Biographies

If you ever needed proof that a magazine can have a love affair with a musician, you're holding it in your hands. For DownBeat, the preeminent publication of the jazz world, Miles Dewey Davis was one...

Other people locked themselves away and hid from their demons. Townes flung open his door and said, 'Come on in. ' So writes Harold Eggers, Townes Van Zandt's longtime road manager and producer, in My...

For more than a century, directors from both sides of the border have chosen Mexico as the location to create their cinematic art, leaving an indelible imprint on the imaginations of moviegoers and fi...

Bruce Springsteen - Like a Killer in the Sun, originally published in Italian, is the definitive book on the work of Bruce Springsteen, showing his unique narrative talent and offering an accurate cri...

One of the most successful songwriters and composers of the last 25 years, Steve Dorff has penned over 20 Top 10 hits for pop and country artists around the world, including Barbra Streisand, Celine D...

In this meticulously researched biography, author Pelle Berglund presents the first comprehensive book on the life of Buddy Rich, still considered by many to be the greatest drummer ever to pick up st...

A lively and engaging chronicle of the triumphant rise of Sharon Jones - one of the most authentic purveyors of American soul music since James Brown - Long Slow Train: The Soul Music of Sharon Jones...

My Las Vegas is the incredible life story of Bobby Morris, who arrived in the U. S. from Poland at age ten, where he shined shoes and dreamed of being a drummer, and rose to become a music legend both...

Frank Zappa was an unremitting musical innovator and experimenter, always looking for ways to exploit the latest advances in technology. His working life coincided with the explosive development of mu...

Outrageously talented, remarkably handsome, internationally renowned, and dead at the age of 21. More than 40 years after the tragic car crash that killed him, Eddie Cochran remains one of rock and ro...

Carol Kimball's comprehensive survey of art song literature has been the principal one-volume American source on the topic. Now back in print after an absence of several years, this newly revised edit...

Now in paperback, here is the definitive biography of one of the most revered guitarists of his generation, Skydog reveals the complete story of Duane Allman, from his early struggles and his session...

As a member of Cream, Jack Bruce co-wrote and sang such major '60s hits as Sunshine of Your Love and White Room. But he was a singular talent who wanted to be a pioneer, not just a pop star, and he wa...

Steinberger: A Story of Creativity and Design tells the story of musical instrument designer Ned Steinberger. Ned's instruments have been pushing the boundaries both sonically and aesthetically for ov...

Jeff Porcaro was a founding member of the Grammy® Award-winning band Toto, and he also recorded and toured with a list of artists that reads like a who's who of popular music in the late twentieth cen...

B. B. King was the acknowledged King of the Blues. In this second edition of the popular book, Eric E. Dahl picks up where the story left off. The new chapters cover the passing of B. B. King, his awa...

Capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they lived, this book provides a wide-eyed reflection on why the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World needed the world's...

Revisit John and Yoko's love affair and startling collaborations with this book. John Lennon's 'Plastic Ono Band' was arguably the most emotionally honest album ever made. It wasn't merely another rec...

Being Gerry Mulligan: My Life in Music is an intimate chronicle of Gerry Mulligan's life and career, told in his own words. This personal narrative reveals great insight into the musician's complex pe...

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as California Dreamin', the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas into rock and roll histo...

What do you do after leaving one of the world's biggest bands? If you're David Lee Roth, you write a memoir, become a radio host, sell a screenplay to a major studio, get certified as an EMT, play Veg...

After February 9, 1964, everyone wanted to be Debbie Gendler. On that date, she was just one of a relative handful of lucky fans who were in the live audience for The Beatles' historic performance on...

In this brilliant biography, acclaimed historian Paul Johnson draws upon his expert knowledge of the era and Mozart's own private letters to conjure Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life and times in rich de...

The Everly Brothers - a.k.a. Don and Phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them - seemed to exist almost as an apparition. Emerging within the formative era for young Baby Boomers during the...