Music

More than five decades after they first came together and changed the sound of rock'n' roll, the Grateful Dead remain one of rock's most beloved bands,a musical and cultural phenomenon that spans generations and paved the way for everything from the...

Stormy Weather is a biography of Lena Horne, one Hollywood's stars, and one of the first Tony and Grammy winning stars, who opened doors for black female entertainers such as Eartha Kitt, Sarah Vaughn, Diahann Carroll, Aretha Franklin, and Diana Ross, to...

The artists in this book defied genre and social convention to shape the music industry as we know it. But many of these incredible musicians have been overlooked or cast in supporting roles in their own stories simply because they are women. Until now...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316034418Author Keith RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Lamb of god vocalist D. Randall Blythe finally tells the whole incredible story of his arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter in the Czech Republic over the tragic and accidental death of a concertgoer in this riveting, gripping,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501190780Author Scott ChantlerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Gallery 13Publisher Gallery 13Weight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 239mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578964973Author Ben SidranFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Nardis BooksPublisher Nardis BooksWeight(grams) 367g

From the young Black teenager who built a bass guitar in woodshop to the musician building a solo career with Motown Records-Prince's bassist BrownMark on growing up in Minneapolis, joining Prince and The Revolution, and his life in the purple kingdom ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307390981Author Alec WilkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 185gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Walter Aaron Clark's detailed and accurate account (the first in English) of one of the most intriguing figures of the Romantic period is now available in paperback. Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909), a renowned concert pianist, created a national style of...

In the nearly eight decades since his death at age thirty-five, singer-songwriter Jimmie Rodgers has been an inspiration for numerous top performers-from Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, and Hank Williams to Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Beck. How...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470039106Author Ian ChristeFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 566gDimensions(mm)...

Although there are many accounts of Mozart's life, and countless descriptions and analyses of his music, this is the first attempt to protray Mozart's creative life as a composer. Kuster selects forty works or groups of works covering virtually every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250007315Author Mick WallFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Dave Matthews Band celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2016 a milestone few bands achieve. How did the group build and retain an audience so devoted that they stuck with DMB through more than a quarter century? EDave Matthews Band FAQE answers this...

Mina (Anna Maria Mazzini, born Lombardy, 1940) is an Italian popular music icon who throughout her sixty-year-long career has come to represent a range of diverse meanings. She is one of the best-loved popular music stars in Italy and abroad, with a...

Never forget / to connect the dots / This book is an attempt to connect a couple. In Begin by Telling, experimental pop sensation Meg Remy (U.S. Girls) spins a web out from her body to myriad corners of American hyper-culture. Through illustrated lyric...

Wanda Jackson's debut single, "You Can't Have My Love," reached the Top 10 while she was still a sixteen-year-old high school student. She hit the road after graduation, playing package shows with Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis...

Widely recognized as the definitive work in its field ever since its original publication in 1962, Serial Composition and Atonality remains an unsurpassed introduction to the technical features of what is probably the most revolutionary body of work...

In 1948, at the age of 15, Manu Dibango left Africa for France, bearing three kilos of coffee for his adopted family and little else. This book chronicles Manu Dibango's remarkable rise from his birth in Douala, Cameroon, to his worldwide success - with...

At 102 years of age, Louise Tobin is one of the last surviving musicians of the Swing Era. Born in Aubrey, Texas, in 1918, she grew up in a large family that played music together. She once said that she fell out of the cradle singing and all she ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560259671Author Ian CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 680Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth PressWeight(grams) 789gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

The ELives in MusicE series meshes biography with discography. This debut title profiles the legendary King of Blues B.B. King. An opening essay charts his life from childhood in the Mississippi Delta up to his first studio session. The author then...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617803437Author Helena JobimFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm)...

Nesta Robert Marley comes alive in this unique collection of classic, rare and unseen photographs; from Trench Town to becoming the first Reggae superstar and an icon of the Rastafarian religion. Bob Marley is seen here on stage, on the pitch and at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636140490Author Mark AndersenFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982112158Author Paul ReesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 259g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861714794Author Krystyna Fitzgerald-MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 648Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)...

From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle. Despite being hailed as one of the...

In Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist, the older and less flamboyant of the Gershwin brothers at last steps out of the shadows to claim his due as one of American songwriting's most important and enduring innovators. Philip Furia traces the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557833587Author John StrasbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770412576Author Neil PeartFormat HardbackPage Count 390Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 1354g

Frank Sinatra was the greatest entertainer of his age, invigorating American popular song with innovative phrasing and a mastery of drama and emotion. Drawing upon interviews with hundreds of his collaborators as well as with "The Voice" himself, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400070800Author Matthew WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A Division...

Johnny Cash is one of the most influential figures in music and American popular culture today. While he was an icon to people of all ages during his life, Cash's legacy continues after his death. His remarkable story is captured in this exclusive...

Stuart Nicholson's biography of Ella Fitzgerald is considered a classic in jazz literature. Drawing on original documents, interviews, and new information, Nicholson draws a complete picture of Fitzgerald's professional and personal life. Fitzgerald...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812970180Author Wilfrid SheedFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316376563Author Anthony DecurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

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Despite his numerous hits and Grammy nominations - and his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - John Mellencamp remains one of America's most underrated songwriters. In Mellencamp, David Masciotra explores the life and career of this important...