Abbey Road: The Inside Story Of The World’s Most Famous Recording Studio – Book...
What we learn from David Hepworth’s nearly 400-page Abbey Road: The Inside Story Of The World’s Most Famous Recording Studio, is that The Beatles were merely a small (albeit...
The Making Of Pink Floyd The Wall – Book Review
Pink Floyd have always been sort of a tightly wound organization, but things
have loosened up since the famous Live 8 reunion in 2005. In fact, the following
year, all four...
Todd Rundgren’s The Individualist – Digressions, Dreams & Dissertations – Book Review
About 20 years ago, Todd Rundgren floated several samples of his then memoir-in-progress on PatroNet, his ahead-of-its-time fan-based subscription service that afforded his followers, among other things, the opportunity...
Van Halen Rising – Book Review
I’ve been a fan of Van Halen since 1976, just before they signed with Warner Brothers. Yeah, I was one of the lucky ones who got to see them...
Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, And Drugs With The Grateful Dead –...
I first saw the Grateful Dead at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, September 1977. At that time in my life, as a junior in high school, my musical...
The Band: Pioneers Of American Music – Book Review
Ronnie ‘The Hawk’ Hawkins grouped them together and worked them
in their early days playing in Canada; Bob Dylan used a bunch of them (at
first) to “go electric” then recorded...
Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story Of Rock & Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood – Book Review
The last time I was in the popular music section of the local Barnes &
Noble, I took stock in the number of tomes written about rock and roll. For
one,...
And Party Every Day The Inside Story Of Casablanca Records – Book Review
You've read the rest now read the best. Larry Harris' And Party Every
Day: The Inside Story Of Casablanca Records (written with Curt Gooch
and Jeff Suhs) may be one of...
Book Review: Does The Noise In My Head Bother You? (Steven Tyler)
If you've had any exposure to Steven Tyler in the 40 years he's fronted what many have called the American Rolling Stones or have, of late, come to know...
I Am Phil – Book Review
Not that I had any doubt that an autobiography written by Phil Ehart wouldn’t be interesting. But in I Am Phil (written with Paul Braoudakis), the Kansas drummer/manager/OG manages...
