Music - Genres & Styles - Rock

All new transcriptions and tracks drawn from more than 30 years of documentation, interviews, and recorded footage. These TABs and tracks deliver unprecedented accuracy and insight into the music of Led Zeppelin. This book includes complete music notation and TAB transcriptions to eight Led...

Page, Plant, and Jones hand-selected the songs for the unprecedented, career-spanning Mothership. Now, Alfred Music is proud to present this 200-page sheet music collection of highly accurate piano arrangements. Prior to this songbook, many piano/vocal arrangements of Led Zeppelin songs were published in the...

Bob Dylan's cultural production in the second half of the twentieth century, his songs, but also his changing images and self-fashionings have informed and productively re/shaped certain images of America from outside and within. Refractions of Bob Dylan collects scholarly essays which thoroughly investigate...

Follows the extraordinary development of the four self-taught musicians from Liverpool from their beginnings until the break-up in 1970Author: Allan KozinnISBN-10: 0714832030ISBN-13: 9780714832036Publisher: Phaidon PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/19/1995Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 8.68h x 6.13w x 0.80dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 09/18/1995 pg. 125

Building Fans, Fame and Wealth: The 18 Revenue Streams of Music is a groundbreaking missive containing music industry secrets to help you attain the success that you're seeking in the music business. Performing live concerts and selling merchandise are not the only ways to...

The first comprehensive look at the famous Asbury Park music scene from Bruce Springsteen to the artists of tomorrow. Featuring over 70 rare photographs and interviews with over 40 artists.Author: Gary WienISBN-10: 1412003148ISBN-13: 9781412003148Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/24/2003Pages: 408Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w...

Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945 provides the first broad scholarly discussion of this music since 1990. The book critically examines key moments in the history of black British popular music from 1940s jazz to 1970s soul and reggae, 1990s Jungle and the...

There is little question about the incredible power of Bruce Springsteen's work as a particularly transformative art, as a lyrical and musical fusion that never shies away from sifting through the rubble of human conflict. As Rolling Stone magazine's Parke Puterbaugh observes, Springsteen 'is...

"WORST GIG is Music Appreciation 225, taught by that cool professor everyone wanted to have beers with after class. One fun nugget after another. It was harder to close than my Twitter app."--Matthew James, McSweeney's"Tawdry tales of concert catastrophes!"--Buzzfeed"Musicians' 'Worst Gig' makes for best...

The Stone Roses captures the magic--and chaos--behind the UK band's rise, fall, and recent resurrection. The iconic Brit pop band The Stone Roses became an overnight sensation when their 1989 eponymous album went double platinum. It was a recording that is still often listed...

Metal Music Manual shows you the creative and technical processes involved in producing contemporary heavy music for maximum sonic impact. From pre-production to final mastered product, and fundamental concepts to advanced production techniques, this book contains a world of invaluable practical information. Assisted by...

In Britain during the late 1970s and early 1980s, a new phenomenon emerged, with female guitarists, bass-players, keyboard-players and drummers playing in bands. Before this time, women's presence in rock bands, with a few notable exceptions, had always been as vocalists. This sudden influx...

Turbo-folk music is the most controversial form of popular culture in the new states of former Yugoslavia. Theoretically ambitious and innovative, this book is a new account of popular music that has been at the centre of national, political and cultural debates for over...

There are only some albums that I can listen to 'track by track' for the whole album, without skipping tunes or just playing a few songs, these are: Pink Floyd 'The Wall', ' Magnum 'On A Storytellers Night', Metallica 'Master of Puppets' and Meat...

Two generations of American music lovers have grown up listening with Robert Christgau, attuned to his inimitable blend of judgment, acuity, passion, erudition, wit, and caveat emptor. His writings, collected here, constitute a virtual encyclopedia of popular music over the past fifty years. Whether...

"Rock 'n' roll was loud, brash, and impudent; TV was soothing and polite. Rock 'n' roll was sex; TV was violins. Rock 'n' roll was Elvis Presley; TV was Robert Young." -- from Station to Station Television and rock 'n' roll: a combative yet...

VOICES OF LATIN ROCK THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT CREATED THIS SOUNDAuthor: Jim McCarthyISBN-10: 063408061XISBN-13: 9780634080616Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2004Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.72lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.50w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 01/24/2005

A superbly illustrated, in-depth examination of the stories, events, places, and characters that inspired the songs of the Talking Heads, arguably the most significant band to emerge from the late-'70s New York punk scene based around CBGB's club. Led by guitarist-vocalist David Byrne, the...

(Guitar Play-Along). The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily Just follow the tab, listen to the online audio to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and...

(Signature Licks Bass). Experience the freaked-up funk-osity of the Peppers through the creative bass stylings of the phenomenal Flea with this great book with audio demo tracks. Johnson will teach you how to play 16 of the Peppers' finest, including: By the Way *...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). 14 guitar transcriptions from one of the top hair metal bands of the '80s Includes the classics: Every Rose Has Its Thorn * Fallen Angel * I Won't Forget You * Look What the Cat Dragged In * Nothin' but a...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Our songbook, the matching folio to the bestselling 1994 hits compilation from this classic rocker, features 14 first-rate signature songs from Seger: Against the Wind * C'est La Vie * The Fire Inside * Hollywood Nights * In Your Time *...

(Musicians Institute Press). This private lesson with MI instructor Robert Calva covers: 10 complete solos in notes & tab; common scales and licks; blues, major, minor and combined tonalities; playing over changes; recommended listening; and more. Each musical example is demonstrated on the accompanying...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). No band on earth but The Beatles could have a greatest hits compilation top the charts more than 30 years after breaking up In a few short months, the CD 1 featuring The Beatles' 27 British and American Number One singles...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). No band on earth but The Beatles could have a greatest hits compilation top the charts more than 30 years after breaking up In a few short months, the CD 1 featuring The Beatles' 27 British and American Number One singles...

(Musicians Institute Press). Learn the essential lines and techniques of the world's greatest guitarists with this super cool book/CD pack from Musicians Institute Set up like a dictionary, it provides clear, concise instruction and application tips in standard notation and tab for licks in...

(Berklee Press). How does a song become more than words and music to represent or influence the voice of a generation? Inside the Hits dissects more than 60 of the most powerful and memorable hit songs since the birth of rock and roll to...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). All 12 songs from the self-titled album by these Boston alt/metal rockers, named after an Alice in Chains song. Includes: Bad Religion * Get Up, Get Out * Immune * Keep Away * Moon Baby * Now or Never * Situation...

WCFL Chicago Top 40 Charts 1965-1976 lists, by title and artist, every tune that charted on the WCFL-AM weekly music surveys in the Windy City from the first chart in late 1965 through the final survey in February of 1976 (less than a month...

While the Clinton administration and federal agencies were busy making government cost less and work better in the near-term, the US Air Force was regularly visualizing the competencies needed to assure the organization's long-term effectiveness. As a result of steady efforts to prepare for...

This collection includes 80 studies that develop all aspects of pop piano playing through focused technical work. This progressive collection helps players learn and understand the many different challenges of popular piano playing. Written by rock & pop music experts, each study concentrates on...

When it first appeared in the early 1970s, glam rock not only caused a stir among audiences and performers, it also stood counterculture and psychedelic rock on their heads. Glam rock was outrageous and overtly theatrical, and its unforgettable characters-adorned with flamboyant costumes and...

The official book celebrating the 25th anniversary of SPIN magazineFrom its first issue in 1985, SPIN has cultivated a reputation for brilliant writing and broad musical coverage, including genres and artists long abandoned by its competitors. From punk to electronica, goth to gangsta rap,...

Do you remember these great pop stars and their hits? Deerhoof's The Man, The King, The Girl Butch Hancock's West Texas Waltzes and Dust Blown Tractor Tunes, Swamp Dogg's Cuffed, Collared and Tagged, Michael Head's The Magical World Of The Strands, John Trubee's The...

The Beatles and Duke Ellington's Orchestra stand as the two greatest examples of collaboration in music history. Ellington's forte was not melody--his key partners were not lyricists but his fellow musicians. His strength was in arranging, in elevating the role of a featured soloist,...

Did Elvis sing from the heart, or was he just acting? Were the Sex Pistols more real than disco? Why do so many musicians base their approach on being authentic, and why do music buffs fall for it every time? By investigating this obsession...

An electrifying collection of the finest, most entertaining, and illuminating writing on and from the rock and roll scene--from its earliest days to the present, from the brightest moments of the biggest stars to obscure but compellingly significant treasures. The crazy, exhilarating, endlessly creative...

Few journalists have staked a territory as definitively and passionately as Mikal Gilmore in his twenty-year career writing about rock and roll. Now, for the first time, this collection gathers his cultural criticism, interviews, reviews, and assorted musings. Beginning with Elvis and the birth...

John, Paul, George and Ringo still rule! The music of the most important and popular group ever fills the airwaves to this day, winning a new generation of fans to the fold almost thirty years after the quartet disbanded. For everyone who has ever...

An unorthodox musician from the start, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's style of composing, performing, and of playing (and tuning) the guitar is unique. In the framework of sexual difference and the gendered discourses of rock this immediately begs the questions: are Mitchell's songs specifically feminine...

Austin City Limits--the longest running musical showcase in the history of television--is still captivating audiences forty years after its debut on the air. For decades it has defined popular roots music and indie rock-from Willie Nelson's legendary pilot show and his fourteen magical episodes...

In his 1967 megahit "San Francisco," Scott McKenzie sang of "people in motion" coming from all across the country to San Francisco, the white-hot center of rock music and anti-war protests. At the same time, another large group of young Americans was also in...

This is a comprehensive introduction to the inner workings of rock music. Everett takes readers through all aspects of the music and its lyrics, leading fans and listeners to new insights and new ways to develop their own interpretations of the aural landscapes of...

What do Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, Cassandra Wilson, and Ani DiFranco have in common? In Highway 61 Revisited, acclaimed music critic Gene Santoro says the answer is jazz--not just the musical style, but jazz's distinctive ambiance and attitudes....

This biography offers students and general readers an insightful look into Jerry Garcia's creative genius as a founding member of The Grateful Dead and the various influences on his work as he contributed to the countercultural movement in the United States. As a founding...

Libraries, musicologists, and Deadheads alike will want a copy of this comprehensive annotated bibliography that contains most of what has been written over the past 30 years about this legendary American musical institution and its fans, the Deadheads. The approximately 4,000 annotations serve as...

Basically, this is the real thing. No rock star contrivance, no intellectual perspective, no master plan for world domination. You're talking about four guys from rural Washington who wanna rock...--Everett True, Melody Maker, March 18th, 1989 In 1992, Nirvana's breakthrough anthem, Smells Like Teen...

The first time on the open road with Dad's beat-up clunker and a brand-new driver's lecense. That first kiss. Practicing Steve Tyler moves in the garage. Lazy summer days with nothing to do but hang out with a group of friends and the radio....

Here is a lively and nostalgic look back at the forgotten era that gave us Hooked on a Feeling, Dancing in the Moonlight, I Am Woman, Seasons in the Sun, and more. The early '70s brought a Convoy of popular music--everything from the cheesy...

From its early days in San Francisco, Rolling Stone has covered the music scene from the inside with colorful, penetrating, and brilliant interviews with the men and women who are rock and roll. This definitive collection represents the best of Rolling Stone's first decade...