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Chronicles: Volume One (Chronicles)

by Bob Dylan

"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else." So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York... (more)

Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Story

by Ian Halperin

Many musicians sing about heartache, despair, and confusion, but few have experienced those feelings more intensely than James Taylor, who rose from a childhood of privilege as the son of an affluent medical school dean to become a modern-day troubadour and pop superstar. When he was seventeen years old, his demons led him to a Massachusetts mental institution where he confronted them the only way he knew... (more)

Small Town Girl

by Lavryle Spencer

Country music superstar Mac McPhail returns to her hometown of Wintergreen, Missouri, where she learns to appreciate her family and to open her heart to love and commitment with the man next door. Reader's Digest Cond Bks.

Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller

by Marshall Chapman

Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller is an inventive and original book from Nashville singer/songwriter Chapman, who uses twelve of her most resonant songs as entry points to many of her life's adventures. Not a memoir, but a map of the places Chapman's been and what went through her mind as she was traveling there, this book is funny and tender, warm and exuberant. Raised a debutante in Spartanburg, South... (more)

Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross

Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross

by Craig Seymour

On April 16, 2003, Luther Vandross suffered a near-fatal stroke, and the world held its breath. Inside sources said he might never sing again. He was too weak to receive visitors, but cards and good wishes came from Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Anita Baker, Halle Berry, Patti LaBelle, Jesse Jackson, Burt Bacharach, Bette Midler, Star Jones, Gladys Knight, and Dionne Warwick, among others. With a will to live... (more)

Songwriting for Dummies

by Jim Peterik

"Songwriting is a way of expressing what’s in the heart, mind, and soul!" —Kenny Loggins Get the inside scoop on finding agents, publishers, and collaborators Create a demo and break into the music industry! Now you can write the songs! Using well-known tunes as examples, this easy-to-follow guide walks you through every aspect of writing lyrics and publishing a song, from choosing a... (more)

Cobain Unseen

by Charles R. Cross

An unparalleled look inside the brilliant mind of one of America 's most revered rock legends, Cobain Unseen collects previously unseen artifacts and photographs from the estate's archives to form a fascinating portrait of the creativity, madness, and genius of Kurt Cobain. Personal items and photographs take readers deeper inside Cobain's life than they've ever been before, and interactive features, such as... (more)

Society's Child: My Autobiography

by Janis Ian

Grammy Award–winning singer and songwriter Janis Ian’s memoir of her more than forty years in the music business . Janis Ian was catapulted into the spotlight in 1966 at the age of fifteen when her soul-wrenching song “Society’s Child” became a national hit. An intimate portrait of an interracial relationship, “Society’s Child” climbed the charts despite the fact that many radio stations across the country... (more)

So, You Want To Be A Singer?Joan Cartwright

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