Chicago Review Press, September 2022. Paper Back. Cash on Cash offers unprecedented insight into one of the most significant American cultural figures of the twentieth century. As an interviewee, Cash was an exemplary communicator to an astonishingly broad spectrum of people: always open and articulate, part friend, part spiritual authority..... More
Dey Street Books, October 2019. Hardcover. Filled with never-before-seen photos and art throughout, the much-anticipated autobiography from rock icon and lead singer of Blondie, Debbie Harry BRAVE, BEAUTIFUL AND BORN TO BE PUNK Musician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the frontwoman..... More
Picador, December 2005. Trade Paperback. Can't Stop Won't Stop is a powerful cultural and social history of the end of the American century, and a provocative look into the new world that the hip-hop generation created. Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop became the Esperanto..... More
Harper Perennial, February 2010. Paper Back. "Brilliant....This book is a perfect marriage--or should one say, duet--of subject and author, every word as masterly as the notes of the artist it illuminates." -- Christopher Buckley, Forbes "This is not just criticism but poetry in itself, with the additional--and inestimable--merit of being..... More
Da Capo Press, October 2001. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. He was twenty-nine years old and had recorded just eighty sessions when he died on New Year's Day 1953. Yet those songs--"Hey Good Lookin'," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"-made Hank Williams the most influential country musician ever..... More
Harper Perennial, October 2013. Trade Paperback. Finished in 1947 and lost to readers until now, House of Earth is legendary folk singer and American icon Woody Guthrie's only finished novel. A powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, it's the story of an ordinary couple's dreams of a better life and..... More
Villard, September 1999. Hardcover. More
Thunder's Mouth Pr, May 1996. Paper Back. Profiles the life and career of one of the leaders of contemporary rock and roll music, noting the character of his stage performances and the inspirations for his songs. bottom edge stamped. More
Doubleday, January 1973. Cloth. {7' x 10 & 1/4'} In dustjacket with rubbing/soiling, edgewear, darkened edges & clipped flap. Plum colored cloth boards with gold lettering along spine. Cobalt blue end pages. Dust stained top edge. [416 pages]. More
Little, Brown and Company, April 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. From his first performance at age four, Willie Nelson was driven to make music and live life on his own terms. But though he is a songwriter of exceptional depth - Crazy was one of his early classics - Willie only..... More
High Voltage, September 2018. Trade Paperback. Frank Secich's autobiography presents a candid look at the longtime rocker's storied past, including untold tales of his Rock'n'Roll journey with Blue Ash, The Dead Boys, Stiv Bators Band, Club Wow, and current outfit, The Deadbeat Poets. More
Liveright, November 2017. Trade Paperback. Mark Ribowsky's Hank has been hailed as the greatest biography yet (Library Journal, starred review) of the beloved icon. Hank Williams, a frail, flawed man who had become country music's first real star, instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr when he died in the..... More
Rare Bird Books, April 2014. Trade Paperback. Musician, producer, manager, rock journalist, indie label executive, Southern California native Bruce Duff has seen and been a part of more rock 'n' roll fantasies come to life than the average guy with long hair and a penchant for living the dream. From..... More
Da Capo Press, October 2016. Hardcover. They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That's part of what makes Brian Wilson's story so astonishing. As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most..... More
Crown Publishing Group (NY), June 2010. Hardcover. The women of the iconic eighties band the Go-Go's will always be remembered as they appeared on the back of their debut record: sunny, smiling, each soaking in her own private bubble bath with chocolates and champagne. The photo is a perfect tribute..... More
Dolphin Books, January 1982. First Thus. Soft Cover. {6' x 9 & 1/4'} Octavo with mild wear. Light soiling & creasing to cover. First paperback edition. [317 pages]. More
St. Martin's Press, October 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
Simon & Schuster, April 2002. Oversized Hardcover. Here, the editors of Rolling Stone magazine draw on their extensive archives to celebrate the life and career of one of the most talented, most respected and most admired musicians in rock 'n' roll. George Harrison's untimely death saddened millions of rock fans..... More
Perennial, September 1991. First Trade. Trade Paperback. Ronnie and the Ronnettes defined the 1960s girl group, and Phil Spector's wall of sound defined a rock era. Ronnie rose from Spanish Harlem to a dream come true, until she married dangerously eccentric Phil Spector, and the nightmare began. Rock & Roll's..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Cloth. 3rd printing. Dustjacket is missing. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. 'This book has been produced in full compliance with all government regulations for the conseervation of paper, metal, and other essential mterials.' [132 pages]. More
British Library, January 1995. Soft Cover. More
Straight Arrow Books, January 1972. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo with rubbing and moderate shelf wear. The first inside page has a non-authorial inscription. Else internal text without markings.First/first paperbound edition on Straight Arrow Books, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine, John Lennon's Lennon Remembers, 1971, Bill Owens, Suburia, 1973, and..... More
Anchor Books, March 1994. Trade Paperback. More
Back Bay Books, September 2002. Trade Paperback. A forgotten singer from the early days of jazz is at the center of this riveting book -- a narrative that is part mystery, part biography, part meditation on the meaning and power of music. More
Contemporary Books, July 1991. Trade Paperback. More
