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[2005]
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OFFICIAL AND AUTHORIZED! Tom Petty has long been seen as one of the great songwriters of American rock 'n' roll, as well as one of the key standard bearers of integrity in the music business. Conversations With Tom Petty is the first authorized book to focus solely on the life and work of the man responsible for some of the most memorable rock anthems of our generation.
Author Paul Zollo conducted a series of in-depth discussions with Tom about...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"When rock legend Eddie Van Halen died of cancer on October 6, 2020, the entire world seemed to stop and grieve. Since his band Van Halen burst onto the scene with their self-titled debut album in 1978, Eddie had been hailed as an icon not only to fans of rock music and heavy metal, but to performers across all genres and around the world. Van Halen’s debut sounded unlike anything that listeners had heard before and remains a quintessential rock...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Two episodes from the television documentary series The History of Rock and Roll.
Guitar heroes examines the role of the electric guitar in the history of rock and focuses on people like Chuck Berry, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and others.
The '70s: have a nice decade: The 1970s were the best of times and also the worst. Rock 'n' roll had never been a bigger business: recording sessions had never been more elaborate,...
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
In addition to interviews from major mainstream publications, "Hendrix on Hendrix" includes new transcriptions from European papers, the African-American press, and counterculture newspapers; radio and television interviews; and previously unpublished court transcripts -- including one of the drug bust that nearly sent him to prison.Though many respected books have been written about Hendrix, none have completely focused on his own words. This book...