5 Top music biography books like King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King by Daniel de Visé

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King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King

By: Daniel de Visé

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

"No one worked harder than B.B. No one inspired more up-and-coming artists. No one did more to spre…

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1. Slash

By: Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and r… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Bozza's Slash book and Daniel de Visé's King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • music biography
  • biography
"Restlessness is a fickle catalyst; it can drive you to achieve or it can coax your demise, and sometimes the choice isn't yours"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me. The guitar is my conscience, too - whenever I've lost my way, i…"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when …"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

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2. Belle and the Beau

By: Beverly Jenkins

4.25

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Belle After a grueling escape north, Belle Palmer is free, yet lost and alone. Separated from her … read more

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  • historical
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3. Mick Jagger

By: Philip Norman

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Author Phillip Norman, whose previous bestseller, John Lennon: The Life, was praised as a "haunting… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

4. Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar

By: Carlos Santana , Brad Tolinski , Alan di Perna

3.00

Format: None pages,

By a pair of veteran music writers, an unprecedented history of the electric guitar, its explosive … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

5. Petty: The Biography

By: Warren Zanes

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writ… read more

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6. A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #1)

By: Charles Finch

3.27

Format: None pages,

Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, likes nothing more than to relax in his p… read more

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7. Cowboy Song: The Authorised Biography of Philip Lynott

By: Graeme Thomson

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first biography to be written with the cooperation of the Lynott Estate, Cowboy Song is the def… read more

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8. Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography

By: Mick Fleetwood

3.82

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

"After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've neve… read more

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9. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

By: Ross King

3.26

Format: None pages,

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10. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

By: Bernie Taupin

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, th… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

11. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan

12. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Philosophy of Modern Song

By: Bob Dylan

3.80

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

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14. Be My Baby

By: Ronnie Spector

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

By: Sly Stone

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

16. Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen

By: Brad Tolinski

4.26

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Get a completely new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen with this groundbreaking oral history, c… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s by Alan Paul

17. Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s

By: Alan Paul

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul's in-depth narra… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Janis: Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren

18. Janis: Her Life and Music

By: Holly George-Warren

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence This blazingly intimate biography of… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Charlie's Good Tonight

By: Paul Sexton

4.12

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Coconut Drop Dead (Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries, 3) by Olivia Matthews

20. Coconut Drop Dead (Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries, 3)

By: Olivia Matthews

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The case in Olivia Matthews's Coconut Drop Dead is going to be a tough nut to crack. Brooklyn’s an… read more

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  • audiobook
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21. You Don't Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles

By: Ray Charles Robinson Jr.

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A deeply personal memoir of the private Ray Charles - the man behind the legend - by his eldest son… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King by Daniel de Visé

22. King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King

By: Daniel de Visé

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

"No one worked harder than B.B. No one inspired more up-and-coming artists. No one did more to spre… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King book and Daniel de Visé's King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Good Ones Are Taken by Taj McCoy

23. The Good Ones Are Taken

By: Taj McCoy

3.55

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Maggie's best friend admits he's in love with her, she'll have to decide whether it's worth gi… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Hard Dough Homicide by Olivia Matthews

24. Hard Dough Homicide

By: Olivia Matthews

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Someone in Brooklyn’s Little Caribbean neighborhood has an appetite for murder in Olivia Matthews' … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan by Alan Paul

25. Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan

By: Alan Paul

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! The definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song by Judith Tick

26. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

By: Judith Tick

3.75

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovat… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ticket to the World: My 80s Story by Martin  Kemp

27. Ticket to the World: My 80s Story

By: Martin Kemp

3.96

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Ticket to the World is a joyous, nostalgic celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Gary Moore: The Official Biography by Harry Shapiro

28. Gary Moore: The Official Biography

By: Harry Shapiro

4.16

Format: 520 pages, Kindle Edition

"Gary Moore is definitely in my list of top five guitar influences, right up there with Jimi Hendri… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster by Shauna Robinson

29. The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster

By: Shauna Robinson

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks and Must Love Books comes a heartf… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer: The Memoirs of Norman Harris by Norman Harris

30. Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer: The Memoirs of Norman Harris

By: Norman Harris

4.27

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer, Norman Harris tells how he became the world's leading se… read more

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  • music
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31. Rifts and Refrains

By: Tiye

4.14

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Dreamscape First: Enjoy exclusive audiobooks from Dreamscape Media-before they're available in any … read more

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  • music
  • audiobook

20 Top audiobook books like King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King by Daniel de Visé

Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar

Carlos Santana , Brad Tolinski , Alan di Perna

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

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19 best-selling nonfiction books like Slash by Anthony Bozza, Slash

Transform Your Habits

Tommyland

Tommy Lee , Anthony Bozza

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Slash

Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles , John Lennon , Paul McCartney , Ringo Starr , George Harrison

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith

Stephen Davis , Aerosmith

4.04

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