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Cash, Johnny Country musicians United States Biography Grateful Dead (Musical group) Hendrix, Jimi Hornby, Nick Popular music History and criticism Rock musicians United States Biography Singers United States Biography Sound recording industry United States History Sound recordings ReviewsContents: 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 CASSummary: The Florence Hills High School seniors are having their last hurrah before graduation. It's the biggest event of the year-- and you're invited! The place: a megamansion in one of Chicago's wealthiest suburban enclaves. The host: DeAndre Dixon, FHHS's golden boy. Kisses will be swapped between old friends, new friends, and could've-sworn-they-were-enemies kind of friends. Relationships get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joy Revolution 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOUBockris, Victor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Omnibus Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 BOCGuralnick, Peter.
Summary: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: 70 Years of Sun Records is the official history of this legendary label, and looks at its story in a unique way: through the lens of 70 of its most iconic recordings. From the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King to long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, you will see how the label was shaped and how it redefined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.66 GURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 GURHopkins, 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 HOPNeate, Patrick.
Summary: Covering five continents and cities as diverse as New York, Rio, Tokyo, and Johannesburg, the author explores hip-hop's international influence on and significance in popular music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 NEARush, 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 RUSSummary: Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Backbeat Books/All Media Guide 2001
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1 available in Sight & Sound Reference Material, Call number: SSR 780.26 ALLCogan, Jim.
Summary: All great music has a birthplace. This book tells the stories of the legendary studios where musical genius and a magical space came together to capture some of the most exciting jazz, pop, funk, soul, and country records ever made. From the celebrated Southern studios of Sun and Stax, to the John Coltrane/Miles Davis sessions in producer Rudy Van Gelder's living room, to Frank Sinatra's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6414 COGDyer, Geoff.
Summary: Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the giants of jazz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DYEHersh, Kristin
Summary: Kristin Hersh toured with Chesnutt for nearly a decade and they became close friends, bonding over a love of songwriting and mutual struggles with mental health. In Don’t Suck, Don’t Die, she describes many seemingly small moments they shared, their free-ranging conversations, and his tragic death. More memoir than biography, Hersh’s book plumbs the sources of Chesnutt’s pain and creativity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Texas Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHESNUTT, VIC HERHough, 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 STRTougias, Mike
Summary: "When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream in the throes of a calamitous storm, it leaves behind three weary passengers struggling to stay alive afloat a life raft in violent waves 80 feet tall"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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 CASGoldsmith, Joan Oliver.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.11 GOLHall, 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