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1) Born to Run
Author
Language
English
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Description
Traces the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's life from his childhood in a Catholic New Jersey family and the musical experiences that prompted his career to the rise of the E Street Band and the stories behind some of his most famous songs.
2) M train
Author
Language
English
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Description
From the National Book Award���winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the caf��s and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as "a roadmap to my life." M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village caf�� where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A veteran music reporter offers a sweeping and vivid portrait of the King of Pop, from his first on-stage appearance at a local talent show in 1965, to his record-breaking album sales, Grammy awards, dance moves and years of scandal and controversy. --Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The guitarist and vocalist of feminist punk trio Sleater-Kinney presents a candid and deeply personal assessment of life in the rock-and-roll industry that reveals her struggles with rock's double standards and her codevelopment of the comedy "Portlandia.".
Author
Publisher
!t Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
For almost forty years, Sammy Hagar has been a fixture in rock music. From breaking into the industry with the band Montrose to his multiplatinum solo career to has ride as the front man of Van Halen, Sammy's powerful and unforgettable voice has set the tone for some of the greatest rock anthems ever written.
14) Forever young
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Bob Dylan's classic 1974 anthem Forever Young is reimagined by award-willing illustrator Rogers. In this picture book, the lyrics follow the story of a young boy who travels through Dylan's life, living in the footsteps of a musical legend.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Written by one of the most highly regarded chroniclers of American music history, and based on unprecedented access to Janis Joplin's family, friends, band mates, archives, and long-lost interviews, Janis is a complex, rewarding portrait of a remarkable artist finally getting her due.
16) Bruce
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This sweeping biography of one of America's great musicians is the first in twenty-five years to be written with the cooperation of Bruce Springsteen himself. With unfettered access to the artist, his family, and band members - including Clarence Clemons in his last major interview - acclaimed music writer Peter Ames Carlin presents a startlingly intimate and vivid portrait of a rock icon.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A warm and surprisingly real-life biography, featuring never-before-seen photos, of one of rock's greatest talents: Prince. Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Karlen interviewed Prince for three Rolling Stone cover stories, wrote "3 Chains o' Gold," Prince's "rock video opera," as well as the...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Jerry Schilling shares his memories of being close friend and employee of Elvis Presley, spanning from their first meeting in 1954 to Presley's death in 1977, and including accounts of Presley's family life, singing career, and drug addiction. Includes photographs.