Sexton, Paul
Summary: "The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one of the world's most revered and celebrated musicians of the last half century. Charlie Watts was one of the most decorated musicians in the world, having joined the Rolling Stones, a few months after their formation, early in 1963. A student of jazz drumming, he was headhunted by the band after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATTS, CHARLIE SEXSummary: Bill Wyman, a founding member and bassist of the Rolling Stones, reflects on his early years and rise to fame, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the highs and lows of his life and career. Based on interviews and the archive of Bill Wyman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC QUIWinder, Elizabeth
Summary: The Rolling Stones's innovative music and iconic performances defined a generation. Behind these larger-than-life rock stars were four women who inspired, styled, wrote for, remixed, and ultimately helped create their legend. Winder profiles the contributions that Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, and Anita Pallenberg made to the Rolling Stones, transforming them into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 WINJanovitz, Bill.
Summary: Tracing the creation of Exile on Main St. from the original songwriting done while touring America through the final editing in Los Angeles, Bill Janovitz explains how an album recorded by a British band in a villa on the French Riviera is pure American rock and roll. Looking at each song individually, Janovitz unveils the innovative recording techniques, personal struggles, and rock and roll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2005
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Summary: Comprehensive visual history of the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" as told through the recording of their monumental catalog, including 29 studio and 24 compilation albums, and more than a hundred singles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 ROLSummary: Brian Jones was the secret to the band's success but largely forgotten. Discover his genius through candid interviews with all the essential performers and previously unreleased archives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUSIC STOTrynka, Paul.
Summary: For the first time, the complete story of the enigmatic founder of the Rolling Stones and the early years of the band Brian Jones was the golden boy of the Rolling Stones' the visionary who gave the band its name and its sound. Yet he was a haunted man, and much of his brief time with the band, before his death in 1969 at the infamous age of twenty-seven, was volatile and tragic. Some of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JONES, BRIAN TRYSelvin, Joel
Summary: In this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive, never-before-revealed details, celebrated rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the definitive story of the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont concert in San Francisco, the disastrous historic event that marked the end of the idealistic 1960s. The product of 20 years of research and dozens of interviews with many key players, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 SELWyman, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 WYMSummary: The Rolling Stones are widely known as the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world, and this 4 DVD set proves it! Featuring seven hours of content including two full length concerts, two behind-the-scenes documentaries and classic favorites such as Honky Tonk women, Sympathy for the devil and I can't get no satisfaction
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Publisher / Publication Date: RST Concerts 0000
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ROLSummary: Filmed in 1965 but never released, this is a behind-the-scenes look at the Rolling Stones' tour in Ireland just after "(I can't get no) Satisfaction" became a number one hit. Witness the band's first professionally filmed performances, the riots their appearances created, travel through the Irish countryside by train, time spent in motel rooms during impromptu songwriting sessions, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ROLRichards, Keith
Summary: Keith Richards, one of the Rolling Stones' founding members, opens up about his childhood, rise to superstardom, and personal life. From his turbulent relationships, including his well-publicized estrangement from and reconciliation with Stones' front man Mick Jagger, to his drug shenanigans that made even more of a legend amongst his fans, Richards tells all in this poignant biography.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 782.4216 RICRolling Stones
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Publisher / Publication Date: Polygram 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ROLRolling Stones
Summary: Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the rock and roll band, a biography, written in part by each member, details its colorful history and includes contributions from some of the best-known Rolling Stones photographers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2012
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Summary: "Praised by RJ Palacio as "wondrous"--this moving memoir follows a teenage boy with TC syndrome and his exceptional family from diagnosis at birth to now. "This touching memoir is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about the real world experiences of a child with craniofacial differences and his extraordinary family. It's also more than that. It's a story about the love between a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 NEWSpecter, Baron
Summary: Jared Jensen is being pursued by a pair of ghostly graverobbers, and he and his friends, the Zombie Hunters, need to find a solution before Jared himself is turned into a ghost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2013
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC SPESummary: Members of the band offer an inside chronicle of their careers as musicians, songwriters, performers, and colleagues, discussing the evolution of their music and their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 ACCSummary: The Stones' legacy is presented in its entirety as told by band members, fellow musicians, friends, family and biographers through five decades of maximum rock 'n' roll. From the small clubs of London to the limelight of the world stage, we hear about the making of their greatest albums, see them on every major tour and best of all...get to know them in private. Intimate interviews, combined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multicom Entertainment 2002
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McMillian, John Campbell.
Summary: "Based on exhaustive research in primary sources, including overlooked teen magazines and underground newspapers, 'Beatles vs. Stones' tells a vital story of the 1960s through the lens of music's greatest rivalry. This is the definitive account of the friendship and rivalry between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones."--Back jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 MCMMontgomery, Jess
Summary: A novel inspired by the true story of Ohio's first female sheriff. When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel, the town sheriff, is killed, she vows to avenge his death. But then a widow arrives at her door, unaware that Daniel has been killed, inquiring about her missing daughter. Soon they realize Daniel was not the man they believed him to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MONLevy, Aidan
Summary: "Sonny Rollins has long been considered an enigma. Known as the "Saxophone Colossus," he is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz improvisers of all time, winning Grammys, the Austrian Cross of Honor, Sweden's Polar Music Prize and a National Medal of Arts. A bridge from bebop to the avant-garde, he is a lasting link to the golden age of jazz, pictured in the iconic "Great Day in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022