Music - Genres & Styles - Rock

This book is the author's desire to share with Chuck's fans, some of the experiences he had on the road that his fans may want to hear about. Unless you were there, you missed some very interesting shows. This book also tries to show...

As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the most momentous year in the life of the Beatles, the contributors to The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper, and the Summer of Love perform wide-ranging analyses of the group's enduring sociocultural influence and achievements.Author: Kenneth WomackISBN-10: 1498534732ISBN-13: 9781498534734Publisher:...

When nineteen-year-old Hunter Sharpless e-mails roots rock band Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, he doesn't expect a response. He wants to write a book about them. When his inbox chimes two hours later, telling him he has a chance to tour with the band...

Featuring: - Forty-six illustrations of Grateful Dead art featured in Relix magazine - Single-sided printing on high-quality paper to reduce the chance of bleed-through - Perforated removable sheets that are easy to frame or share at coloring parties - An introduction about the artist,...

GUNS N' ROSES FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE BAD BOYS OF SUNSET STRIPAuthor: Rich WeidmanISBN-10: 1495025888ISBN-13: 9781495025884Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2017Pages: 344Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

The rise of the Canadian music industry, along with anecdotes and exclusive photos of international rock and pop stars, from the perspective of Canada's foremost music magazine from the 70s to the 90s.Author: Keith SharpISBN-10: 1459721942ISBN-13: 9781459721944Publisher: Dundurn PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2013Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize:...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Here are all dozen tunes from the Irish rockers' 1991 CD, produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Includes: Acrobat * Even Better Than the Real Thing * The Fly * Love Is Blindness * Mysterious Ways * One * So...

(Bass Recorded Versions Persona). Note-for-note transcriptions with tab for Flea's genius playing on all 14 cuts from the Peppers' triumphant 2011 return: The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie * Annie Wants a Baby * Brendan's Death Song * Dance, Dance, Dance * Did I...

NEW YORK TIMES and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERIn Face the Music, Paul Stanley--the co-founder and famous "Starchild" frontman of KISS--reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. Face the Music is the shocking,...

Revered and massively influential, the Smiths have been called the most important band of the fertile U.K. 1980s music scene. While the group was only active for five years (1982 to 1987), the cult of the Manchester-reared foursome has ballooned in the three decades...

(Easy Instrumental Play-Along). 10 songs carefully selected and arranged for first-year instrumentalists. Even novices will sound great Audio demonstration tracks featuring real instruments and available via download to help you hear how the song should sound. Once you've mastered the notes, download the backing...

(Bass Recorded Versions Persona). Now you can play the bass grooves note for note from the masters of funk bass, Larry Graham and Rustee Allen. This collection features 13 of their best transcribed for bass with the vocal line. Songs include: Babies Makin' Babies...

Best known for his unique musical style and blindingly fast hybrid picking technique, English guitarist Albert Lee is often referred to within the music industry as the "guitar player's guitar player," renowned for his work across several genres of music and for the respect...

The convergence of rock music, counterculture politics and avant-garde aesthetics in the late 1960s underscored the careers of the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and the Velvet Underground. This book examines these artists' relationships to the historical avant-garde (Artaud, Brecht, Dada)...

Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize Over the course of a thirteen-album and multi-award-winning career with Squeeze, it was clear from the very beginning that Chris Difford has few peers when it comes to smart, pithy lyricism. In Some Fantastic Place, he charts...

The use of irony in music is just beginning to be defined and critiqued, although it has been used, implied and decried by composers, performers, listeners and critics for centuries. Irony in popular music is especially worthy of study because it is pervasive, even...

The untimely deaths of Amy Winehouse (2011) and Whitney Houston (2012), and the 'resurrection' of Tupac Shakur for a performance at the Coachella music festival in April 2012, have focused the media spotlight on the relationship between popular music, fame and death. If the...

Black British musicians have been making jazz since around 1920 when the genre first arrived in Britain. This groundbreaking book reveals their hidden history and major contribution to the development of jazz in the UK. More than this, though, the chapters show the importance...

'They call me a madman but compared to Pete Way, I'm out of my league.' - Ozzy Osbourne There are rock memoirs and then there is this one. A Fast Ride Out of Here tells a story that is so shocking, so outrageous, so...

This series offers a versatile selection of the hottest pop and rock songs for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, and cello that can be performed as ensembles or solos. Each book contains carefully edited arrangements appropriate...

Alfred's Kid's Electric Guitar Course is a fun method that teaches you to play songs on the electric guitar right away! Every lesson is explained in plain language that's easy to understand, and accompanying online audio demonstrations let you hear how the music should...

Alfred's Easy Instrumental Solos for Special Occasions and Celebrations series offers a versatile selection of music for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, and cello. Each book contains carefully edited arrangements appropriate to each instrument, and well-suited...

Alfred's Easy Pop & Rock Hits Instrumental Solos series offers a versatile selection of pop & rock music for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, and cello. Each book contains carefully edited arrangements appropriate to each instrument,...

Just for Fun: Classic Rock Mandolin is designed for your total enjoyment. Each featured song is arranged for mandolin based on the original guitar parts, simplified just enough to keep it fun and easy, yet musically very satisfying. Standard notation, TAB, chords, lyrics, and...

True tales from, and about, rock 'n' roll including the outrageously true, never-before-told, event that accidentally sparked the greatest rock rumor of all time: "Paul Is Dead."Author: Jim YoakumISBN-10: 1470064928ISBN-13: 9781470064921Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2012Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x...

The sixties raged. I was young, crazy, full of hormones and wanting to snatch life by the balls. There was a life out there for the grabbing and it had to be wrestled into submission. There was a society full of boring amoral crap...

On their debut, The Clash famously claimed to be "bored with the USA, +? but The Clash wasn't a parochial record. Mick Jones' licks on songs such as "Hate and War+? were heavily influenced by classic American rock and roll, and the cover of...

In 1978, Siouxsie and the Banshees declared 'We don't see ourselves in the same context as other rock'n'roll bands.' A decade later, and in the stark aftermath of a devastating storm, the band retreated to a 17th-century mansion house in the deracinated Sussex countryside...

Glam Rock investigates the origins, development, and impact of an often under-valued and misunderstood musical genre. Exploring artistic, political, psychological, sexual, and commercial contexts, this book brings a fresh perspective to the transatlantic cultural history of this unique movement in popular music.Author: Simon PhiloISBN-10:...

Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest Songs explores the full range of Presley recordings, from his earliest number to his end-of-career (and even posthumous) hits, combing through gold record hits and unpolished gems to distill the best Presley had to offer his generation, his...

Carey Fleiner examines English rock group the Kinks and their social and cultural influences both on and by the group from the early '60s to present day. In and around the biographical survey of the band's career, The Kinks looks at the several contexts...

George Plasketes provides a comprehensive chronicle of Warren Zevon's 40-year, 20-record career and his enduring cultural significance. Throughout, Plasketes explores the musical, cinematic, and literary influences that shaped Zevon's distinctive style and songwriting themes.Author: George PlasketesISBN-10: 1442234563ISBN-13: 9781442234567Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2016Pages:...

In Counting Down Bruce Springsteen: His 100 Finest Songs, rock writer Jim Beviglia reflects not only on why each song has earned its place on list but lays out the story behind each of the 100, supplying fresh insights on the musical and lyrical...

A brilliant new biography of the extraordinary, outrageous performer who helped open the floodgates of Rock 'n' Roll. In June, 2007, Little Richard's 1955 Specialty Records single, "Tutti Frutti," topped Mojo magazine's list of "100 Records That Changed the World." But back in the...

Neil Young cannot be simply labeled. He has recorded as a solo artist, as a member of a hard rock trio, and with numerous other musician configurations. He can move from the soft sounds of early 1970s acoustic folk to the distorted, fuzz guitar...

Examining one of the most popular and enduring genres of American music, this encyclopedia of classic rock from 1965 to 1975 provides an indispensable resource for cultural historians and music fans. More than movies, literature, television, or theater, rock music set the stage for...

In time for the band's twentieth anniversary, the inside story of the Dave Matthews Band--from the early days playing small gigs in Charlottesville to their current sold-out annual summer concert tours...and more than thirty-five million records sold. Dave Matthews Band has one of the...

A Capitol Juggling Act That Turned Out Right Author: Charles TillinghastISBN-10: 1432729241ISBN-13: 9781432729240Publisher: Outskirts PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2008Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.22d

(Guitar Recorded Versions). All 10 tracks from Beck's recently remastered classic solo debut, transcribed note for note so you can play exactly as Beck did on the album. Songs include: Beck's Bolero * Blues Deluxe * Greensleeves * I Ain't Superstitious * Let Me...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). The Ontario alt-metal purveyors have graced us with their third release. Our matching songbooks offers notes & tab for all 12 tracks, including the hit "Break" and: Bitter Taste * Bully * Goin' Down * The Good Life * Last to...

(Guitar Play-Along). The Guitar Play-Along series will help you play your favorites songs quickly and easily. Just follow the tab, listen to the audio to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate, sound-alike backing tracks! Melody and lyrics...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 25 songs from this supergroup formed by Beatle George Harrison, former Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison. Includes: Dirty World * End of the Line * Handle with Care * Heading for the Light...

(Harmonica Play-Along). The Harmonica Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation, listen to the CD to hear how the harmonica should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics...

(Transcribed Score). All 28 songs from the Pepper's Grammy-winning two-disc set, with all instrument parts transcribed exactly as recorded. Includes: Charlie * Dani California * Desecration Smile * Hard to Concentrate * Hump De Bump * Readymade * Slow Cheetah * Snow (Hey Oh)...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all 28 tracks from the Peppers' two-disc set, their first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. Songs include: Dani California * Hard to Concentrate * If * Snow (Hey Oh) * Stadium Arcadium...

(Chart). A great collection of over 80 Beatles tunes, including: All You Need Is Love * Eight Days a Week * Eleanor Rigby * A Hard Day's Night * Help * Here Comes the Sun * Hey Jude * I Want to Hold Your...

WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS THE MUSIC OF GEORGE HARRISONAuthor: Simon LengISBN-10: 1423406095ISBN-13: 9781423406099Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2006Pages: 370Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.04h x 5.96w x 0.87d

(Guitar Chord Songbook). This book contains just what you need to strum and sing 60 of your favorite Elton John songs, including: Bennie and the Jets * Blue Eyes * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Candle in the Wind * Crocodile Rock...

How did the shy and conflicted daughter of a minister become one of today's most important artists? Tori Amos is a unique voice in rock. She is an artist, a poet, an emotional chanteuse, a wordsmith, a pianist, and most of all, an entertainer...

"The story you are about to read is the story of a light-bringer....Salman Ahmad inspires me to reach always for the greatest heights and never to fear....Know that his story is a part of our history." -- Melissa Etheridge, from the Introduction With 30...