Contents: My dad Johnny Cash / by Rosanne Cash -- The man in black / by Mikal Gilmore -- Growing up poor / by Johnny Cash -- The sun sessions / by David Fricke -- Jails, hospitals and car wrecks / by Johnny Cash -- Nothing can take the place of the human heart / by Robert Hilburn -- The ballad of Johnny and June -- Johnny Cash at San Quentin / by Ralph J. Gleason -- Johnny Cash meets Dick Nixon / by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.642 CASHopkins, Jerry.
Summary: A biography of the rock guitarist whose short but powerful career was highlighted by a legendary performance at Woodstock in 1969.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HENDRIX, JIMI HOPRush, Bobby
Summary: "Experience music history with this memoir by one of the last of the genuine old school Blues and R&B legends, the Grammy-winning dynamic showman Bobby Rush"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUSH, BOBBY RUSHough, Stephen
Summary: Stephen Hough is indisputably one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and recordings. He is also a writer, composer and painter. As an international performer he spends much of his life at airports, on planes, and in hotel rooms and this book expands notes he has made, in his words, 'during that dead time on the road'. He writes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 786.2092 HOUMargolick, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 MAROrbison, Roy
Summary: Chronicles the life and career of the influential rock 'n' roll pioneer, from his rise to stardom, to the tragedies that led to his obscurity, to his dramatic comeback and death at the age of fifty-two.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 ORBISON, ROY ORBRo, Ronin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DR. DRE RORonstadt, Linda.
Summary: In this memoir, iconic singer Linda Ronstadt weaves together a captivating story of her origins in Tucson, Arizona, and her rise to stardom in the Southern California music scene of the 1960s and 70s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RONSTADT, LINDA RONStrong, M. C. (Martin Charles)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo Books 2000
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 781.66 STRSummary: 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 ACCCash, Johnny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 CASHall, 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 HALHornby, Nick.
Contents: Song essays : Your love is the place where I come from / Teenage Fanclub -- Thunder road / Bruce Springsteen -- I'm like a bird / Nelly Furtado -- Heartbreaker / Led Zeppelin -- One man guy / Rufus Wainwright -- Samba pa ti / Santana -- Mama, you been on my mind / Rod Stewart -- Can you please crawl out your window / Bob Dylan -- Rain / The Beatles -- You had time / Ani DiFranco -- I've had it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.63 HORPignone, Charles
Summary: "From his family's vast archives--a revelatory new pictorial life of the greatest entertainer of the twentieth century,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 SINATRA, FRANK PIGRamone, Phil.
Summary: A successful producer presents an insider's tour of the recording business, tracing his early days working with commercials and jazz before working with such artists as Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 RAMStewart, Rod.
Summary: A personal portrait by the legendary singer recounts his life on and off the stage, from his humble British roots and his riotous years on tour with The Jeff Beck Group and The Faces to his three marriages and his decades as a solo performer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STEWART, ROD STETucker, Tanya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 782.42 TUCWilder, Eliot.
Summary: What resonated about Endtroducing... when it was released in 1996, and what makes it still resonate today, is the way in which it loosens itself from the mooring of the known and sails off into an uncharted territory that seems to exist both in and out of time. Josh Davis is not only a master sampler and turntablist supreme, he is also a serious archeologist with a world-thirsty passion (what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 WILSummary: A visual history of the Jacksons combines exclusive interviews, anecdotes, quotes, and previously unseen family archive photographs to trace their meteoric rise and history-making tours.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 JACMarshall, Ben
Summary: Blending memoir, history, and music, The Who explores the influences that shaped the band and its members, from Britain’s post-war austerity to Elvis, Lonnie Donegan, and American youth counter-culture. It follows them through the Mod and Pop years and the furiously fast sixties, and charts the hit singles—"My Generation," "I’m a Boy,, "The Kids Are Alright," and "Pinball Wizard." It revels in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperDesign, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.6 MARMcDermott, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 787.8716 MCDSager, Carole Bayer.
Summary: "In this memoir, Carole Bayer Sager tells the surprisingly frank and darkly humorous story of a woman whose sometimes crippling fears and devastating relationships inspired many of the songs she would ultimately write. She gives a deeply personal account of how love and heartbreak made her the woman, and the writer, she is"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017