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Michael Bloomfield: If You Love These Blues: An Oral History by Jan Mark Wolkin
Booksplease Price: £20.85Guitarist Michael Bloomfield shot to stardom in the '60s with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band Bob Dylan the Electric Flag and on Al Kooper's Super Session. His story is told in the words of his... -
Long Slow Train: The Soul Music of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings by Donald Brackett
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.74A lively and engaging chronicle of the triumphant rise of Sharon Jones a one of the most authentic purveyors of American soul music since James Brown a ELong Slow Train: The Soul Music of Sharon... -
Bruce Springsteen: Songwriting Secrets, Revised and Updated by Rikky Rooksby
Booksplease Price: £20.45Fifty years since Bruce Springsteen's debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. brought a new songwriting talent to the public, Bruce Springsteen is long established as one of the giants of... -
Ringo: With a Little Help Michael Seth Starr 9781617131202
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.99ERingo: With a Little HelpE is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles... -
Back to Black: Amy Winehouse's Only Masterpiece by Donald Brackett
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.74Be a fly on the wall of sound: get the inside history and behind-the-scenes events in the making of a masterpiece. In this refreshing book a which focuses solely on Amy Winehouse's musical artistry ... -
A Perfect Union of Contrary Things by Maynard James Keenan 9781617137273
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.42Actor performer musician entrepreneur winemaker athlete writer curious adventurer a Maynard James Keenan is the embodiment of the archetypal artist. Best known as the vocalist in award-winning... -
Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr 9781617136573
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.11ERingo: With a Little HelpE is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles... -
B.B. King: There Is Always One More Time by David McGee 9780879308438
Booksplease Price: £16.21The 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... -
Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man by Hank Bordowitz 9781617130052
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.81EBilly Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young ManE is a look at the superstar's entire career including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit Captain... -
Roger Waters: The Man Behind the Wall by Dave Thompson 9781617136689
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.81EThe WallE was Roger Waters's first album. So begins Dave Thompson's Thompson's ERoger Waters: The Man Behind the WallE the first full biography on this notoriously guarded personality that has... -
The Fender Electric Guitar Book: A Complete History of Fender Instruments by Tony Bacon 9780879308971
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.04To mark the 60th anniversary of Fender Backbeat's introduced a new completely revised third edition of this bestseller. Fender guitars have long been the instruments of choice for artists such as... -
Electric Guitars Design and Invention: The Groundbreaking Innovations That Shaped the Modern Instrument by Tony Bacon 9781617136405
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.99Innovation. Disruption. Thought leadership. Today's hottest tech sector buzzwords would prove just as apt in describing the twentieth century crucible of guitar development. Imagine an electric... -
KISS FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Hottest Band in the Land by Dale Sherman 9781617130915
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.04Since 1973 KISS has recorded over 20 studio albums; been recognized as an innovator in rock presentations; witnessed a firestorm of rumors and controversies; remained a thorn in critics' sides; and... -
Mambo Diablo: My Journey with Tito Puente by Joe Conzo 9781617130298
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.99Countless stories have been written about Tito Puente's percussive musical abilities but never before have his talent and intuition as well as the mishaps and controversies surrounding him been... -
Robert Plant: The Voice That Sailed the Zeppelin by Dave Thompson 9781617135729
Booksplease Price: £20.29ERobert Plant: The Voice That Sailed the ZeppelinE follows the iconic singer through his heights of fame with classic rock giant Led Zeppelin his second life as a multimillion-selling solo artist ... -
Black Sabbath Faq: All That's Left to Know on the First Name in Metal by Martin Popoff 9780879309572
Booksplease Price: £16.51Unlike any Sabbath book thus far EBlack Sabbath FAQE digs deep into quirks obscure anecdotes and burning questions surrounding the Sabs. In a fast-moving topical format this book covers a... -
Kickstart My Heart: A Motley Crew Day-by-Day by Martin Popoff
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.15EKickstart My Heart: A Metley Crde Day-by-DayE is an exciting chronology that celebrates in innovative form a through the use of day-by-day entries and supporting band quotes mostly collected... -
The Taylor Guitar Book: 40 Years of Great American Flattops by Teja Gerken
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.99Growing from a small custom shop in the early 1970s to the only new brand to have challenged the traditional Big Three of American acoustic guitars (Gibson Guild and Martin) Taylor has effectively... -
The Bass Book: A Complete Illustrated History of Bass Guitars by Tony Bacon
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £16.75In California in the early '50s the Fender company introduced the world's first electric bass guitar. They couldn't have known known it then but the Precision Bass would start a revolution in the... -
Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles Flo and Eddie and Frank Zappa etc. by Howard Kaylan
Booksplease Price: £28.85Two full-color eight-page photo insertsAbout the AuthorHOWARD KAYLAN is the lead vocalist of '60s rock legends the Turtles, whose Top 10 hits include Happy Together, Elenore, She'd Rather Be With Me,... -
Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock by Will Romano
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £24.32From its artful beginnings (Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd the Mothers of Invention and those progressive forebearers the Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles) through the towering guitar solos monumental... -
Love, Peace and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments by Ericka Blount Danois 9781480341012
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.74ELove Peace and SoulE tells the story of the television phenomenon known as ESoul TrainE a show created in the land of bell bottoms afros and soul power; a show that became the touchstone of the... -
Guitar Player: The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever by Jim Crockett 9781480397927
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £21.49Foreword by Joe SatrianiTHTHEGuitar Player: The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine EverE is a reflection on EGuitar PlayerE's often pioneering early days ... -
Jim Marshall - The Father of Loud: The Story of the Man Behind the World's Most Famous Guitar Amplifiers by Rich Maloof 9780879308032
Booksplease Price: £26.91In the early 1960s a handful of brash British kids needed a new sound for a new kind of music. They marched into a music store in their blue-collar town and asked the gentleman behind the desk to... -
How to Play Rhythm Guitar: The Basics and Beyond by Richard Johnston 9780879308117
Booksplease Price: £14.24This how-to guide offers lessons licks and tips drawn from the groove gurus in a wide range of classic and modern styles. Players will learn how to create their own memorable rhythm parts and... -
Synth Gods by Ernie Rideout 9780879309992
Booksplease Price: £16.21From the pages of EKeyboardE magazine EKeyboard Presents Synth GodsE spotlights artists who did much more than just play synthesizers: they changed the course of music history and inspired... -
Elvis Music FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King's Recorded Works by Mike Eder 9781617130496
Booksplease Price: £21.15Why is Elvis Presley's body of recorded work still so relevant nearly 60 years after he began recording? EElvis Music FAQE is for anyone who has been inspired by an Elvis Presley record. Following in... -
Jimi Hendrix FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Voodoo Child by Gary J. Jucha 9781617130953
Booksplease Price: £20.16B&W photos throughoutAbout the AuthorGary Jucha, a.k.a. Gary Bombardier, was the chief executive editor of Hellbomb, for which he has written memorable pieces on the Clash, Patti Smith, the Butthole... -
Luerssen John D Nirvana FAQ All Thats Left to Know Bam Book by John D. Luerssen 9781617134500
Booksplease Price: £21.15ENirvana FAQE traces the band from its genesis to its end. Founded by friends Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic Nirvana had a rocky start and a succession of drummers but by the end of 1990 its... -
Eric Clapton FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Slowhand by David Bowling 9781617134548
Booksplease Price: £19.86B&W photos throughoutAbout the AuthorDAVID BOWLING has been a music fan and collector since the age of 14, when he walked into Herioux's Music Store in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and purchased a... -
Forever by Samantha Fox 9781617136900
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £21.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617136900Author Samantha FoxFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Backbeat BooksPublisher Hal... -
The Musician's Guide to Reading & Writing Music by Dave Stewart 9780879305703
Booksplease Price: £11.29Learning musical notation can be intimidating. But regardless of instrument or proficiency in reading music there's hope and help for all musicians in this practical guide. Writing in a friendly... -
Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation by Bill Schnee 9781493065158
Booksplease Price: £15.23Chairman at the Board is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists from the 1970s to today. Bill Schnee takes... -
Walter Carter: The Mandolin In America by Walter Carter 9781495001536
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.18When large numbers of students from Spain arrived in New York in 1880 they introduced the American public to a new instrument a the mandolin. Spanning more than a century this book chronicles the... -
How to Write Guitar Riffs: Create and Play Great Hooks for Your Songs by Rikky Rooksby
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.48Countless great songs are based on riffs-catchy guitar phrases that repeat until they're seared into your brain forever-or snappy chord sequences as memorable as any melody. Riffs get people excited,... -
I Know Better Now: My Life Before, During and After the Ramones by Peter Aaron
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.99It's 1982 and the Ramones are in a gutter-bound spiral. Following a run of inconsistent albums and deep in the throes of internal tensions the legendary quartet is about to crash and burn.THEnter... -
Everything's Bigger in Texas: The Life and Times of Kinky Friedman by Mary Lou Sullivan
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £15.02Kinky 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... -
Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes: My Personal Time with Music City Friends and Legends in Rock 'n' Roll, R&B, and a Whole Lot of Country by Tim Ghianni
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493072156Author Tim GhianniFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Backbeat BooksPublisher Hal... -
The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide by Scott Yanow
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £17.08B&W photos throughoutAbout the AuthorSCOTT YANOW has been writing about jazz of all eras and styles since 1975. He has written for virtually all of the significant jazz magazines, including Downbeat,... -
Buck 'Em!: The Autobiography of Buck Owens by Randy Poe
Booksplease Price: £27.11EBuck 'Em! The Autobiography of Buck OwensE is the life story of a country music legend. Born in Texas and raised in Arizona Buck eventually found his way to Bakersfield California. Unlike the vast...