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• Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop by Marc Myers
  ...ly Got Me'', they went the other way by roughening the sound up with power guitar chords and distortion – not to mention punching a few holes in the speake ...ng for any music lover. And I was intrigued to learn that the introductory guitar chords to Creedence Clearwater Revival's ''Proud Mary'' were based on the o
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• The Descent of the Lyre by Will Buckingham
  ...these killing sprees, Ivan encounters Solomon Kuretic, a Viennese Jew and guitar virtuoso on his way to play for the Sultan in Constantinople. Solomon must ...Solomon is interesting. As they form an unlikely friendship based on the guitar, there are some intriguing faith-based metaphors and comparisons that lead
  5 KB (807 words) - 09:11, 6 October 2020
• Heaven And Hell: My Life in the Eagles, 1974 - 2001 by Don Felder
  ...early friends after running away from home were Tom Petty, whom he taught guitar for a while, Stephen Stills, and multi-instrumentalist Bernie Leadon, and t ...and the Rolling Stones. Basically all they needed was ''a good incendiary guitar player''. Don was invited to join them while they were recording their thi
  6 KB (957 words) - 11:52, 11 April 2018
• Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd: Dark Globe by Julian Palacios
  ...nk Floyd. Palacios's biography is crammed with detail and insight into the man and his times, although somewhat rambling, and a rather shorter account wou ...n Syd (real name Roger) Barrett. The original songwriting genius and front man of Pink Floyd, he burnt out all too soon. A few months in the spotlight wer
  5 KB (912 words) - 12:29, 22 April 2018
• Song Man: A Melodic Adventure, or My Single-minded Approach to Songwriting by Will Hodgkinson
  |title=Song Man: A Melodic Adventure, or My Single-minded Approach to Songwriting ...s rare that a book will elicit a similar comment, but while reading ''Song Man'' I longed to hear, or even see, what was being described.
  6 KB (1,039 words) - 14:21, 11 May 2018
• The A-Z of You and Me by James Hannah
  ...nd the actual people in supporting roles. Instead, this is a novel about a man and his life - the fact that the life is coming to an end gives the book an ...ebut from James Hannah, who according to his biography, sings, drums, play guitar and has an MA in Samuel Beckett - which is quite the combination.
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• Murder on the Moorland (Kitt Hartley Yorkshire Mysteries) by Helen Cox
  ...sufficient details of the current murder to make Halloran suspect that the man who murdered his wife - and others - is in some way involved, despite being ...to be told the score. Amber Downing was strangled in her own home with a guitar string and a rune mark was carved into her skin. Superintendent Ricci know
  4 KB (670 words) - 09:30, 12 August 2020
• A Brotherly Bother (Pip Street) by Jo Simmons
  ...ty scooter, but it's gone and broken down. The other is a mysterious rich man, who swoops into town on the back of a crazy sleigh towed by five huge mala
  3 KB (555 words) - 10:55, 17 April 2018
• The Commitments by Roddy Doyle
  ...io and his little sister's glockenspiel, Outspan on his brother's acoustic guitar, [and] Derek on nothing', as he can't afford a bass. They already feel dire ...agerial skills, and with the help of the fantastic Joey The Lips Fagan ‒ a man who thinks Jaffa Cakes are 'Soul food' ‒ he assembles a motley crew of lo
  6 KB (1,065 words) - 12:27, 24 February 2018
• Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and London Calling by Marcus Gray
  ...er being a fan of retro rock'n'roll and R&B, guitarist Mick Jones of 1960s guitar-based pop and rock, bassist Paul Simonon of reggae, and drummer Topper Head ...nstrument were so rudimentary, resulting in Jones having to do most of the guitar overdubs. (Strummer's lack of patience, it seems, never allowed for anythi
  6 KB (1,064 words) - 12:28, 11 April 2018
• Tragic Magic: The Life of Traffic's Chris Wood by Dan Ropek
  ...est known for his flute and saxophone work, he also played keyboards, bass guitar and contributed backing vocals as well as having a hand in writing several ...part, this is a very interesting biography throwing light on the life of a man who played a key role in one of the major groups of their age.
  4 KB (752 words) - 10:11, 22 April 2018
• The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
  ...vived the years. Cathy would give up her dancing and Jonah would swop his guitar for engineering. ...comic actress bites the dust she takes another career path. She marries a man who might be epitomised as ''ordinary'' and whilst they have their problems
  4 KB (596 words) - 13:33, 13 August 2020
• Roxy: The Band That Invented an Era by Michael Bracewell
  ...d decided to get together for fun, or so the usual story goes. Ferry, the man who nearly decided to become the next Richard Hamilton or Andy Warhol, was ...t that one of them, namely Eno, never pretended to be a musician but was a man who loved doing imaginative and sonically unspeakable things with electroni
  5 KB (801 words) - 10:38, 17 August 2020
• I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons
  |title=I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen ...t proved to be one of the best-selling records of his career. At last the man was cool, even performing at a Prince’s Trust Concert in London by specia
  6 KB (1,061 words) - 11:13, 30 August 2020
• John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman
  Lennon clearly had a difficult childhood. His mother ran off with another man, was unable to look after him and handed him over to the care of her sister Rather chillingly, this sometimes violent man had the occasional premonition that he would come to a bad end. A German w
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• Rod: The autobiography by Rod Stewart
  ...may seem, he disliked music at school. Not till he was given an acoustic guitar on his fifteenth birthday, and later heard the first Bob Dylan album, did t ...rather rudderless Small Faces, at a loose end since the departure of front man Steve Marriott, it was clear that they had 'a singer-shaped hole'. After g
  6 KB (1,057 words) - 06:52, 8 April 2018
• Ray Davies: A Complicated Life by Johnny Rogan
  ...gers, friends and associates, Rogan has given us as complete a book of the man as we are ever likely to get. ...year-old sister Rene, who suffered from heart problems, gave him his first guitar for his 13th birthday and accompanied him on the piano while they played sh
  7 KB (1,234 words) - 15:11, 1 September 2020
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To John Saunders
  ...ft buttock of England''. If you look at an atlas of the UK it looks like a man sitting down driving a car; the BSM used that image at one time for their d ...standing by the side of a very loud guitar amplifier with my semi-acoustic guitar feeding back; or sitting behind a pair of carp rods by a beautiful lake –
  10 KB (1,930 words) - 11:16, 12 January 2011
• Coconut Unlimited by Nikesh Shukla
  ...e. Nor can they rebel against their parents' wealth by listening to angsty guitar music like their peers at school. Rap music and culture fills the vacuum, h ...a trendy London clothes shop, walks up to the assistant and states, 'young man, I vant to buy my son some jeans.' It just gets more and more embarassing f
  5 KB (813 words) - 14:04, 15 March 2018
• Moonwalk by Michael Jackson
  ...arents. Elder brother Tito used to enjoy furtive sessions on father Joe's guitar, until he gave the game away by breaking a string one day, and an initially ...ments. Reading it certainly brings the reader closer to understanding the man behind the almost surreal, none too happy showbiz exterior.
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