BrownMark
Summary: "Prince's bassist BrownMark on growing up in Minneapolis, joining Prince and The Revolution, and his life in the purple kingdom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWNMARK BROLee, Geddy
Summary: "The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass. Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work as co-writer, vocalist and keyboardist has been an essential part of the success...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury's life and how, after his death, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history, to celebrate his life and challenge the prejudices around HIV/AIDS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC FRESummary: While his former Pink Floyd band-mates are now global superstars, Syd Barrett remains an enigma, and prior to his sad passing in 2006, was a complete recluse. But it was Syd who originally formed the group, and immediately became its chief songwriter and lead guitarist. Some would even claim he remained the force who dominated the band throughout its most creative period. Features rare live and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SYDMoore, Thurston
Summary: Thurston Moore moved to Manhattan's East Village in 1978 with a yearning for music. He wanted to be immersed in downtown New York's sights and sounds--the feral energy of its nightclubs, the angular roar of its bands, the magnetic personalities within its orbit. But more than anything, he wanted to make music--to create indelible sounds that would move, provoke, and inspire. His dream came to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Fong-Torres, Ben.
Summary: Grateful Dead fans are legendary for their Dead-ication to the band and its enduring legacy of freewheeling musical exploration. The Grateful Dead Scrapbook collects rare removable memorabilia and evocative images culled from the Grateful Dead Archives at the University of California, Santa Cruz, including never-before-published photos, flyers, fan letters, and other ephemera. To accompany the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 FONMahin, Michael
Summary: Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el violín. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing--a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el violín, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MAHSummary: There is nothing like a Greatful Dead concert!Since 1965, there have been over 3,000 Greatful Dead concerts, from the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park to the Gizeh Pyramids. At each of them, someone has stepped "on the bus" and become a Dead Head. Now, all of the Dead Head voices and visions have come together. Greatful Dead: The Official Book of the Dead Heads is a splendid mixture of musicians,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1983
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A documentary film that covers the years that the future members of Led Zep were struggling in the session studios and amateur band scenes of the 1960s, moving through the modest success of outfits like The Yardbirds and Band Of Joy and culminating in Led Zeppelin's first two albums as a band verging on huge global domination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LEDKushins, C.M.
Summary: Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin is the first-ever biography of the iconic John Bonham, considered by many to be one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) rock drummer of all time. Bonham first learned to play the drums at the age of five, and despite never taking formal lessons, began drumming for local bands immediately upon graduating from secondary school. By the late 1960s,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BONHAM, JOHN KUSSummary: Featuring almost 100 minutes of filmed unadulterated interviews, press conferences and other occasions of interest with Foo Fighters, during which Dave Grohl and his merry men come over with their traditional decency, humility and non-rock star approach to both their lives and their art, while discussing all manner of topics close to their communal and individual hearts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC FOOJobling, John
Summary: "John Jobling takes readers beyond the myth in this unauthorized biography to present the first comprehensive account of the illustrious Irish rockers in 25 years. Drawing on extensive interviews with insiders including record label scouts, studio presidents, politicians, music critics, and childhood friends, Jobling investigates the U2's most personal relationships and controversial business...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.7 JOBDeCurtis, Anthony
Summary: Just a few years after the singer's death comes the thrilling, provocative story of his complex life. An acclaimed Rolling Stone contributor, Anthony DeCurtis interviewed Reed extensively and knew him well. With unparalleled access to Reed's friends, family, and dozens of other intimate relations, DeCurtis brings Reed's story compellingly alive and deepens listeners' understanding of his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 REED, LOU DECSummary: No Grateful Dead fan will be able to resist Goin' Down the Road. Here is the history of the band, as revealed in interviews with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Robert Hunter, among others; memories of the band's early days; a tribute to beat hero Neal Cassady, a defining influence on the band; background on the traditional and blues songs the Dead cover in their shows; and descriptions of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1992
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Members of the rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock n' roll history to record their much-anticipated tenth album.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: A chronological look at the performances, song writing and recording sessions, band members' lives and events surrounding the career of the funk rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1983, the band's first year of existence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: published by Chicago Review Press Incorporated 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 DUNHawkins, Rachel
Summary: "When Chess suggests a girls' trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end holiday home now, but in 1974, it was known as Villa Rosato and rented by rock star Noel Gordon. In an attempt to reignite his creative spark, Noel invites up-and-coming musician, Pierce Sheldon to join him, as well as Pierce's girlfriend, Mari, and her stepsister, Lara. A chain of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HAWMorrison, Simon Alexander
Summary: "Diva, heroine, icon, and-to the most devoted-a goddess. Stevie Nicks sings of spell casters and dream smiths, stars of the silver screen, her grandmother Alice and Alice in Wonderland, Joan of Arc, the power of sibyls and sylphs. This book tells her story, from the bleached Arizona landscape of her childhood to the strobe-lit Night of a Thousand Stevies celebrations, highlighting throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NICKS, STEVIE MORSummary: An exploration of Sinead O'Connor's rise and fall and her enduring cultural impact. By the age of 20, O'Connor was one of Ireland's brightest rising stars but her decision to use her fame as a platform to speak out on several controversial issues shifted her narrative from global stardom to worldwide condemnation. In a new interview, O'Connor reveals the abusive upbringing that left her feeling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC NOTBalian, Edward Sarkis
Summary: The book offers a detailed, unbiased and accurate account of Seger's life and career as a true rock legend, with Tom Weschler (Bob's former road manager) providing the book's forward. Turn the Page, follows Bob from his earliest days emerging out of the Detroit music scene, just as fellow artists Kid Rock and Glenn Frey, up through, and including, his current 2019 national tour "Roll Me Away,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Sky Publishing 2019
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Summary: "Winner of five Grammy Awards and 11 notations, "Weird Al" Yankovic has written some ALL of the greatest songs of both the 20th and 21st centuries."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Z2 Comics 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YANSummary: Biographical film about one of the most exciting and controversial figures of the '60s, Jim Morrison. With his rock and roll band, The Doors, he influenced the rock music scene as no other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Profiles the group of Los Angeles studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew--featuring Tommy Tedesco, guitar, Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, drums, Carol Kaye, Joe Osborne, bass--who played on many rock and pop hits during the sixties. Gifted, versatile, and possessing the knack for turning a simple tune into something memorable, the Wrecking Crew were the players who turned the Wall of Sound in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2015