Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour
By: Rickie Lee Jones
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Have you met Ms. Jones? One night in 1979, a woman in a red beret skyrocketed to fame after a pe…
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1. Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
By: Chrissie Hynde
3.49
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Chrissie Hynde, for nearly four decades the singer/songwriter/ undisputed leader of the Pretenders,… read more
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- biography
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- rock n roll
- audiobook
"After writing a song, there’s first a feeling of elation followed by the sinking feeling that it will never happen again, and you go back to thinking that you can't do it. It creates an ongoing feeli…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
"To address another human was one thing, but a singing voice was capable of so much more. Romance made you weak and love was about suffering. I wanted what the jazz musicians were looking for: the sup…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
"Nothing was going to compromise my freedom to walk the streets whenever, wherever and with whomever I wanted. I saw fame as being akin to living in a high-security prison and I didn’t want to go ther…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
2. A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the studio
By: Paul Myers
3.63
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
"If you know what you want, I'll get it for you. If you don't know what you want, I'll do it for yo… read more
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3. Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words
By: Malka Marom , Joni Mitchell
3.83
Format: 95 pages, Hardcover
When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni M… read more
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4. Johnny Carson
By: Henry Bushkin
3.68
Format: 528 pages,
An endlessly dishy and incisive account of the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and pow… read more
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6. Lucky
By: Jane Smiley
3.13
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, a soaring, soulful novel about a folk musicia… read more
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- music
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7. Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975
By: Richard Thompson
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“Thompson is a master showman . . . [ Beeswing is] everything you’d hope a Richard Thompson autobi… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
By: Lucinda Williams
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more
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9. 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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10. 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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- audiobook
11. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By: Daniel de Visé
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more
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12. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
13. Blue Ruin
By: Hari Kunzru
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty, po… read more
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14. 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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15. 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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16. My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History
By: John Illsley
4.07
Format: None pages, ebook
With a foreword by MARK KNOPFLER 'An uplifting journey through the sheer hard work, pitfalls and t… read more
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17. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond
By: Geezer Butler
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black … read more
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"Being in Black Sabbath felt like being an actor in a soap opera. It’s a minor miracle all four of the original lineup survived beyond the 1970s, let alone that we’re all still here. Along the way, we…"-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond
"Writing was my godsend, my treatment, my way of digging myself out of a depressive hole. That’s not an outlet a lot of working-class kids had. But because I’d been exposed to books from an early age,…"-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond
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18. Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
By: Robert Hilburn
3.94
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A publishing event from music legend Paul an intimate, candid, and definitive biography written wi… read more
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"HAS TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A CARPETBAGGER, BUT A CONNOISSEUR, AND, AT BEST. AN ALCHEMIST."-Robert Hilburn, Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
"PAUSING BRIEFLY, SIMON, WHO TOLD AN INTERVIEWER IN THE 1980S THAT HE FOUND IT HARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD TIMES IN HIS LIFE, SHOWED NO RELUCTANCE ADDING, "I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY LIFE."-Robert Hilburn, Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
"HE HAS MANAGED TO BECOME NEITHER A WIZENED ORACLE NOR AN OLDIES ACT, AND HIS BEST SONGS CONVEY THE APPEALING SENSATION OF LISTENING TO A GUY WHO IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE'S DOING."-Robert Hilburn, Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
"I THINK THE PSYCHE COMES UP WITH ALL KINDS OF CONTRIVANCES TO PROTECT WHAT IT THINKS IS VULNERABLE. AND SOMETIMES THOSE CONTRIVANCES ARE THAT YOU STAY IN A STATE OF UNHAPPINESS. OR VICTIMIZATION."-Robert Hilburn, Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]
19. Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story
By: Kristine S. Ervin
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For readers of My Dark Places and I'll Be Gone in the Dark , a beautiful, brutal memoir documenting… read more
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20. Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour
By: Rickie Lee Jones
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Have you met Ms. Jones? One night in 1979, a woman in a red beret skyrocketed to fame after a pe… read more
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- rock n roll
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21. Don't Let the Devil Ride
By: Ace Atkins
3.79
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“An instant Southern noir classic” –S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby meets Don Winslow in the breakout thri… read more
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