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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583226865Author Mike MarquseeFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 388g

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Considered by many the world's greatest composer, Ludwig van Beethoven achieved his ambitions against the difficulties of a bullying and drunken father, growing deafness and mounting ill-health. Here, Anne Pimlott Baker tells the story of the German...

'Get the inside scoop on all things Spice!' OK! Magazine 'A compelling new book' Daily Express From the moment they burst...

More people watched his nationally syndicated television show between 1953 and 1955 than followed "I Love Lucy". Even a decade after his death, the attendance records he set at Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall still...

An engaging biography of a living musical legend, Oscar Peterson. A man Duke Ellington once called the " maharajah of the piano." Gene Lees carefully builds up the portrait of Peterson, his childhood and what it meant to be be black and talented in...

With their complex textures, rich harmonies and elaborate use of leitmotifs, the operas of Richard Wagner (1813 - 83) remain some of the most influential - and contentious - in the history of the genre. But while Wagner won enormous renown for what...

By the time Weisman met Sinatra in 1976, he was already the Voice, a man who held sway over popular music and pop culture for forty years, who had risen to the greatest heights of fame and plumbed the depths of failure, all the while surviving with the...

Foreword by Neil Peart.THTHTalent energy dedication discipline passion innovation education drive mind body spirit vision honor truth and EdrumsE make the man: Kenny Aronoff. Voted by ERolling StoneE magazine as one of the greatest drummers...

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...

The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538713006Author Lauren MarinoFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

Celebrating Anita O'Day s 100th birthday anniversary, this classic and engaging memoir is a must read for anyone wanting a real look behind the scenes at the 'golden age' of jazz. The New York Times calls it, a fascinating travelogue through the jazz...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606998489Author Ed PiskorFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 534g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493276802Author Janet HorvathFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Amsterdam PublishersPublisher Amsterdam PublishersWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm)...

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In the 1930s swing music was everywhere-on radio, recordings, and in the great ballrooms, hotels, theatres, and clubs. Perhaps at no other time were drummers more central to the sound and spirit of jazz. Benny Goodman showcased Gene Krupa. Jimmy Dorsey...

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This memoir charts the extraordinary rise to fame of living blues legend, Bobby Rush. Born Emmet Ellis, Jr. in Homer, Louisiana, he adopted the stage name Bobby Rush out of respect for his father, a pastor. As a teenager, Rush acquired his first real...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997385106Author Bobby RydellFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Doctor Licks PublishingPublisher Doctor Licks PublishingWeight(grams) 313g

The Rolling Stone interview was the centerpiece of the most important American magazine of its generation. It was - and continues to be today - the imprimatur of true cultural importance, the place where our heroes, idols and stars unveil their great...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609808341Author Quincy TroupeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979811067Author Alan LeedsFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Wax Poetics BooksPublisher Wax Poetics BooksWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842404720Author Tim FootmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Chrome DreamsPublisher Chrome DreamsWeight(grams) 523g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842404720Author Tim FootmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Chrome DreamsPublisher Chrome DreamsWeight(grams) 523g

The epic story of legendary band Yothu Yindi and 'Treaty', the song that gave voice to a movementWITH INTRODUCTIONS BY YALMAY YUNUPINGU & WITIYANA MARIKA Sometimes a musical revolution can erupt from the most unlikely of places. Long before they were...

The updated version of McIver's bestselling biography explores the aftermath of Metallica's comeback in the wake of 2008's Death Magnetic. The band entering the Rock And Hall Of Fame, toured as the leading member of the Big Four Of Thrash alongside...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927665Author Clinton HeylinFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062061034Author B B KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

For this authoritative post-cold-war biography of Shostakovich's illustrious but turbulent career under Soviet rule, Laurel E. Fay has gone back to primary documents: Shostakovich's many letters, concert programs and reviews, newspaper articles, and...

When Columbia Records finally decided to open up the voluminous Bob Dylan vaults, unleashing thousands of hours of long-sought-after, oft-rumored, unreleased material, it was hard to keep up. Included in the release were six CDs of Blood On The Tracks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993356674Author Chris HutchinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Neville Ness House LtdPublisher Neville Ness House Ltd

Go behind the scenes with the musician The New York Times called "a guitar God!"Oft-hailed as the Jimi Hendrix of his generation, living guitar legend Joe Satriani has long transcended stylistic boundaries with a sound that raises the bar like a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250871459Author Marissa R MossFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 155mm *...

As charismatic and gifted as he was volatile, Jimmy Martin recorded dozens of bluegrass classics and co-invented the high lonesome sound. Barbara Martin Stephens became involved with the King of Bluegrass at age seventeen. Don't Give your Heart to a...

Winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award The life (1912-1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool is the comprehensive biography of a self-taught...

Bursting onto the pop music scene during the British electronic pop craze at the beginning of the 80s, and enjoying success and longevity greater than any of their kindred bands, Depeche Mode continues to bring music to the masses through their albums...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935247135Author Josef WoodardFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Silman-James Press,U.S.Publisher Silman-James Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 404g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401307455Author Anthony KiedisFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 135mm * 36mm