Jensen, Jamie.
Summary: The official tie-in to the Grateful Dead's landmark 1990 world tour--and a chronicle of 25 years with one of rock's longest-living legends. This oversize, fully illustrated book, which includes more than 120 spectacular 4-color photographs, pays homage to the band and their fans--known as "Deadheads"--a unique treasury reflecting on the rock & roll life of an incredible band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume Book 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 JENTroy, Sandy.
Summary: "Captain Trips depicts the life, work, and philosophy of this nonconformist rock legend, counterculture hero, and symbol of the Sixties. It contains exclusive interviews with Phil Lesh, David Nelson, Rock Scully, Jorma Kaukonen, Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia (Jerry's second wife and perhaps closest friend), Jerry himself, and many others. As lead guitarist of the Dead, Garcia has played before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GARCIA, JERRY TROEtheridge, Melissa
Summary: Etheridge has lived a life of many blessings-- but has also struggled mightily along the way. Changes in the music industry threated her livelihood; she was diagnosed with breast cancer; and she endured two contentious breakups, all under the scrutiny of the public eye. Then she lost her son Beckett to opioid addiction. Here Etheridge dives into how both joy and sorrow serve as catalysts for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ETHERIDGE ETHFolds, Ben
Summary: Ben Folds is a celebrated American singer-songwriter, beloved for songs such as "Brick," "You Don't Know Me," "Rockin' the Suburbs," and "The Luckiest," and is the former frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. But Folds will be the first to tell you he's an unconventional icon, more normcore than hardcore. Now, in his first book, Folds looks back at his life so far in a charming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOLDS, BEN FOLGeorge-Warren, Holly
Summary: This blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was. Janis Joplin's first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early sense of the power of the blues, music you could only find on obscure records and in roadhouses along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B JANIS JOPLIN GEOHarvard, Joe
Summary: "The Velvet Underground and Nico has influenced the sound of more bands than almost any other album. And remarkably, it still sounds as fresh and challenging today as it did upon its release in 1967. In this book, Joe Harvard covers everything from Lou Reed's lyrical genius to John Cale's groundbreaking instrumentation, and from the creative input of Andy Warhol to the fine details of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Academic 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 HARLesh, Phil
Summary: The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Dead. Lesh first met Garcia in 1959 in the clubs of East Palo Alto, California. At Garcia's suggestion, Lesh learned to play the electric bass, joining him in a new band that blended R & B, country, and rock and roll with an experimental fervor. Now Lesh offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LESH, PHIL LESSmith, Patti
Summary: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee presents reflections on her inner life from the unique perspectives of the cafes and cultural haunts she has visited and worked in around the world. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Music SmithSpringsteen, Bruce
Summary: Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as "The Big Bang": seeing Elvis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B SPRINGSTEENThorne, Matt.
Summary: Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as "Purple Rain", "Sign o' the Times" and "Parade" regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is still, as he ever was, an enigma. His live performances are legendary (21 Nights at the O2 in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bolden, an Agate imprint 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B PRINCE THOSummary: Within a few minutes of the news that Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia had passed away, tributes to him began appearing on the Internet. Highly personal, sincere, and moving, these fan's voices form the heart of Not Fade Away. Some tell stories of meetings with Jerry or recall a favorite concert, others explain how his music changed their lives. The effect is of a communal oral history--told,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 NOTHall, Adrian.
Summary: The most successful band to come out of the San Francisco rock scene in the 1960s, the Grateful Dead continue to delight generations of "Dead Heads" with the unique sound and style. The story of the Grateful Dead explores how the Dead came to inspire the enthusiastic following they have enjoyed for nearly three decades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Longmeadow Press 1993
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 HALStine, Megan.
Summary: "Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958, Michael Jackson was definitely not a regular kid. A superstar with The Jackson 5 before he was eight years old, he became the King of Pop as a solo artist. Michael was a creative--yet deeply troubled--genius who always remained devoted to his art right up until his death is 2009 before a much anticipated tour. He had a pitch-perfect voice and footwork...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2015
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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 DECFogerty, John
Summary: John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival, takes readers from his Northern California roots, through Creedence's success and the retreat from music and public life, to his hard-won revival as a solo artist who finally found love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOGERTY, JON FOGOates, John.
Summary: "John Oates was born at the perfect time, paralleling the birth of rock and roll. Raised in a small Pennsylvania town, he was exposed to folk, blues, soul, and R & B. After he met and teamed up with Daryl Hall in the late 1960s, they developed a style of music that was uniquely their own, but never abandoned their roots. In his memoir, John uncovers the grit and struggle it took to secure a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OATES, JOHN OATWilentz, Sean.
Summary: One of America's finest historians shows us how 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 skills of an eminent American historian as well as the passion of a fan....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DYLAN, BOB WILGrohl, David
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio GrohlPlasketes, George
Summary: Warren Zevon was one of the most original songwriters to emerge from the prolific 1970s Los Angeles music scene. Beyond his most familiar song the rollicking 1978 hit Werewolves of London Zevon s smart, often satirical songbook is rich with cinematic, literary, and comic qualities; dark narratives; complex characters; popular culture references; and tender, romantic ballads of parting and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published by Rowman & Littlefield 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZEVON, WARREN PLAZanes, Warren.
Summary: An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writer and musician who toured with Petty No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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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Summary: "An eye-opening and unique biography of two larger-than-life legends--Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson--and their unlikely yet enduring friendship"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 BOGWelch, Brian
Summary: A life-changing spiritual awakening freed Brian “Head” Welch from a stranglehold of drugs and alcohol and prompted him to leave the highly successful nu-metal band KoRn in 2005. What followed was a decade-long trial by fire, from the perils of fathering a teen lost in depression and self-mutilation to the harsh realities of playing solo and surviving the shattering betrayal of a trusted friend....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 WELWilson, Brian.
Summary: "Brian Wilson, a co-founding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, weighs in on the sources of his creative inspiration and on his struggles, the exhilarating highs and the debilitating lows"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016