This is a true insider’s commentary on one of rock’s most influential bands, with a Foreword by Benjamin Myers (The Offing, Gallows Pole).
Everett True is responsible for bringing Nirvana, Hole, Pavement, Soundgarden and a host of other bands to public attention. He introduced Kurt to Courtney, ......
An autobiography with a difference - its funny. The great ABC journalist, now in his 80s, skates through the absurdity of the oddments of memory, and of his exhilerating times reporting around the world to Australian homes.
In the 1970s, writer and producer Norman Lear forever altered the television landscape by boldly tackling race, class, sexuality, politics, and religion-topics previously considered too taboo to be the subject of comedy on the small screen. Nearing the age of 100, the mastermind behind such groundbreaking situation comedies as All in the Family, ......
Now You're One of Us is the definitive statement about Redd Kross, an in-depth and riveting tale told in the voices of the talented and tempestuous brothers at the core of this iconic outfit. Emerging from humble beginnings in suburban Los Angeles, the McDonalds took their rock 'n' roll fantasy and ran with it -- and wound up becoming one of the ......
After John Coltrane, there was no more revered and profoundly influential saxophonist on the planet than Michael Brecker. For those coming of age in the 1970s, during that transitional decade when the boundaries between rock and jazz had begun to blur, Brecker stood as a transcendent figure.
Offstage Observations: Inside Tales of the Not-So-Legitimate Theatre follows a stage-struck teenager as he crashes the gates of Broadway and forges a career, keenly observing hits and flops while rubbing shoulders with celebrities famous (and infamous), as well as the people who fueled the industry.
A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (1979-1984) as the bassist for Bill Monroes Blue Grass Boys. Hembrees journey included playing at the White House and on the acclaimed album Master of Bluegrass.
This book tells the story of a life spent on the road recording the rich diversity of music in America when it was a major part of our lives, not just digital background noise. For music fans, there was a golden era of live music, stretching from the 1960s through the 1980s, and even evolving into the 1990s, if you want to be generous.
