Neil Young: Special Deluxe book cover Neil Young: Special Deluxe book cover
Neil Young: Special Deluxe Neil Young: Special Deluxe (A Memoir of Life & Cars)
Neil Young - Alfred Music Publishing

Through the framework of the many vehicles he's collected and driven, Young explores his love for the well-crafted vintage automobile, and examines his newfound awareness of his hobby's negative

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On the Road with Janis Joplin book cover On the Road with Janis Joplin book cover
On the Road with Janis Joplin On the Road with Janis Joplin
John Byrne Cooke - Alfred Music Publishing

This intimate memoir spans the years he spent with Janis, from her legendary rise to her tragic last days. Cooke tells the whole incredible story as only someone who lived it could. Hardcover book.

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Rock and Roll's Hidden Giant Rock and Roll's Hidden Giant (The Story of Rock Pioneer Charlie Gracie)
Charlie Gracie - Alfred Music Publishing

Rock & Roll's Hidden Giant uncovers Charlie's inspiring story, tracing his rise to the top of the charts through to his fall from fame. From his upbringing on the streets of Philadelphia to the tragic

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Who Is Bob Dylan? book cover Who Is Bob Dylan? book cover
Who Is Bob Dylan? Who Is Bob Dylan?
Jim O'Connor - Alfred Music Publishing

A singer-songwriter, musician, and artist, Bob Dylan is an American icon. In the past five decades, Dylan's work has influenced everyone from John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie to rapper

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Ready for a Brand New Beat Ready for a Brand New Beat (How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America)
Mark Kurlansky - Alfred Music Publishing

Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote "Dancing in the Street." The song was recorded at Motown's Hitville

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Waging Heavy Peace book cover Waging Heavy Peace book cover
Waging Heavy Peace Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young - Alfred Music Publishing

For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Neil Young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity. He tells of his childhood in Ontario, where his father... view details
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No Beethoven No Beethoven (An Autobiography & Chronicle of Weather Report)
Peter Erskine - Alfred Music Publishing

No Beethoven chronicles the life and times of drummer Peter Erskine, with the legendary band Weather Report being the nexus to this first-hand account. Erskine was in the midst of the modern American jazz... view details
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The One The One (The Life and Music of James Brown)
R.J. Smith - Alfred Music Publishing

The definitive biography of James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul," with fascinating findings on his life as a Civil Rights activist, an entrepreneur, and the most innovative musician of our time. Playing 350... view details
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E Street Shuffle E Street Shuffle (The Glory Days of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band)
Clinton Heylin - Alfred Music Publishing

This book provides intimate look at one of rock's brightest stars and his legendary backing band by the Uk's premier rock journalist.  Before he was the swaggering, stadium-packing megastar, Bruce Springsteen... view details
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More Room in a Broken Heart More Room in a Broken Heart (The True Adventures of Carly Simon)
Stephen Davis - Alfred Music Publishing

A love song to an American icon: the first full-length biography of Carly Simon, from an acclaimed music journalist who has known her for decades.  Carly Simon has won two Grammys and an Academy Award, and her... view details
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I Want My MTV I Want My MTV (The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution)
Rob Tannenbaum & Craig Marks - Alfred Music Publishing

I Want My MTV tells the story of the first decade of MTV, the golden era when MTV's programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched religiously to see their favorite bands, learn about new music,... view details
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Jagger: Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue Jagger: Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue
Marc Spitz - Alfred Music Publishing

A culturally astute, often funny, and painstakingly researched read, Jagger offers a far richer portrait than biographies published previously.  The book reveals much about his relationships (with Marianne... view details
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December 8, 1980 December 8, 1980 (The Day John Lennon Died)
Keith Elliot Greenberg - Hal Leonard Corporation

Follow the events leading to the horrible moment with Mark David Chapman calmly fired his .38 Special into icon John Lennon with this book.  Lennon, as well as the other Beatles, his family, the shooter, fans,... view details
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Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust
Ken Scott & Bobby Owsinski - Alfred Music Publishing

"Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust" shares Ken Scott's intimate memories of working with some of the most important artists of the 20th century, while crafting a sound that influenced generations of music makers.... view details
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The Complete History of Guitar World The Complete History of Guitar World
Various - Backbeat Books

In this extraordinary book, the complete history of "Guitar World" is chronicled - from July 1980, when the very first issue, which featured Johnny Winter on its cover, took the guitar-playing community by... view details
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This Is Spinal Tap This Is Spinal Tap
John Kenneth Muir - Limelight Editions

In 1984, four comedians - Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, and Harry Shearer - unleashed "This Is Spinal Tap," the world's first "mock-rockumentary" and a joke that has lasted into the 21st... view details
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The Funky Bass Book The Funky Bass Book
Bill Leigh - Hal Leonard Corporation

This is the ultimate collection of "funktified" wisdom and inspiration, from the grooving pioneers of R&B, soul, and funk to the flame-tending funkateers of hip-hop, neo-soul, and gospel. With interviews and... view details
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Mountains Come Out of the Sky Mountains Come Out of the Sky
Will Romano - Hal Leonard Corporation

From its artful beginnings (Syd Barrett-era "Pink Floyd," the "Mothers of Invention," and those progressive forbearers, the Sgt. Pepper-era "Beatles"), through the towering guitar solos, monumental synthesizer... view details
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Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night after Night Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night after Night (His Early Years 1954-1982)
Craig Hopkins - Hal Leonard Corporation

In a day-by-day format, Craig Hopkins presents an unprecedented celebration of this wonderful artist.  This book is the first installment of a two-volume account of Vaughan's life.  With this work, Hopkins... view details
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Out of Our Heads Out of Our Heads
George Case - Hal Leonard Corporation

Take a trip through rock 'n' roll's haziest, craziest period, beginning with "The Beatles" and Bob Dylan "turning on" in a New York hotel, and continuing on through two decades of wonderful, colorful,... view details
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Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed)
Dave Thompson - Hal Leonard Corporation

First-ever look at the intertwining, outrageous lives of three rock legends. When Lou Reed and Iggy Pop first met David Bowie in the fall of 1971, Bowie was just another English musician passing through New... view details
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Sonic Boom! Sonic Boom! (The History of Northwest Rock, from "Louie, Louie" to "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
Peter Blecha - Hal Leonard Corporation

The compelling saga of how one backwater music scene could produce such disparate mega-talented artists as the "Ventures," Jimi Hendrix, "Heart," Robert Cray, "Queensryche," Sir Mix-a-lot, "Nirvana," and the... view details
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Pure Drop, A Pure Drop, A (The Life of Jeff Buckley)
Jeff Apter - Hal Leonard Corporation

Bono called Jeff Buckley "a pure drop in an ocean of noise."  In this startling new biography, Buckley's friends, peers, enemies, collaborators, lovers, and others speak of the Jeff they knew - or, in some... view details
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