Anthony DeCurtis
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed.
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians.
But while his iconic status may be fixed, the man himself was anything...
2) Lou Reed
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Just a few years after the singer's death comes the thrilling, provocative story of his complex life. An acclaimed Rolling Stone contributor, Anthony DeCurtis interviewed Reed extensively and knew him well. With unparalleled access to Reed's friends, family, and dozens of other intimate relations, DeCurtis brings Reed's story compellingly alive and deepens listeners' understanding of his indelible music.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
In The Soundtrack of My Life, music legend Clive Davis recounts an extraordinary five-decade career in the music business, while also telling a remarkable personal story of triumphs, disappointments, and encounters with some of the greatest musical artists of our time, including Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, the Grateful Dead, Patti Smith, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, and Alicia Keys.
Orphaned...
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Fullscreen edition, 2008 edition.
Language
English
Description
Recorded at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado in June, 1983 and featuring Out of Control; Sunday Bloody Sunday; New Year's Day; I Will Follow; Cry; and more. Bonus features include previously unreleased songs and commentary.
9) Match prints
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The photographs and Jim Marshall and Timothy White often captured the same subjects, but perhaps several years apart. They can be compared together in this collection of photos, many of which are accompanied by mini-essays by celebrities including Julian Lennon, Slash, Keith Richards, Aretha Franklin, and Joan Baez.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Play It Loud celebrates the musical instruments that gave rock and roll its signature sound-from Louis Jordan's alto saxophone and John Lennon's Rickenbacker to the drum set owned by Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Lady Gaga's keytar, and beyond. Seven engrossing essays by veteran music journalists and scholars discuss the technical developments that fostered rock's seductive riffs and driving rhythms, the thrilling innovations musicians have devised to...
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