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Rock ‘N’ Read September 2017
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GUCCI MANE by Mane, Gucci, with Neil Martinez-Belkin
PRICE: $27.00 - ClothISBN: 9781501165320
PUBLISHER: Simon & SchusterAVAILABILITY: 09/19/2017
A highly anticipated memoir by the prolific hip-hop artist traces his unlikely path to stardom and personal rebirth, discussing his early years in Alabama and Georgia, his activities as a drug dealer, the experiences that inspired his influential street anthems and his recent prison term.
WHAT IS IT ALL BUT LUMINOUS: NOTES FROM AN UNDERGROUND MAN by Garfunkel, Art
PRICE: $27.95 - ClothISBN: 9780385352475
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. KnopfAVAILABILITY: 09/26/2017
A lyrical memoir of a creative life by half of the successful music duo traces his experiences before, during and after Simon & Garfunkel, from his youth in the mid-20th century and early successes with Paul Simon to the heyday of their popularity and the gradual divides that ended their collaboration.
Rock ‘N’ Read September 2017
BORN TO RUN by Springsteen, Bruce
PRICE: $19.99 - PaperISBN: 9781501141522
PUBLISHER: Simon & SchusterAVAILABILITY: 09/05/2017
In a personal account inspired by the remarkable 2009 Super Bowl halftime show, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer traces his life from his childhood in a Catholic New Jersey family and the musical experiences that prompted his career to the rise of the E Street Band and the stories behind some of his most famous songs. Reprint.
LINER NOTES: ON PARENTS & CHILDREN, EXES & EXCESS, DEATH & DECAY, & A FEW OF MY OTHER FAVORITE THINGS by Wainwright, Loudon, III
PRICE: $27.00 - ClothISBN: 9780399177026
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group UsaAVAILABILITY: 09/05/2017
The influential Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and actor shares meditative personal reflections on relationships and creativity, tracing the struggles with alcoholism, infidelity and competitiveness
that have challenged his celebrity family.
DAVID BOWIE: A LIFE by Jones, Dylan
PRICE: $28.00 - ClothISBN: 9780451497833
PUBLISHER: Crown PubAVAILABILITY: 09/12/2017
Traces the life of the late music superstar through almost 200 interviews with his producers, bandmates, managers and lovers from his English childhood to key points throughout his career, including early 1970s New York and the hedonism of late 1970s Los Angeles.
Rock ‘N’ Read September 2017
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN SLOWLY: A LIFE IN AND OUT OF JAZZ by Hersch, Fred
PRICE: $28.00 - ClothISBN: 9781101904343
PUBLISHER: Crown PubAVAILABILITY: 09/12/2017
The eight-time Grammy-nominated music artist describes his experiences of being one of the first openly gay, HIV-positive musicians in the cloistered, largely African-American jazz world, sharing additional insights into his two-month medically induced coma in 2007,
from which he would emerge to create some of the most emotionally compelling music of his career.
A SICK LIFE: TLC ‘N ME: STORIES FROM ON AND OFF THE STAGE by Watkins, Tionne
PRICE: $26.99 - ClothISBN: 9781623368609
PUBLISHER: RodaleAVAILABILITY: 09/12/2017
A memoir from Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, five-time Grammy Award winning member of hip-hop group TLC, about her rise to fame, lifelong battle with sickle-cell disease and her strength through success and tragedy.
GOODNIGHT, L.A.: THE RISE AND FALL OF CLASSIC ROCK—THE UNTOLD STORY FROM INSIDE THE LEGENDARY RECORDING STUDIOS by Hartman, Kent
PRICE: $27.00 - ClothISBN: 9780306824371
PUBLISHER: Da Capo PressAVAILABILITY: 09/19/2017
A behind-the-scenes journey through the rise and fall of the 1970s and ‘80s classic rock era explores how rising legends operated behind the walls of unlikely recording
studios in Los Angeles, tracing the lesser-known stories of classic artists and famous producers. 25,000 first printing.
Rock ‘N’ Read September 2017
LIGHTFOOT by Jennings, Nicholas
PRICE: $30.00 - ClothISBN: 9780735232556
PUBLISHER: Viking PressAVAILABILITY: 09/26/2017
A biography of the Canadian singer-songwriter behind “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” describes how he started singing in grade school before going on to write songs and play concert halls worldwide while watching his relationships unravel due to alcoholism.
ROLLING STONES ON AIR IN THE SIXTIES: TV AND RADIO HISTORY AS IT HAPPENED by Havers, Richard
PRICE: $45.00 - ClothISBN: 9780062471314
PUBLISHER: Harper DesignAVAILABILITY: 09/26/2017
Tells the in-depth history of the Rolling Stones through their career-defining television and radio appearances during their rise to fame in the 1960s, from their first television appearance on Thank Your Lucky
Stars! to their free 1969 concert in London’s Hyde Park. 35,000 first printing.
GUNS N’ ROSES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A ROCK ’N’ ROLL BAND by Elliott, Paul
PRICE: $29.95 - ClothISBN: 9781454926429
PUBLISHER: Sterling PublishingAVAILABILITY: 09/12/2017
Written by a band insider, a comprehensive, fully illustrated and up-to-date account offers an unofficial exploration of Guns N’ Roses.
Rock ‘N’ Read September 2017
PICTURING PRINCE: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT by Parke, Steve
PRICE: $24.99 - ClothISBN: 9781844039692
PUBLISHER: CassellAVAILABILITY: 09/05/2017
In a full-color account, the late icon’s former art director reveals stunning intimate photographs of the singer from his time working at Paisley Park, including 16 pages of “lost photographs,” all of which have recently been uncovered by the author from within his extensive archive.
STAYING ALIVE: THE DISCO INFERNO OF THE BEE GEES by Spence, Simon
PRICE: $22.95 - PaperISBN: 9781911036272
PUBLISHER: JawboneAVAILABILITY: 09/19/2017
The co-author of Stoned offers and illustrated reappraisal of the Bee Gees at the peak of their powers. Original.
HIGHWAY STAR: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DEEP PURPLE’S LEAD SINGER by Gillan, Ian. Foreword by Lars Ulrich
PRICE: $15.95 - PaperISBN: 9781944713287PUBLISHER: Consortium Book (Smaller
Imprints)AVAILABILITY: 09/12/2017
In a book that has a foreword by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, the iconic singer of seminal rock band Deep Purple dishes on the highs and lows his career. Original.
Rock ‘N’ Read September 2017
MAXIMUM VOLUME: THE LIFE OF BEATLES PRODUCER GEORGE MARTIN, THE EARLY YEARS, 1926-1966 by Womack, Kenneth
PRICE: $30.00 - ClothISBN: 9781613731895
PUBLISHER: Chicago Review PressAVAILABILITY: 09/01/2017
Offers a glimpse into the mind, the music and the man behind the sound of The Beatles, in a first volume that covers his working-class childhood, musical influences and early work with the Fab Four.
NOT DEAD YET by Collins, Phil
PRICE: $17.00 - PaperISBN: 9781101907481
PUBLISHER: Three Rivers PressAVAILABILITY: 09/12/2017
The Genesis frontman and successful solo artist presents a reflective memoir that shares insights into the remarkable experiences behind many of his iconic songs and performances, offering unstinting discussions of his early years, relationships with fellow artists and struggles with addiction. Reprint.
WOMAN WALK THE LINE: HOW THE WOMEN IN COUNTRY MUSIC CHANGED OUR LIVES by Gleason, Holly, ed.
PRICE: $24.95 - ClothISBN: 9781477313916
PUBLISHER: Univ. Of Texas PressAVAILABILITY: 09/20/2017
Collects deeply personal essays from award-winning writers on the femme fatales, feminists, groundbreakers and truth tellers of the country-music industry, in a book that covers Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, Loretta
Lynn, Rhiannon Giddens, June Carter Cash and many more.
Rock ‘N’ Read September 2017
GOOD VIBRATIONS: MY LIFE AS A BEACH BOY by Love, Mike & Hirsch, James S.
PRICE: $17.00 - PaperISBN: 9780735212336
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group UsaAVAILABILITY: 09/12/2017
A founding member of The Beach Boys traces the story of his triumphant half-century career, discussing topics ranging from the inspirations for his pop classic lyrics and his struggles with self-destructive habits to his spiritual life and his partnerships with his cousins Brian, Dennis and Carl. Reprint.
WHAT I FOUND IN A THOUSAND TOWNS: A TRAVELING MUSICIAN’S GUIDE TO REBUILDING AMERICA’S COMMUNITIES-ONE COFFEE SHOP, DOG RUN, AND OPEN-MIKE NIGHT AT A TIME by Williams, Dar
PRICE: $27.00 - ClothISBN: 9780465098965
PUBLISHER: Basic Books (Hachette)AVAILABILITY: 09/05/2017
A beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishes.
BOB MOULD’S WORKBOOK by Biggins, Walter & Couch, Daniel
PRICE: $14.95 - PaperISBN: 9781501321351
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Usa AcademicAVAILABILITY: 09/07/2017
Offers a close look at the music, production and contexts of the Bob Mould album Woodwork and, by doing so, places the record in the center of the various discourses that would evolve into alternative and, later, indie rock. Original.
Rock ‘N’ Read September 2017
CAMP LO’S UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT by Rivers, Patrick & Fulton, William
PRICE: $14.95 - PaperISBN: 9781501322723
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Usa AcademicAVAILABILITY: 09/07/2017
Informed by interviews of the artists, album producer Ski, autobiographical accounts by A&R/co-author Will Fulton, a musical and cultural analyses of the album Uptown Saturday Night details the development of the album and how its contents instigated a “re-remembering” of black culture. Original.
BROTHAS BE, YO LIKE GEORGE, AIN’T THAT FUNKIN’ KINDA HARD ON YOU?: A MEMOIR by Clinton, George, with Ben Greenman
PRICE: $17.00 - PaperISBN: 9781476751085
PUBLISHER: Atria BooksAVAILABILITY: 09/05/2017
Traces the funk music legend’s rise from a 1950s barbershop quartet to an influential multigenre artist, discussing his pivotal artistic and business achievements with Parliament-Funkadelic. Reprint.
ADVENTURES OF A BALLAD HUNTER by Lomax, John A. Foreword by Anna Lomax Wood. Illus by Ken Chamberlain
PRICE: $18.95 - PaperISBN: 9781477313718
PUBLISHER: Univ. Of Texas PressAVAILABILITY: 09/05/2017
Reprints a classic memoir about the author’s herculean efforts to document the wide variety of American folk music during his life. Reprint.
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Rock ‘N’ Read September 2017
THE BEATLES BOOK by Davies, Hunter, with Spencer Leigh, Keith Badman & David Bedford
PRICE: $59.95 - ClothISBN: 9780091958619
PUBLISHER: EburyAVAILABILITY: 09/01/2017
The only ever authorized biographer of the Fab Four brings together three eminent Beatles experts to compile an illustrated guide divided into four sections—People, Songs, Places and Broadcast & Cinema—covering every element of the band’s history and bringing every influence that shaped the incredible Beatles phenomenon vividly to life.
FLORIDA SOUL: FROM RAY CHARLES TO KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND by Capouya, John
PRICE: $24.95 - ClothISBN: 9780813054520
PUBLISHER: Univ Press Of FloridaAVAILABILITY: 09/12/2017
Draws on extensive interviews with surviving musicians to re-create the excitement and honor the achievements of soul’s golden age, establishing Florida as one of the great soul music capitals of the United States and exploring the early careers of Ray Charles, Sam & Dave, Helene Smith and many more.
