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Pub. Date
2020.
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377 pages ; 25 cm
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"Hollywood Park is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country's most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse. Yet, ultimately, his is a story of fierce love and family loyalty told in a raw, poetic voice that signals the emergence of a uniquely gifted writer. We were never young. We were just too afraid of ourselves. No one told us who we were or...
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Jonathan Cott's story begins one day in 1968 when he went to interview John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their London flat. Later that evening Lennon invited Cott - then the London correspondent for fledgling music magazine Rolling Stone - to sit in on a recording session at Abbey Road Studios. From this professional introduction a friendship was born - one that continued even as Lennon and Ono moved to New York. It was Cott who interviewed the couple on...
144) Beware of Mr. Baker
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The documentary about the ailing-yet-ferocious Ginger Baker, the brilliant and wildly self-destructive drummer for Cream and Blind Faith. An almost impossible man to be around, he allows the director unprecedented access--even if he strikes him violently on the nose with his cane on the final day of filming.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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The legendary American musician, singer, songwriter and documentary filmmaker offers a collection of stories, written by his own hand, that focus on the memories of his life, from his childhood to today.
Grohl offers an honest portrait of an extraordinary life made up of ordinary moments. From his deep connection to his hometown of Springfield, Virginia, to the awe he still feels about raising his daughters, he tells stories from his soul. Packed...
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Ona lazy Sunday in 1954, twelve-year old Jerry Schilling wandered into a Memphis touch football game, only to discover that his team was quarterbacked by a nineteen-year old Elvis Presley, the local teenage whose first record, "That's All Right," had just debuted on Memphis radio. The two became fast friends, even as Elvis turned into the world's biggest star. In 1964, Elvis invited Jerry to work for him as part of his "Memphis Mafia," and Jerry...
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
viii, 389 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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Family saga of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, riddled with astonishing highs--especially as the Bee Gees became the definitive band of the disco era, fueled by Saturday Night Fever--and crashing lows, including the tragic drug-fueled downfall of youngest brother, Andy. A whole new generation of fans has rediscovered the undeniable grooves and harmonies that made the Bee Gees--and songs like Stayin' Alive , How Deep is Your Love, To Love...
Pub. Date
2016.
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476 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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An "oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Richard Hell, the Ramones, and scores of other punk figures lend their voices to this decisive account of that explosive era"--Page 4 of cover.
151) The king
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.
Pub. Date
[2013]
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1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Documents the life and work of rock guitarist Duane Allman. Includes contributions from engineers and producers the Albert Brothers, who forged the Allman Brothers and the Derek & the Dominos sound; Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section founding members David Hood and Jimmy Johnson; Paul Hornsby and Pete Carr, former members of the Hour Glass; Willie Perkins, Allman Brothers road manager, 1970-1975; Allman biographers Randy Poe and Scott Freeman; E.J. Devokaitis,...
153) Who I am: a memoir
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Pub. Date
c2012
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538 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.
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The legendary lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the Who, one of the most influential rock-and-roll bands of all time, pens his own story.
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"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...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (64 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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Based on the first part of The Beatles' career the period in which they toured and captured the worlds acclaim. Explores how John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr came together to become this extraordinary phenomenon. It explores their inner workings how they made decisions, created their music and built their collective career together all the while, exploring The Beatles' extraordinary and unique musical gifts and their remarkable,...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
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"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...
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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The British Invasion musician discusses his love/hate relationship with America, from his first U.S. tour in the early 1960s to being nearly murdered during a botched robbery in New Orleans in 2004.
159) Soaked in bleach
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It reveals the events behind Kurt Cobain's death as seen through the eyes of Tom Grant, the private investigator that was hired by Courtney Love in 1994 to track down her missing husband only days before his deceased body was found at their Seattle home. Cobain's death was ruled a suicide by the police (a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound), but doubts have circulated for twenty years as to the legitimacy of this ruling, especially due to the...
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