23 Top music books like Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members by Ray Padgett

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Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members

By: Ray Padgett

4.59

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

"More fine stories than you can count" — Greil Marcus Collecting over 40 original, in-depth interv…

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1. Wilco: Learning How to Die

By: Greg Kot

3.90

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

The intimate story of one of the great American bands of our time, creators of the controversial ma… read more

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2. Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in the Seventies

By: James Wolcott

3.44

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"How lucky I was, arriving in New York just as everything was about to go to hell.” That would be … read more

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3. Why Bob Dylan Matters

By: Richard F. Thomas

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

"The coolest class on campus" - The New York Times When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded … read more

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4. Testimony: A Memoir

By: Robbie Robertson

3.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One of the most spellbinding, entertaining, major books of the fall: the long-awaited memoir from t… read more

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5. Making Movies

By: Sidney Lumet

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more

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6. Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay & a Few of My Other Favorite Things

By: None

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

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7. 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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Cover of 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan

8. 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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9. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

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10. 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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"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

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11. Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs

By: Greil Marcus

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penet… read more

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12. Lou Reed: The King of New York

By: Will Hermes

4.23

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." ― The Washington Post "There have been many biographie… read more

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13. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

By: Warren Zanes

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more

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"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

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14. Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History

By: Bill Janovitz

4.29

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller The definitive biography of legendary musician, composer, and perform… read more

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Cover of Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans by Kenneth Womack

15. Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans

By: Kenneth Womack

4.16

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles’ beloved friend, confidant, and roadie.  … read more

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16. The Heart in Winter

By: Kevin Barry

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more

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"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."

-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter

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17. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

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18. 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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Cover of World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

19. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

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Cover of The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop by Judson Brewer

20. The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop

By: Judson Brewer

3.90

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

A program proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies from New York Times bestselling … read more

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Cover of Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey by Robert Mack McCormick

21. Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey

By: Robert Mack McCormick

3.97

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript … read more

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Cover of Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music by David Remnick

22. Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music

By: David Remnick

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker gat… read more

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Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

23. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

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Cover of Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond by Geezer Butler

24. 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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25. Chuck Berry: An American Life

By: R.J. Smith

4.11

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll Best kn… read more

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Cover of Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon by Joel Selvin

26. Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon

By: Joel Selvin

4.27

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking… read more

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Cover of That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde by Daryl Sanders

27. That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde

By: Daryl Sanders

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound is the definitive treatment of Bob Dylan’s magnum opus, Blonde on Blo… read more

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28. Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members

By: Ray Padgett

4.59

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

"More fine stories than you can count" — Greil Marcus Collecting over 40 original, in-depth interv… read more

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Cover of Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith by John F. Szwed

29. Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith

By: John F. Szwed

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

“The first comprehensive biography of this hipster magus . . . [John Szwed] allows different sides … read more

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Cover of Bob Dylan in the 2020s: Rough and Rowdy Ways, Shadow Kingdom, and all that Philosophy by François Guillez

30. Bob Dylan in the 2020s: Rough and Rowdy Ways, Shadow Kingdom, and all that Philosophy

By: François Guillez

3.67

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

On June 19, 2020, Bob Dylan's album Rough and Rowdy Ways was released, the first with songs newly w… read more

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31. The Joker And The Thief : A life in pursuit of Bob Dylan

By: Peter Brown

4.00

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

“Few Dylan scholars are as experienced, informed and articulate as Peter Stone Brown was.”— Michael… read more

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

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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