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“steven roby”

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  • Hendrix on Hendrix

    Interviews and Encounters with Jimi Hendrix

    Edited by Steven Roby ...
    Though many books have chronicled Jimi Hendrix's brilliant but tragically brief musical career, this is the first to use his own words to paint a detailed portrait of the man behind the guitar. With selections carefully chosen by one of the world's leading Jimi Hendrix historians, this work includes the most important interviews from the peak of his career, 1966 to 1970. In this authoritative ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Becoming Jimi Hendrix

    From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, the Untold Story of a Musical Genius

    by Steven Roby, Brad Schreiber ...
    Becoming Jimi Hendrix traces "Jimmy's" early musical roots, from a harrowing, hand-to-mouth upbringing in a poverty-stricken, broken Seattle home to his early discovery of the blues to his stint as a reluctant recruit of the 101st Airborne who was magnetically drawn to the rhythm and blues scene in Nashville. As a sideman, Hendrix played with the likes of Little Richard, Ike and Tina Turner, the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • With the Beatles

    A Stunning Insight by The Man who was with the Band Every Step of the Way

    by Alistair Taylor, Pharic Gillibrand ...
    When we went to the Palace to get The Beatles their OBEs. John Lennon had some acid with him. 'I'm gonna slip it into the Queen's tea,' he told me. 'I want to open her mind and try to get her to declare war on somewhere nice and warm so we can all go and fight on the beaches.' After Jane Asher dumped Paul McCartney he literally used to cry on my shoulder. We hit the bottle together. Hard. 'I had ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Neil and Me

    by Scott Young ...
    SCOTT YOUNG chronicles his son’s early years in and around Toronto and Winnipeg and his rise from journeyman, musician to superstar in the 1960s and 1970s. The frequent occasions when Scott and Neil’s paths have crossed – from backstage meetings and family get-togethers to a sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall – give a fascinating portrait of an enigmatic star. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummers' Tales

    by Spike Webb ...
    Never have so many famous drummers been gathered together in one place! Drummer and writer Spike Webb has spent more than three years meeting fellow drummers in bars, clubs and cafes, shooting the breeze for a couple of hours and extracting anecdote after anecdote for posterity. This is truly a labour of love - and somebody had to do it. In this book you'll meet drummers like Nick Mason (Pink ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life

    A Book by and for the Fanatics Among Us

    by Steve Almond ...
    Drooling fanatic, n. 1. One who drools in the presence of beloved rock stars. 2. Any of a genus of rock-and-roll wannabes/geeks who walk around with songs constantly ringing in their ears, own more than 3,000 albums, and fall in love with at least one record per week.With a life that’s spanned the phonographic era and the digital age, Steve Almond lives to Rawk. Like you, he’s secretly longed to ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001

    by Keith Badman ...
    An updated edition of the best-seller. The story of what happened to the band members, their families and friends after the 1970 break-up is brought right up to date. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • When I Grow up

    A Memoir

    by Juliana Hatfield ...
    By the early nineties, singer-songwriter and former Blake Babies member Juliana Hatfield’s solo career was taking off: She was on the cover of Spin and Sassy. Ben Stiller directed the video for her song "Spin the Bottle" from the Reality Bites film soundtrack. Then, after canceling a European tour to treat severe depression and failing to produce another "hit," she spent a decade releasing well ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Go-Betweens

    by David Nichols ...
    When Robert Forster and Grant McLennan formed the Go-Betweens in Brisbane in 1977, they were determined to be different. They were angular, spare, and poetic when crashing directness was the prevailing style. Their heroes were Dylan, Creedence, and Television, when it was more fashionable to cite the Stooges and the New York Dolls. Their attitude was as punk as anyone’s, but their lyrical guitar ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Some Fantastic Place

    My Life In and Out of Squeeze

    by Chris Difford ...
    Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book PrizeOver the course of a thirteen-album and multi-award-winning career with Squeeze, it was clear from the very beginning that Chris Difford has few peers when it comes to smart, pithy lyricism. In Some Fantastic Place, he charts his life from his childhood in south London to becoming a member of one of Britain's greatest bands and beyond. Along the way ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Are We Not New Wave?

    Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s

    by Theodore Cateforis ...
    Series series Tracking Pop
    “Are We Not New Wave? is destined to become the definitive study of new wave music.”—Mark Spicer, coeditor of Sounding Out PopNew wave emerged at the turn of the 1980s as a pop music movement cast in the image of punk rock’s sneering demeanor, yet rendered more accessible and sophisticated. Artists such as the Cars, Devo, the Talking Heads, and the Human League leapt into the Top 40 with a novel ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses

    by Alex Green ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm. This book explores the political and cultural zeitgeist of England in 1989 and attempts to apprehend the magic ingredients that made The Stone Roses such a special and influential album. ... Read more

    $12.79 USD