Okay, Here's my top music-related books. There are a bunch more I need to read, so if my fellow bastards will add to it, I'll know what I need to add to my Amazon.com order. Sorry, but I don't see myself getting to Melmoth the Wanderer anytime soon.
- Careless Love: the Unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
- Last Train To Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
- Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam cooke by Peter Guralnick (hey!)
- Chronicles by Bob Dylan
- Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough
- Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus
- Big Star: The Short Life, Painful Death, and Unexpect Resurrection of the Kings of Power Pop by Rob Jovanovic
- The Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa
- Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil
2 comments:
Add Our Band Could Be Your Life if you haven't read it. Check out the 33 1/3 series of books about classic albums. Warren Zevon bio called, I think, Dirty Life and Times.
Don't forget the Replacements book.
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