Backbeat Books
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My Years with Townes Van Zandt: Music, Genius and Rage
$29.99 Read moreMY YEARS WITH TOWNES VAN ZANDT: MUSIC GENIUS AND RAGE
- Author: Eggers, Harold F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1617137081
- Language: English
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The Invisible Line: When Craft Becomes Art
$24.99 Read moreWhat distinguishes art from craft? Since the traditional answer skews utilitarian and hinges on an object’s ‘use value ‘ musical instruments are typically grouped into the latter category. This is a g… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Larry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1617136530
- Language: English
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Roger Waters: The Man Behind the Wall
$19.99 Read moreThe Wall was Roger Waters’s first album. So begins Dave Thompson’s Thompson’s Roger Waters: The Man Behind the Wall, the first full biography on this notoriously guarded personality that has eluded pr… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1617136689
- Language: English
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Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters
$16.95 Read moreSympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters is both a gonzo rush–capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they lived–and a wide-eyed reflection on why the … [more below]
- Author: Edison, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1493059815
- Language: English
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Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter
$29.95 Read moreMusic, Lyrics, and Life is the songwriting class you always wish you’d taken, taught by the professor you always wish you’d had. It’s a deep dive into the heart of questions asked by songwriters of al
- Author: Errico, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1493059874
- Language: English
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I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan During Beatlemania and Beyond
$32.95 Read moreAfter February 9, 1964, everyone wanted to be Debbie Gendler. On that date, she was just one of a relative handful of lucky fans who were in the live audience for The Beatles’ historic performance on
- Author: Gendler, Debbie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1493079743
- Language: English
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Kickstart My Heart: A Motley Crew Day-By-Day
$39.99 Read moreKICKSTART MY HEART: A MOTLEY CRUE DAY-BY-DAY
- Author: Popoff, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1617136107
- Language: English
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The Jordanaires: The Story of the World’s Greatest Backup Vocal Group
$27.95 Read moreThe greatest backup group in the history of recorded music undoubtedly was the Jordanaires, a gospel group of mostly Tennessee boys, formed in the 1940s, that set the standard for studio vocal groups
- Author: Stoker, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1493064576
- Language: English
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The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio
$26.78 Add to cartThis lively blast from the past peels back the many layers of the Top 40 phenomenon: the DJs, fans, singles, jingles, dedications, contests, requests and more. The book features interviews with such r… [more below]
- Author: Fong-Torres, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: December 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0879306645
- Language: English
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Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage
$32.95 Read moreBefore she knew she was Ukrainian, Soviet, or Jewish, Inna Faliks knew she was a musician. Growing up in the city of Odessa, the piano became her best friend, and she explored the brilliant, intricate
- Author: Faliks, Inna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493071742
- Language: English
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Moving Pictures: How Rush Created Progressive Hard Rock’s Greatest Record
$24.95 Read moreThere’s nothing like it in the Rush catalog–or, indeed, in the entire prog-rock canon. Stylistically expansive and intellectually ambitious, 1981’s Moving Pictures was a landmark release, one that he
- Author: Romano, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: January 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1493062352
- Language: English
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The Band FAQ: All That’s Left to Know about the Fathers of Americana
$19.99 Read moreTHE BAND FAQ: ALL THAT’S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FATHERS OF AMERICANA
- Series: FAQ
- Author: Aaron, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1617136131
- Language: English
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Way Down: Playing Bass with Elvis, Dylan, the Doors and More: The Autobiography of Jerry Scheff
$29.12 Add to cartIn this candid and perceptive memoir of his 45-year career, bassist Jerry Scheff takes us onto Elvis’s private jet, on tour with Bob Dylan, and into the studio with The Doors. A stalwart presence behi… [more below]
- Author: Scheff, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 01 2012
- ISBN10: 161713032X
- Language: English
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Rod Stewart: The Classic Years
$32.95 Read moreMany have long found it difficult to take Rod Stewart seriously. However, once we get past the awkward stuff–leopard-skin leggings, bum-wiggling stage schticks, and a hairstyle unseemly for a man of
- Author: Egan, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493068229
- Language: English
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Green Day FAQ: All That’s Left to Know about the World’s Most Popular Punk Band
$19.99 Add to cartGreen Day FAQ tackles such topics as the band’s early roots and early gigs, who’s who in the extended Green Day enterprise, what artists proudly claim Green Day as an influence on their music, Green D… [more below]
- Series: FAQ
- Author: Bordowitz, Hank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1495051676
- Language: English
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Gibson’s Fabulous Flat-Top Guitars: An Illustrated History & Guide
$29.99 Add to cartFinally back in print! The must-have book on Gibson’s killer acoustic guitars, now updated.
From the 1920s to the present, Gibson and its flat-tops have been synonymous with American music. Whether th- Author: Erlewine, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0879309628
- Language: English
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken: The Making of a Landmark Album, 50th Anniversary
$50.00 Read moreThe 1971 collaboration of legendary Nashville bluegrass musicians and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, a Southern California country-rock-jug group, was the genesis of Will the Circle Be Unbroken, which Ro… [more below]
- Author: McEuen, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493062336
- Language: English
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Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes: My Personal Time with Music City Friends and Legends in Rock ‘n’ Roll, R&b, and a Whole Lot of Country
$29.95 Read moreHe didn’t know it at the time, but Tim Ghianni’s love affair with Nashville and its musical artists began on a steamy night in 1972, when the twenty-year-old author had unsolicited help from honky-ton
- Author: Ghianni, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 396
- Publish Date: March 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072153
- Language: English
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The Great American Songbook: 201 Favorites You Ought to Know (& Love)
$24.95 Read moreIn an age of ubiquitous music and countless new songs releasing every minute, the Great American Songbook endures. After all, the Songbook–that sprawling canon of popular songs, standards, and show t
- Author: Suskin, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493070940
- Language: English
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Bass Notes: Jazz in American Culture: A Personal View
$37.95 Read moreFrom his upbringing as a “red-diaper baby” among some of the leading lights of American music and Left politics, to his legendary work as bassist for the Bill Evans trio, to his collaborations with su
- Author: Israels, Chuck
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493074849
- Language: English
