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Language
English
Description
Buffett wasn?t always the pied piper of beaches, bars, and laid-back living. Born on the Gulf Coast, the son of a son of a sailing ship captain, Buffett scuffed around New Orleans in the late sixties, flunked out of Nashville (and a marriage) in 1971, and found refuge among the artists, dopers, shrimpers, and genuine characters who?d collected at the end of the road in Key West. And it was there, in those waning outlaw days at the last American exit,...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
An oral biography chronicling the life of singer-songwriter Warren Zevon brings together conversations and interviews with Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris, and other friends and colleagues from California's rock scene.
When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind both a fanatical cult following and a rich catalog of dark, witty rock-n-roll classics that includes "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves...
Author
Publisher
MQ Publications Limited
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A far-reaching photographic record representing 50 years of Elvis fan worship. Over 220 black and white and color photographs, posters, and images. More than 100 quotations from Elvis and the people who were around him. Exclusive interviews with those who worked with The King, plus extracts from eminent writers such as Peter Guralnick, Greil Marcus, and Lester Bangs. Essays on Elvis movies, his stage clothes designs, his days in the army, family life,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The man who invented shock rock tells how he slayed his demons--with a golf club. One day between concerts, when Cooper was bored and drunk on a quart-of-whiskey-a-day habit, a friend dragged the rocker out of his room and suggested a round of golf. Cooper has been a golf addict ever since. This is his tell-all memoir; he talks candidly about his life and career, his struggles with alcohol, how he fell in love with golf, how he dried out at a sanitarium...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
From the world's leading authority on Bob Dylan comes the definitive biography that promises to transform our understanding of the man and musician - thanks to early access to Dylan's never-before-studied archives.
Using material from Dylan's personal archive, Heylin tells the story of the singer's meteoric rise to fame. Readers will follow Dylan's arrival in early 1961 in New York, where he is embraced by the folk scene; his elevation to spokesman...
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
""Elvis, you and I know the truth and unfortunately youre not here to set the record straight. With this book, I will try to..." Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in the life of Ginger Alden, having been born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacy--as Elvis Presley's fiancée, and his last great love. For over three decades Ginger has held the truth of their relationship close...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Language
English
Description
"Elvis Presley, perhaps better known as the King of Rock and Roll, left an amazing legacy on the worldwide music scene. But before Elvis became The King, he was just a shy kid growing up in a poor family in Mississippi. From an early age singing in church, Elvis used music as a form of hope, a means of getting by. He soon created his own style that brought together classes and races and lifted people's spirits. His mark was indelible. He remains the...
Series
Publisher
BMG Special Products
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A look at Elvis Presley's movie career of the 50's, featuring outtakes, home movies, and interviews with his first manager and guitarist, friends, director, and songwriters. Includes clips from films such as Love me tender, Jailhouse rock, and King Creole.
Publisher
MVDvisual
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Documentary on rock singer Janis Joplin, with her own words telling much of the story through a series of letters she wrote home over the years, read by Chan Marshall. Includes interviews with musicians P!nk, Kris Kristofferson, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Weir, Juliette Lewis, TV presenter Dick Cavett, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker, the Joplin family, and others.
18) Elvis Presley
Author
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows the life, career, and music of the popular rock and roll singer, from his early years in Mississippi to his controversial death at age forty-two.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Traces Bob Dylan's journey from his roots in Minnesota, to his early days in Greenwich Village, to his tumultuous ascent to pop stardom in 1966. Joan Baez, Allan Ginzberg, Maria Muldaur, Pete Seeger, Liam Clancy, Mavis Staples and others share their thoughts and feelings about the young singer who would change popular music forever. Contains extensive archival footage, some never-before-seen and rare concert performances.
