Legacy Entertainment Inc., 1998. — 185 p. — ISBN: 0-9665537-0-5. This reasonably new book, " Elvis' Karate Legacy ", is a very welcome release which benefits from its primary focus being on Elvis and the martial arts. Elvis' Karate Legacy also includes some great colour and black & white photos of The King practicing his martial art that will please many fans. The author, Wayne...
Omnibus Press, 2008, 94 p. Freddie Mercury - his life in his own words is the closest thing there is to an autobiography by Queen's flamboyant and much loved lead singer. Spurred on by an almost uncontrollable ambition, Freddie drove Queen to the heights of rock stardom and along the way became one of the most quotable rock stars of all time.
Back Bay Books, 1994. — 563 p. First Paperback Edition 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 to go past that myth and present an Elvis beyond the legend. Based on hundreds of interviews and...
Crown Archetype, 2017. — 544 p. Dylan Jones's engrossing, magisterial biography of David Bowie is unlike any Bowie story ever written. Drawn from over 180 interviews with friends, rivals, lovers, and collaborators, some of whom have never before spoken about their relationship with Bowie, this oral history weaves a hypnotic spell as it unfolds the story of a remarkable rise to...
It Books, 2012. — 128 p. Compiled by accomplished photographer Eric Meola — who knew “the Boss” when he was just an unknown Jersey kid with big rock and roll dreams — Streets of Fire is an intimate photographic look at Bruce Springsteen during a pivotal year in his life and career. In 1977, Springsteen was coming off the enormous success of his album, Born to Run, and in the...
ABC-Clio, 2010. — 207 p. Jimi Hendrix burst onto the American music scene at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967, captivating the audience with a performance of "Wild Thing." Both musically and literally incendiary, the song ended with Hendrix pouring lighter fluid over his guitar and setting it on fire. Jimi Hendrix was a rock `n' roll guitar god and remains an important...
2000. — 160 p. A richly illustrated 160-page chronicle of pop's greatest exponent of style. This visual examination of a celebrated multi-faceted career documents the impact of David Bowie on twentieth-century fashion and culture, brilliantly capturing his spatial odyssey from dedicated follower to supreme arbiter of rock chic. As the book says, "Bowie's "style" has always...
Spiegel and Grau, 2019. — 276 p. Prince was a musical genius, one of the most beloved, accomplished, and acclaimed musicians of our time. He was a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of “Uptown” to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain to the psychedelia of “Paisley Park.” But his most...
Hal Leonard, 2017. — 214 p. — ISBN10: 1540003035, 13 978-1540003034. (Guitar Book). Music historian Dave Rubin surveys the gear, tones, licks and lives of 100 top guitarists in this exclusive book/audio pack. Includes rare photos, bios, tablature and audio demonstrations of every lick in the book! Learn the magic behind the masters, including: Duane Allman, Inside......
Chicago Review Press, 2011. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1569763254. Dancing Barefoot is the full and true story of Patti Smith, widely acknowledged as one of the most significant American artists of the rock ’n’ roll era, a performer whose audience and appeal reach far beyond the parameters of rock. An acclaimed poet, a respected artist, and a figurehead for many liberal political...
HarperCollins, 2007. — 400 p. A name synonymous with ground-breaking music, Tony Visconti has worked with the most dynamic and influential names in pop, from T.Rex and Iggy Pop to David Bowie and U2. This is the compelling life story of the man who helped shape music history, and gives a unique, first-hand insight into life in London during the late 1960s and '70s. This memoir...
Doubleday, 2010. — 400 p. ISBN10: 0385529880 One of America’s finest historians shows us how Bob Dylan, one of the country’s greatest and most enduring artists, still surprises and moves us after all these years. Growing up in Greenwich Village, Sean Wilentz discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager; almost half a century later, he revisits Dylan’s work with the...
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