Holly George-Warren Ordine dei libri

ICONS OF ROCK will be an inspirational read for anyone with an ounce of creativity in their body and a frank and honest look at the experiences of some of rock's finest musicians.

Focusing on Janis Joplin's life, this biography presents her as a revolutionary figure in music, highlighting her role as a trailblazer and a complex, gender-bending icon. The narrative delves into her intimate struggles and achievements, capturing the essence of her rebellious spirit and profound impact on rock and roll.

Jenny Boyd's extraordinary life is the stuff of movies and novels, twice married to Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac, sister of Pattie Boyd, and close associate of The Beatles, hers is a story of incredible people and places experienced at a pivotal time in the 20th century.

The first biography of Janis Joplin to establish her as the rule-breaking trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was - based on unprecedented access to her family, friends, forgotten archives, and long-lost interviews.

Sie war der größte Star der Rockmusik in den 60er-Jahren: Janis Joplin. Die renommierte Musik-Historikerin Holly George-Warren zeichnet in dieser Biografie das Porträt einer Frau, die Musikgeschichte schrieb und mit ihren Songs die Welt veränderte. Joplin verkörperte die Revolution der 60er-Jahre und erlangte schnell einen Status, der sonst nur Männern vorbehalten war. Sie prägte die weiblichen Rockstars der kommenden Generationen. Schon als Studentin brach sie mit Konventionen, verkehrte mit Schwarzen und sang leidenschaftlich. Mitte der 1960er-Jahre zog die aufblühende Hippiekultur sie nach San Francisco, wo sie in die bunte Szene von Haight-Ashbury eintauchte und sich der Band Big Brother and the Holding Company anschloss. Mit Hits wie „Ball and Chain“, „Summertime“ und „Piece of My Heart“ wurde sie schnell zum Weltstar. Ihr Erfolg ging jedoch einher mit einer unstillbaren Sucht nach Alkohol und Drogen. Am 4. Oktober 1970 verstarb sie im Alter von nur 27 Jahren während der Studioaufnahmen für ihre LP Pearl. Holly George-Warren erzählt die künstlerische Entwicklung und das kompromisslose Leben des Rockstars und bietet exklusive Einblicke in persönliche Zeugnisse von Joplin sowie Interviews mit Freunden und Weggefährten.

This stunning debut collection introduces a poetic voice marked by concision, focus, and image-driven strangeness that haunts a midwestern landscape.

Alex Chilton's story is rags to riches in reverse, beginning with teenage rock stardom and heading downward. Following stints leading 60s sensation the Box Tops ("The Letter") and pioneering 70s popsters Big Star, Chilton became a dishwasher. Yet he rose again in the 80s as a solo artist, producer, and trendsetter, coinventing the indie-rock genre. By the 90s, acolytes from R.E.M. to Jeff Buckley embodied Chilton's legacy, ushering him back to the spotlight before his untimely death in 2010. In this career-spanning and revelatory biography, longtime Chilton acquaintance Holly George-Warren has interviewed more than 100 bandmates, friends, and family members to flesh out a man who presided over--and influenced--four decades of American musical history, rendered here with new perspective through the adventures of a true iconoclast.--From publisher description

The Groupies was a special edition of Rolling Stone magazine published in 1969, and for the first time the photographs from that issue are featured in book form, together with previously unpublished images and behind-the-scenes shots and interviews.

A beautiful and fascinating nonfiction book about the history of cowgirls, by the author of Shake, Rattle, and Roll, and Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels.

With candid photographs and in-depth analysis of what makes great musicians tick, this is the ultimate book for any music fan. číst celé