Backbeat Books
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The Complete Singer-Songwriter: A Troubadour’s Guide to Writing, Performing, Recording & Business
$19.99 Add to cartThe Complete Singer-Songwriter is the ultimate guide for the modern performer, chock-full of tips, tools, and inspiration for both aspiring troubadours and those looking to take their craft and career… [more below]
- Author: Rodgers, Jeffrey Pepper
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1495019918
- Language: English
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The Grunge Diaries: Seattle, 1990-1994
$41.93 Add to cartA detailed chronicle of the rise and fall of the grunge music scene in Seattle and beyond.
- Author: Thompson, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1493055690
- Language: English
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Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond
$34.43 Add to cartPunk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond serves as the most exhaustive treatment of the punk movement–not only its music, which Rich Weidman exhaustively details from the proto-p
- Author: Weidman, Rich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: January 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493062409
- Language: English
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When Rock Met Disco: The Story of How the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Kiss, Queen, Blondie and More Got Their Groove on in the Me Decade
$37.43 Add to cartDisco remains the most important and influential musical and cultural movement of the past half-century. Everything since has been an affirmation of, or a reaction to, those pulsating dance floor rhyt
- Author: Blush, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493063898
- Language: English
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Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock
$32.95 Add to cartFrom its artful beginnings (Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, the Mothers of Invention, and those progressive forebearers, the Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles), through the towering guitar solos, monumental synthes… [more below]
- Author: Romano, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0879309911
- Language: English
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How the Fender Bass Changed the World
$35.00 Add to cartThis book by the founding editor and former publisher of Bass Player magazine not only celebrates the 50-year history of Fender’s revolutionary Precision Bass, it also – for the first time – illuminat… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0879306300
- Language: English
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Chord Master: How to Choose and Play the Right Guitar Chords
$24.99 Read moreChord Master is a chord dictionary with a difference. Rather than just show chord shapes – which are all there in the Chord Matrix – a large portion of the book explains how to use chords, with inform… [more below]
- Author: Rooksby, Rikky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1495001512
- Language: English
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Dlr Book: How David Lee Roth Changed the World
$24.95 Read moreWhat do you do after leaving one of the world’s biggest bands? If you’re David Lee Roth, you write a memoir, become a radio host, sell a screenplay to a major studio, get certified as an EMT, play Veg
- Author: Paltrowitz, Darren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 01, 2024
- ISBN10: 1493072528
- Language: English
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Jimi Hendrix: The Ultimate Lyric Book
$40.00 Add to cart(Book). Jimi Hendrix was such an extraordinary guitarist, it can be easy to forget that just as much passion, soul, and precision went into his lyrics. Inspired by Bob Dylan, Hendrix was a fearless ly… [more below]
- Author: Hendrix, Jimi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 291
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1423492684
- Language: English
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ACT Naturally: The Beatles on Film
$37.43 Add to cartThe film legacy of the Beatles is explored in this exciting inside-look at the group and their music-making process.
- Author: Matteo, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493059017
- Language: English
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The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer’s Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the ’70s Rock Scene
$24.99 Read moreThe Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer’s Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the ’70s Rock Scene. Winner of the Deems Taylor Award for best music memoir.
- Author: Davis-Chanin, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1617136875
- Language: English
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Silhouettes and Shadows: The Secret History of David Bowie’s Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
$37.43 Add to cartFeaturing exclusive interviews, this book uncovers the studio stories, ideas, and hidden meanings behind Scary Monsters as Bowie stood at the crossroads of the next decade.
- Author: Steiner, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: July 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493065645
- Language: English
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The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists
$29.12 Add to cartThe Official Punk Rock Book of Lists features over 200 of the funniest, craziest lists – from the Most Offensive Songs to Stupidest Band Names, from Punk Sell-Outs to Fashion Don’ts – culled from hist… [more below]
- Author: Manitoba, Handsome Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0879309199
- Language: English
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The Yardbirds: The Band That Launched Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page
$34.48 Add to cartTHE YARDBIRDS THE BAND THAT LAUNCHED ERIC CLAPTON JEFF BECK AND JIMMY PAGE SFTCOVER
- Author: Clayson, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: September 01 2002
- ISBN10: 879307242
- Language: English
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The Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds
$29.99 Add to cartThe Guitar Amp Handbook: Understanding Tube Amplifiers and Getting Great Sounds, Updated Edition brings fresh information to the table to help guitarists understand everything about what makes their a… [more below]
- Author: Hunter, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 148039288X
- Language: English
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Fender: The Inside Story
$40.43 Add to cartA behind-the-scenes account of the Fender Electric Instrument Company by its former general manager. White traces the company’s entire history, from Leo Fender’s beginnings as a radio repairman up to … [more below]
- Author: White, Forrest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: May 01 1994
- ISBN10: 879303093
- Language: English
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I Want You Around: The Ramones and the Making of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
$22.95 Read moreThe first of its sort, I Want You Around: The Ramones and the Making of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School provides readers with a detailed production history of this beloved film that draws upon extensive int
- Author: Armstrong, Stephen B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493064495
- Language: English
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Rolling Stones Gear: All the Stones’ Instruments from Stage to Studio
$75.00 Add to cartRolling Stones Gear is the first book to historically document all of the Rolling Stones’ musical equipment. It’s also the story of the Rolling Stones, but with a new twist: their history as told thro… [more below]
- Author: Babiuk, Andy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: January 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1617130923
- Language: English
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The Taylor Guitar Book: 40 Years of Great American Flattops
$29.99 Add to cartGrowing from a small custom shop in the early 1970s to the only new brand to have challenged the traditional Big Three of American acoustic guitars (Gibson, Guild, and Martin), Taylor has effectively … [more below]
- Author: Gerken, Teja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1480394513
- Language: English
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Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four’s Instruments from Stage to Studio
$60.00 Add to cartThis ultimate guide to all the gear used by the Beatles details exactly which guitars, drums, amplifiers, and keyboards the Fab Four embraced throughout their brief but revolutionary career, from thei… [more below]
- Author: Babiuk, Andy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1617130990
- Language: English
