Don't Worry 'Bout The Bear - From the Blues to Jazz, Rock & Roll and Black Sabbath (Simpson Jim)(Paperback / softback)

Don't Worry 'Bout The Bear - From the Blues to Jazz, Rock & Roll and Black Sabbath (Simpson Jim)(Paperback / softback)

The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll (Gillett Charlie)(Paperback)

Tear Down the Walls: White Radicalism and Black Power in 1960s Rock (Burke Patrick)(Paperback)

From the earliest days of rock and roll, white artists regularly achieved fame, wealth, and success that eluded the Black artists whose work had preceded and inspired them. This dynamic continued into the 1960s, even as the music and its fans grew to be more engaged with political issues regarding

101 Ukulele Licks: Essential Blues, Jazz, Country, Bluegrass, and Rock 'n' Roll Licks for the Uke [With CD (Audio)] (Lil' Rev)(Paperback)

(Ukulele). From blues to bluegrass, uke can play it all In this one-of-a-kind book and audio pack, you get over a hundred authentic licks notated for the ukulele in standard notation and tablature. Plus there are tons of extras common chord progressions, scales, uke history, recommended listening,

Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones (Ramone Dee Dee)(Paperback)

Lobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and newfound peace on the straight and narrow, Dee

Light My Fire - My Life With The Doors (Manzarek Ray)(Paperback / softback)

The Doors were arguably the most important rock-and-roll band of the 1960s, unquestionably a catalyst for American music as we know it. Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison were both UCLA Film School graduates, best friends and rarely apart until Morrison moved to Paris shortly before his death in

The Rise, the Fall, and the Rise (Smith Start Brix)(Paperback)

The unmissable memoir from the Fall guitarist and fashion expert.'A rock 'n' roll must-read' NMEThe Rise, The Fall, and The Rise is the extraordinary story, in her own words, of Brix Smith Start. Best known for her work in The Fall at the time when they were perhaps the most powerful and

Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta (Palmer Robert)(Paperback)

Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this extraordinary musical and social history, Robert Palmer traces the odyssey of the blues from its rural beginnings, to the steamy bars of Chicago's South Side, to international popularity, recognition, and

All that Glitters (Lowe Pearl)(Paperback / softback)

Drugs, misery and rock and roll... the totally candid story of how one woman's addiction to a glamorous life turned into a nightmare and how she brought herself back from the point of no

Testimony (Robertson Robbie)(Paperback / softback)

This is the story of a time and place - the moment when rock 'n' roll became life, when legends like Buddy Holly and Bo Diddley crisscrossed the circuit of clubs and roadhouses from Texas to Toronto, when the Beatles, Hendrix, the Stones and Warhol moved through the same streets and hotel

William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll (Rae Casey)(Paperback / softback)

William Burroughs' life and art, situated in the context of the most radical and influential rock n roll stars of the late twentieth

Rock and Roll Terrorist: The Graphic Life of Shock Rocker Gg Allin (Chancellor Reid)(Paperback)

Gold Thief (Fisher Justin)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of bestselling debut NED'S CIRCUS OF MARVELS... Roll up, roll up, and prepare to be AMAZED AGAIN by Ned and the marvellous, magical, monstrous flying

Gods, Gangsters and Honor: A Rock 'N' Roll Odyssey (Machat Steven)(Paperback)

From Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, an insider's account of the deals and the dodges inside the music and entertainment business over the last 30 years As the son of the legendary showbiz lawyer Marty Machat, Steven Machat grew up among such names as Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Frankie Valli,

The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs (Marcus Greil)(Paperback)

In this unconventional and completely mesmerizing history of rock 'n' roll, Greil Marcus selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 and shows how each, in its own unique way, embodies the story of rock 'n' roll--a new language, and a new form of

The Story of Rock (Editors of Caterpillar Books)(Board Books)

1...2...3...4! Let's rock and roll, babies! 2019 National Parenting Product Award Winner From Elvis Presley to Beatlemania, from Tina Turner to David Bowie--rock has transformed through generations while ringing true with passionate sound. Rock along with the greats in this delightful baby book

Child of All Nations (Keun Irmgard)(Paperback / softback)

Kully knows some things you don't learn at school. She knows the right way to roll a cigarette and pack a suitcase. She knows that cars are more dangerous than lions. She knows you can't enter a country without a passport or visa. And she knows that she and her parents can't go back to Germany

Patti Smith's Horses (Shaw Philip)(Paperback)

Described as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll (the original concept was 'rock and Rimbaud'), Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. While Horses pays homage to the record's origins in the nascent New

Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll: My Life in Rock (Pearcy Stephen)(Paperback)

The jaw-dropping tell-all from the lead singer of 1980s supergroup Ratt--and the dirty details of the riotous era when big-haired bands ruled the world.Women. Spandex. Drugs. Hair spray. . . . Welcome to heavy metal rock 'n' roll, circa 1980, when all you needed was the right look, burning

Ground Beneath Her Feet (Rushdie Salman)(Paperback / softback)

'The first great rock 'n' roll novel in the English language' The TimesOn Valentine's Day, 1989, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating

Great Clown Conundrum (McCall Smith Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Roll up! Roll up! For the second exciting instalment in The Big-Top Mysteries series from Alexander McCall Smith and Sam Usher! A new season is about to begin at the Shortbread family circus but something is wrong with chief clown Mr Birdcage ... Looks like Billy, Fern and Joe have another mystery

Rock 'n' Roll Piano Songbook(Paperback / softback)

Features classic hits from Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Jerry Lee Lewis. This title includes songs that are accurately transcribed from the original recordings for piano and voice with guitar chord

David Bowie - Star Man (McKenna Pete)(Paperback / softback)

Rolling Stone magazine called him the greatest rock and roll star ever. David Bowie gave us over a hundred singles - twenty seven studio albums - eleven live albums - fifty seven compilations and four soundtracks during the course of his musical career constantly changing his image and music

City of Thieves (Benioff David)(Paperback)

From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival -- and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. During the Nazis' brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev