Product Description: When musicians in the New York folk scene of the 1960s grew tired of city life, they decided to "get it together in the country." They headed for Woodstock-not the site of the infamous music festival of 1969 but to the Catskills, to Bearsville, to Woodstock proper...read more

Product Description: Think "Woodstock" and the mind turns to the seminal 1969 festival that crowned a seismic decade of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. But the town of Woodstock, New York, the original planned venue of the concert, is located over 60 miles from the site to which the fabled half a million flocked...read more

Product Description: When musicians in the New York folk scene of the 1960s grew tired of city life, they decided to "get it together in the country." They headed for Woodstock-not the site of the infamous music festival of 1969 but to the Catskills, to Bearsville, to Woodstock proper...read more

With his trademark growl, carnival-madman persona, haunting music, and unforgettable lyrics, Tom Waits is one of the most revered and critically acclaimed singer-songwriters alive today. After beginning his career on the margins of the 1970s Los Angeles rock scene, Waits has spent the last thirty years carving out a place for himself among such greats as Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Like them, he is a chameleonic survivor who has achieved long-term success while retaining cult credibility and outsider mystique. But although his songs can seem deeply personal and somewhat autobiographical, fans still know very little about the man himself. Notoriously private, Waits has consistently and deliberately blurred the line between fact and fiction, public and private personas, until it has become impossible to delineate between truth and self-fabricated legend. Lowside of the Road is the first serious biography to cut through the myths and make sense of the life and career of this beloved icon. Barney Hoskyns has gained unprecedented access to Waits’s inner circle and also draws on interviews he has done with Waits over the years. Spanning his extraordinary forty-year career from Closing Time to Orphans, from his perilous “jazzbo” years in 1970s LA to such shape-shifting albums as Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs to the Grammy Award winners of recent years, this definitive biography charts Waits’s life and art step by step, album by album.Barney Hoskyns has written a rock biography—much like the subject himself—unlike any other. It is a unique take on one of rock’s great enigmas.

In the late sixties and early seventies, Los Angeles was a hotbed of musical creativity--the home base of Joni Mitchell, the Eagles, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, among many others. Now, drawing on exclusive interviews with many of the leading players, music journalist Hoskyns recreates the excitement, ferment, and energy of those years. We see the genesis of Crosby, Stills, and Nash at Joni Mitchell's house in Laurel Canyon. We see the Eagles implode in backstage fistfights after the success of their huge hit album Hotel California. And we get the real story on David Geffen and the other money men who nurtured, bankrolled--and some say corrupted--the L.A. music scene. Filled with revealing anecdotes that chronicle the drug-fueled chaos, bed-hopping antics, and enduring musical achievements of the era, this book for classic rock fans everywhere.--From publisher description.An up-close and personal portrait of the L.A. music scene between 1967 and 1976 explores the energy and impact of the era, profiling such figures as Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, the Eagles, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.

Titled after the iconic rock band's top-selling album, a first installment of a new series exploring some of the era's most influential musical achievements traces the album's back story, from the numerous inspirations that formed the album's songs to the enigmatic symbols on its jacket cover.

Recounts the turbulent career of The Band--Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm--from their beginnings playing in seedy bars to their rise to international stardom

An archive of articles by the editor's favorite rock writers, culled from his Web site, 'Rock's Backpages,' includes pieces on such artists as the Beatles, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, and Madonna. Original. 10,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

No city in the western world exerts such a fascination as the glamorous, debauched Los Angeles, and there is no city with more of a draw to musicians. Defined by the music of Brian Wilson, NWA, jazz, funk, soul, hip hop, and fulled by drugs, alcohol, sun, sex and surf, LA has seen it all. This book tells the story of LA's post-war music scene.

Product Description: ARTHUR LEE and the band he fronted, Love, are widely acknowledged to be one of the most influential groups of the late '60s and their psychedelic-folk masterpiece, Forever Changes, regularly appears high in polls of the greatest albums of all time.

Chronicles the history of Atlantic Records from its origins in 1948 to the present day through essays from various rock journalists, interviews by famous artists--including Mick Jagger and Stevie Nicks--and full-color photos taken throughout the years.

Describes the history and variations of the mullet hairstyle which is worn short in front and long in the back and is exemplified by Billy Ray Cyrus, Michael Bolton, and Barry White.

Traces the history and the performers who defined glam rock, including David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Iggy Pop, and Queen, and their influence on musicians in the decades that followed

Illustrated with 150 photographs of the artifacts, events, and personalities of the period, a chronicle of the music, politics, culture, and art of the Haight Ashbury scene in San Francisco during the 1960s follows the birth of the hippie movement. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Kip, a lonely provincial boy, comes to London to enlist as a hack reviewer for a pop magazine and falls in love with Mina, a torch-singing vamp. When Mina's career takes off, Kip finds himself caught up in the general excitement, yet there is a mental and spiritual price to pay.

Recounts the turbulent career of The Band--Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm--from their beginnings playing in seedy bars to their rise to international stardom

Rare archival photographs and a powerful text reveal the tragically confused life story of an actor whose work has influenced generations of thespians, from James Dean to Robert De Niro. 12,500 first printing.

Complemented by more than 150 black-and-white and color photographs, this close-up look at the life and career of James Dean reassesses his role as a social icon in the thirty-five years since his death