The Ballad of John and Yoko
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
Music - Pop, Rock, R&B
Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour
Grove Pr, April 2021. Hardcover. "Book of the Year." -- MOJO Magazine"Outstanding Book of the Year." --The Herald (Glasgow) A Best Book of the Year by NPR, Pitchfork, The Telegraph, and Uncut A tender and intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music, the..... More
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest
University of Texas Press, February 2019. Paper Back. A New York Times Best Seller 2019 National Book Award Longlist, Nonfiction 2019 Kirkus Book Prize Finalist, Nonfiction A February IndieNext Pick Named A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 by Buzzfeed, Nylon, The A. V. Club, CBC Books, and The Rumpus, and..... More
American Night
Vintage, August 1991. Trade Paperback. The celebrated lead singer of The Doors, Jim Morrison is a legend of rock and roll. The American Night presents Morrison's previously unpublished work in its truest form. With their nightmarish images, bold associative leaps, and volcanic power of emotion, these works are the unmistakable..... More
Roots, Radicals and Rockers
Faber & Faber, August 2017. Cloth. One of Kirkus Reviews Best Music & Entertainment Books of 2017 As heard on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross & seen on PBS Newshour Nothing short of masterly. -- The Wall Street Journal A remarkable history of skiffle.... Bragg impresses throughout with engaging..... More
Chronicles, Volume 1
Simon & Schuster, January 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else. So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One..... More
This Thing Called Life: Prince's Odyssey, On and Off the Record
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
The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings
Picador, October 2019. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Named a Fall Read by Vogue, Esquire, The Washington Post, TIME, Vanity Fair and O, the Oprah Magazine. One of Daily Mail and Financial Times's Best Books of 2018. "There are very, very few people who occupy the ground that..... More
Garcia
Little Brown and Company, December 1995. Oversized Hardcover. When Jerry Garcia died in 1995, people around the world mourned his death. As the lead singer and spiritual center of the traveling band the Grateful Dead, Garcia commanded a large and loyal following. This book, with its many striking photographs and..... More
Harrison
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
Garcia: An American Life
Penguin Books, August 2000. Trade Paperback. He was there when Dylan went electric, when a generation danced naked at Woodstock, and when Ken Kesey started experimenting with acid. Jerry Garcia was one of the most gifted musicians of all time, and he was a member of one of the most..... More
Born to Run
Simon & Schuster, September 2016. Hardcover. The revelatory and wildly bestselling memoir by legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen: "Glorious...a philosophically rich ramble through a rock 'n roll life...It's the lyric he was born to write" (USA TODAY, 4 out of 4 stars). Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has..... More
Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group
Akashic Books, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Proscriptive how-to advice ranges over a wide number of subjects (e.g., sex, band photos, etc.) and can be seen both as skewering the cultural idolatry associated with rock and as genuine counsel. Verdict: Svenonius's sociopolitical analysis of rock and roll is intellectually interesting, as..... More
Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues and Rock 'N' Roll
Vintage Books, May 1981. Trade Paperback. More
Im Your Man Life Of Leonard Cohen
Random House, January 2013. Trade Paperback. More
Chronicles: Volume One (Chronicles)
Simon & Schuster, September 2005. Trade Paperback. WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan."I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself..... More
45 Rpm : The History, Heroes & Villains of a Pop Music Revolution
Pub Group West, October 2003. Oversize Softcover. In the 1950s and '60s, those shiny 45-rpm records with the big hole in the middle were the primary delivery system for popular American music, especially rock 'n' roll. Cheap to manufacture and available to even fly-by-night record operations, the "donut disc" changed..... More
My Cross to Bear
William Morrow Paperbacks, March 2013. Trade Paperback. One of Rolling Stone Magazine's 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time For the first time, rock music icon Gregg Allman, one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, tells the full story of his life and career in My Cross..... More
Eminent Hipsters
Viking Adult, October 2013. Hardcover. A witty, revealing, sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the cofounder of Steely Dan Musician and songwriter Donald Fagen presents a group of vivid set pieces in his entertaining debut as an author, from portraits of the cultural figures and currents that shaped..... More
Goin' Back to Memphis: A Century of Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, and Glorious Soul
Schirmer Trade Books, September 1996. Hardcover. More
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Little, Brown and Company, October 2005. Hardcover. One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time, Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themes--the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to white audiences..... More
Last Train to Memphis : The Rise of Elvis Presley
Little Brown & Co, September 1995. Trade Paperback. From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the first biography..... More
Room Full of Mirrors : A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
Hyperion Books, August 2006. Trade Paperback. It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his..... More
Scar Tissue
Hyperion, October 2005. Trade Paperback. In this "vivid and inspiring" New York Times bestseller (Newsweek), the Red Hot Chili Peppers' lead singer and songwriter shares a searingly honest account of life in the rock scene's fast lane--from the darkness into the light. In 1983, four self-described "knuckleheads" burst out of..... More
Elvis Presley 1956
Harry N Abrams Inc, September 1998. Hardcover. The photographs in this book portray Elvis Presley during the year in which he shot to stardom at the age of 21. They show him in performance, relaxing backstage, and at the new house which he bought for his parents in Memphis. A...... More
