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Author: Ronnie Rush
Publisher:
Published: 2013-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781935689805
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In all of Rock 'n Roll, it was the least of all cool jobs, but everyone who did it, wanted no other job: Roadie. No show ended or started without them; they were there hours before and hours after a concert.
Author: Robert Reynolds
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016-07-28
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 1365288765
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the mid-60s, a group of studio musicians turned an Alka-Seltzer commercial into a novelty hit, "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)". Unwilling to go on the road to promote it, a new group was formed by Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo and Tommy Reynolds, who were then credited with the song. When its popularity waned, the three formed a new group using the name "Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds." Their first record resulted in the hit song "Don't Pull Your Love," and earned a Gold record, Reynolds unexpectedly left the band. Soon Hamilton, Carollo and Alan Dennison signed a contract with Playboy Records, with the stipulation they keep their original band name. They struck gold again with their first record for Playboy, "Fallin' In Love." It was Playboy's only #1 pop hit. This is the story about how this great soft rock group came to be. It looks carefully at the group's entire music legacy and explores previously unreleased songs that were discovered during research for the book.
Author: Jen Kirkman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-04-25
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 147677028X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Jen offers up all the gory details of a life permanently in progress. She reassures you that it's okay to not have life completely figured out, even when you reach middle age (and find your first gray pubic hair). She talks about making unusual or unpopular life decisions (such as cultivating a 'friend with benefits' or not going home for the holidays) because you don't necessarily want for yourself what everyone else seems to think you should. It's about renting when everyone says you should own, dating around when everyone thinks you should settle down, and traveling alone when everyone pities you for going to Paris without a man"--Amazon.com.
Author: Ronnie Rush
Publisher: Ronnie Rush Productions
Published: 2021-11-19
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781629672090
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When I wrote my first book, which I thought would be my one and only one I had plan on writing, came about through my experience from watching the artists over the years as they were inspired to write, gave me a "window" into the knowledge of how and when to move on these impulses, for lack of a better word. I knew that these rare moments of impulses must be captured immediately, or they would be lost forever. One morning about 3 am I got these impulses to get up and start writing.Just what the inspiration was driving me to even get up from a deep sleep, which at the very moment I knew the difference between the sleepy me, from the inspiration to write down what I was feeling. I guess to describe this "inspiration" is like when you climb a mountain and reach the top and look out over the view of where you just came from.That inspiration [feeling] is the same that I felt to get up out of bed and write down on paper. Being a Roadie, and having been in and around the world of music, and musicians, enabled me to move forward and eventually through hard work, rise above the pits of the abyss and become not only a professional Roadie but work for those that had hits on the radio.My first book is a mix of the original Rocky movie and the movie, It's a Wonderful Life with actor Jimmy Stewart, which is woven throughout the book.As I look back on those years and even now, I had no idea that what I was living through would become for me a legacy, my book, Life of a Roadie, the Gypsy in me, and my sequel Walk A Mile in My Shoes.
Author: Emma Cline
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2017-05-09
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0812988027
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →THE INSTANT BESTSELLER • An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Financial Times, Esquire, Newsweek, Vogue, Glamour, People, The Huffington Post, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Out, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Slate Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, charged—a place where she feels desperate to be accepted. As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award • Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • Emma Cline—One of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists Praise for The Girls “Spellbinding . . . a seductive and arresting coming-of-age story.”—The New York Times Book Review “Extraordinary . . . Debut novels like this are rare, indeed.”—The Washington Post “Hypnotic.”—The Wall Street Journal “Gorgeous.”—Los Angeles Times “Savage.”—The Guardian “Astonishing.”—The Boston Globe “Superbly written.”—James Wood, The New Yorker “Intensely consuming.”—Richard Ford “A spectacular achievement.”—Lucy Atkins, The Times “Thrilling.”—Jennifer Egan “Compelling and startling.”—The Economist
Author: Sam Cutler
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2010-02-23
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1554906962
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A “straight-dope, tell-all account” of touring with two of the world’s greatest bands of the 60s and 70s—A “fast-moving narrative of rock-n-roll excess” (Publishers Weekly). In this all-access memoir of the psychedelic era, Sam Cutler recounts his life as tour manager for the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead—whom he calls the yin and yang of bands. After working with the Rolling Stones at their historic Hyde Park concert in 1969, Sam managed their American tour later that year, when he famously dubbed them “The Greatest Rock Band in the World.” And he was caught in the middle as their triumph took a tragic turn during a free concert at the Altamont Speedway in California, where a man in the crowd was killed by the Hell’s Angels. After that, Sam took up with the fun-loving Grateful Dead, managing their tours and finances, and taking part in their endless hijinks on the road. With intimate portraits of other stars of the time—including Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Band, the Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, and Eric Clapton—this memoir is a treasure trove of insights and anecdotes that bring some of rock’s greatest legends to life.
Author: Smith Jamie
Publisher: VeloPress
Published: 2008-03-01
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1937716015
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →????? "As an avid cyclist and amateur bike racer I feel like I can relate to every word in this book. It was so good that I bought two extra copies to give to my cyclist friends[.]"Veteran race announcer and long-time cycling enthusiast Jamie Smith sets out to explain the sport he loves and the roadies who live for it. Every seemingly neurotic tendency is explained and celebrated with humorous illustrations from nationally syndicated cartoonist Jef Mallett.This book is perfect for: Anyone who has ever known a roadieAnyone who has considered becoming a roadieAnyone who has walked away from a bike race completely puzzledFinally, a book to explain those people who roll out for a ride dressed in technicolored Lycra at the crack of dawn on Saturday, and return at sundown with a glow of satisfaction and even stronger tan lines. Whether interested onlooker or cycling aficionado, readers will find themselves laughing out loud as they revel in the roadie’s world.
Author: Chelsea Camaron
Publisher: Carolina Dreams Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-05-09
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →She is fierce. She is loyal. She is sarcastic. She lives. She loves. She breathes. She breaks. She hurts. She smiles. She is beautiful. She is my best friend’s sister. She is everything I never thought I wanted. The reality is she is everything I need. Only she wants nothing to do with me. She is stronger than any man. She is independent. She doesn’t believe in love. She is ... Elle. She is ... me. He wants to give me happily ever after. Except, I long ago gave up on fairy tales and dreams. *This book is insta-love, soft, sweet romance.
Author: Donna Gaines
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780813540542
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gaines is a self-described "bourbon-guzzling, pill-popping, penis-addicted, workaholic, tattooed Jew" with a Ph.D. and a pistol permit. "A Misfit's Manifesto" is about living with the contradictions. This is how she did it, and found God in all the unlikely places--like Ramones songs.
Author: Victor Maymudes
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2014-09-09
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1466858435
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A vivid, first-hand account of Nobel Prize-winning singer and songwriter Bob Dylan as an artist, friend, and celebrity, illustrated with never-before-seen photographs, and told by an engaging raconteur who cut his own swathe through the turbulent counterculture. August 2014 marks 50 years since Bob Dylan released his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. Recorded in one night, in the middle of a turbulent year in his life, the music marked a departure from Dylan's socially-conscious folk songs and began his evolution toward other directions. During the years they spent together, few people outside of Dylan's immediate family were closer than Victor Maymudes, who was Dylan's tour manager, personal friend, and travelling companion from the early days in 1960s Greenwich Village through the late 90's. Another Side of Bob Dylan recounts landmark events including Dylan's infamous motorcycle crash; meeting the Beatles on their first US tour; his marriage to Sara Lownds, his romances with Suze Rotolo, Joan Baez, and others; fellow travelers Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Wavy Gravy, Dennis Hopper, The Band, The Traveling Wilburys, and more; memorable concerts, and insights on Dylan's songwriting process. On January 26th, 2001, after recording more than 24 hours of taped memories in preparation for writing this book, Victor Maymudes suffered an aneurysm and died. His son Jacob has written the book, using the tapes to shape the story. A Los Angeles Times Best Seller.
