Kenneth Womack – Maximum Volume: The Life Of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Early Years, 1962-1966 Chicago Review Press – September 1, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-613-7318-95 Book Review By Aaron Badgley George Martin is one of the [...]
Anthony Hogan – The Beat Makers: The Unsung Heroes Of The Mersey Sound Amberley Publishing – August 15, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-4456-7208-43 Book Review By Aaron Badgley Anthony Hogan is a very talented writer. He has written several [...]
JERRY HAMMACK – THE BEATLES RECORDING REFERENCE MANUAL: VOLUME 1: MY BONNIE THROUGH BEATLES FOR SALE (1961-1964) Createspace Independent Publishing Platform – July 7, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-548-0239-35 Book Review By Aaron Badgley [...]
Julie Chadwick – The Man Who Carried Cash: Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash, And The Making Of An American Icon Dundurn Books – May 27, 2017 ISBN – 978-1459737235 Book Review By Elizabeth Andrews In his book Chronicles, Vol. One, Bob Dylan [...]
Billy Vera – Harlem To Hollywood Backbeat Books – April 25, 2017 ISBN – 978-1617136627 Book Review By Aaron Badgley I learned a great deal reading Harlem to Hollywood by Billy Vera. The first thing I learned is that Billy Vera [...]
Peter Cooper – Johnny’s Cash And Charley’s Pride: Lasting Legends And Untold Adventures In Country Music Spring House Press – April 25, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-940-61170-9 Book Review By Elizabeth Andrews In his foreword to Johnny’s Cash [...]
RICH WEIDMAN – GUNS N’ ROSES FAQ: ALL THAT’S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE BAD BOYS OF SUNSET STRIP Backbeat Books – April 21, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-4950-2588-4 Book Review By Aaron Badgley The FAQ is an excellent book series. [...]
John Oates – Change Of Seasons: A Memoir (With Chris Epting) St. Martin’s Press – April 4, 2017 ISBN – 978-1250082657 Book Review By Gerry Young In John Oates’ riveting new memoir Change of Seasons, one half of the [...]
Andrew Golub – The Music Between Us – Concert Ads of Duran Duran Durandy Productions – March 3, 2017 ISBN – 978-0-692-63482-0 Book Review By Aaron Badgley Duran Duran represent the ‘80s. I think there can be no argument [...]
Mick Thomas – These Are The Days: Stories And Songs Melbourne Books – March 3, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-925-55605-6 Book Review By Aaron Badgley To be very honest, this book is long overdue. One of Mick Thomas’s many talents is his [...]
Anthony Robustelli – Steely Dan F.A.Q.: All That’s Left To Know About This Elusive Band Backbeat Books – February 2, 2017 ISBN-10: 1495025128 ISBN-13: 978-1495025129 Book Review By Gerry Young The first time I heard Steely [...]
Karl Hyde – I Am Dogboy Faber & Faber – December 13, 2016 ISBN – 978-0-571-32865-9 Book Review By Aaron Badgley This book is not an autobiography. Karl Hyde would never do anything that straightforward. Karl Hyde is the [...]
Kenny Aronoff – Sex, Drums, Rock ‘n’ Roll! – The Hardest Hitting Man In Show Business Backbeat Books – November 15, 2016 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Backbeat Books Language: English ISBN-10: 9781495007934 [...]
Christopher Ward – Is This Live? Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic The Nation’s Music Station Penguin Random House Canada – October 25, 2016 ISBN-10: 0345810341 ISBN-13: 978-0345810342 Book Review By Talia Wooldridge “We have [...]
Frank Lord – Damone Ramone: A Rock And Roll Betrayal CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform – September 9, 2016 ISBN – 978-1-523945399 Book Review By Aaron Badgley Frank Lord has written a book about The Ramones. However, [...]
Anthony Hogan – From A Storm To A Hurricane: Rory Storm And The Hurricanes Amberley Publishing – June 15, 2016 ISBN – 978-1-445-6563-28 Book Review By Aaron Badgley Anthony Hogan is an exceptional writer, who has found many [...]
Simon Wolstencroft – You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide Strata Books – November 13, 2014 Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Strata Books Language: English ISBN-10: 0957369077 ISBN-13: 978-0957369078 Product Dimensions: 14.4 x 2.2 x [...]
Gillian G. Gaar – Boss: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – The Illustrated History Quatro Publishing Group – July 1, 2016 ISBN – 9780760349724 Printed Laminated Cover 208 Pages 125 Colour & 43 B/W Photos $35.00 [...]
Matteo Guarnaccia & Giulia Pivetta – Bob Dylan Play Book ACC Editions – May 2016 ISBN – 9781851498215 96 Pages 25 colour, 75 B&W Illustrations Paperback £17.99 Bob Dylan Play Book – a collector’s colouring [...]
Thomas Edward Harkins & Bernard M. Corbett – Pearl Jam FAQ – All That’s Left to Know About Seattle’s Most Enduring Band Backbeat Books – May 24, 2016 ISBN: 9781617136122 6.0″ x 9.0″ 400 pages With [...]
Derek von Essen (Text by Phil Saunders) – No Flash Please – Underground Music In Ontario 1987-92 Anvil Press – May 10, 2016 ISBN 978-1-77214-037-8 7.5 x 9.5 | 256 pp $25 CAN / $25 US The music scene in the mid-eighties was in [...]
Greg Prato – ‘Scott Weiland: Memories of a Rock Star’ From late 1992 and throughout the remainder of the decade, if you spent any amount of time watching MTV or listening to rock radio, you were bound to come in contact with a [...]
Tim English – Sounds Like Teen Spirit Timothy English – January 11, 2016 ISBN-10: 0692593578 ISBN-13: 978-0692593578 Music plagiarism cases continue to pop up all over the news, the latest being Lady Gaga’s multi-million dollar [...]
Martin Atkins – Band:Smart Soluble LLC (June 1, 2014) ISBN-10: 0979731356 FROM THE AUTHOR: The nice people at CDBaby have put together a BookBaby page for a special deal of 75% off the list price of $40! Just $9.99 for a little while. Why [...]