Neil Young | Long May You Run: The Illustrated History – Book Review
Of the countless books and diatribes written about Neil Young, Neil
Young ~ Long May You Run: The Illustrated History is about as a complete
and up-to-date as you could ask...
Cat Stevens / Yusuf | Cat On The Road To Findout & Greatest Hits...
One shouldn’t be surprised that a Cat Steven’s autobiography would be a supremely honest and humble account as Cat On The Road To Findout most surely is.
From his childhood growing...
Patch & Tweak With Moog – Book Review
In the annals of synthesizer innovation, pros and amateur musicians both bow to the Moog. The synthesizer that bears its inventor’s name — Robert Moog...
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...
Little Richard: The Birth Of Rock ’n’ Roll – Book Review
If David Kirby had his way we'd start every sentence with "A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom!"
The guy makes the case in Little Richard: The Birth Of Rock 'n' Roll
that "Tutti Frutti" is the...
Legends On Tour: The Pop Package Tours Of The 1960s – Book Review
With a Three cheers for Martin Creasy and his wonderful book: Legends
On Tour: The Pop Package Tours Of The 1960s. Shedding light on a subject
I often wondered about, this...
Little Girl Blue: The Life Of Karen Carpenter – Book Review
I’ve never been afraid to admit my love for the Carpenters; in fact,
I’d say Karen Carpenter had one of the most expressive pop voices ever
recorded. I adore the work...
The Velvet Underground: An Illustrated History Of A Walk On The Wild Side –...
On the 45th anniversary of the infamous Velvet Underground, the band led by
Lou Reed and managed by Andy Warhol with such songs as “Waiting For The
Man” and “Venus In...
Juke Box Hero: My Five Decades In Rock ‘n’ Roll (Lou Gramm) – Book...
Lou Gramm’s rise to superstardom as the lead singer of Foreigner is not unlike that of so many of his peers — inspired by the British Invasion, worked in...
Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock ‘N’ Roll – Book Review
So, you think you know all there is to know about rock and roll. Nope, not even close. Let Larry Birnbaum set you straight. His 400-page plus book Before...
