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Linda Ashcroft offers an intimate memoir of Jim Morrison at the height of his career. This vivid portrait is based on her diaries from the four-year period when she knew Morrison. "Wild Child," one of Morrison''s most popular songs, was written for Ashcroft. Morrison''s dreams and demons, and the meaning behind his lyrics and poems, are revealed through Ashcroft''s evocative writing. Wild Child is a richly detailed and passionate account of what life was like with the legendary Doors singer. It is also the first book to illuminate the mystery of Morrison''s death through the words of the woman who was with him when he died in Paris, Pamela Courson. Before flying to Paris, Morrison told the author: "It may have been in bits and pieces, but I gave you the best of me." In return, Linda Ashcroft gives us the best of Jim Morrison.

A GUARDIAN AND INDEPENDENT BEST MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR `At last an expert classicist gets to grips with Bob Dylan' Mary Beard `Thomas's elegant, charming book offers something for everyone - not just the super-fans' Independent When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan, the literary world was up in arms. How could the world's most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous singer-songwriter in his Seventies, who wouldn't even deign to make an acceptance speech? In Why Dylan Matters, Harvard Professor Richard F. Thomas answers that question with magisterial erudition. A world expert on Classical poetry, Thomas was initially ridiculed by his colleagues for teaching a course on Bob Dylan alongside his traditional seminars on Homer, Virgil and Ovid. Dylan's Nobel prize win brought him vindication. This witty, personal volume is a distillation of Thomas's famous course, and makes a compelling case for moving Dylan out of the rock n' roll Hall of Fame and into the pantheon of Classical poets. You'll never think about Bob Dylan in the same way again.

Verónica is late, and Julián is increasingly convinced she won't ever come home. To pass the time, he improvises a story about trees to coax his stepdaughter, Daniela, to sleep. He has made a life as a literature professor, developing a novel about a man

En octubre de 1973, el poeta y cantante Leonard Cohen, famoso y en pleno bloqueo creativo, viajó desde su hogar en la isla griega de Hydra al caos y la masacre del desierto del Sinaí cuando Egipto ataco a Israel en el festivo judio de Yom Kipur. Moviendose por el frente con una guitarra y un grupo de musicos locales, Cohen conocio a cientos de jovenes soldados, hombres y mujeres en el peor momento de sus vidas. Aquellos que sobrevivieron nunca olvidaron la experiencia. La guerra transformo a Cohen. Habia anunciado que abandonaria su carrera musical, pero en cambio regreso a Hydra y a su familia, y lanzo uno de los mejores albumes de su carrera. En Who by Fire, el periodista Matti Friedman nos ofrece un relato fascinante de esas semanas en el Sinai, basandose en la escritura de un manuscrito inacabado del cantante y curiosas fotografias y reportajes originales para crear una representacion caleidoscopica de un momento angustiante y formativo tanto para un joven pais en guerra como para un cantante en una encrucijada.

Hablar de Whitesnake es hablar de David Coverdale, uno de los mejores cantantes y compositores que ha dado el rock. Lejos de la imagen de estrella del rock antipática y desfasada, Coverdale siempre ha logrado trasmitir la sensacion de ser un verdadero caballero ingles, un gentleman de los pies a la cabeza capaz de volver locos a miles de espectadores con tan solo apuntar al cielo con su pie de micro. Durante los primeros años de su carrera como cantante pocos eran los rivales capaces de competir con la magia y la potencia que destilaba a traves de su garganta. Completamente polivalente en diferentes estilos, desde el blues mas clasico mostrado en Trouble o Lovehunter, hasta el hard rock mas atrevido que le reportaria la fama mundial con 1987. La primera oportunidad de mostrar al mundo sus dotes como cantante la tuvo nada menos que junto a una de las bandas mas legendarias de la historia: Deep Purple. Y no contento con ello, tras la separacion de la formacion creo su propio grupo con el que disco tras disco nos fue mostrando una mejor tecnica vocal, ampliando sus rangos vocales y convirtiendose en uno de los cantantes mas importantes de la historia del Rock. Su carrera esta repleta de albumes para enmarcar, desde su debut a nivel profesional en el Burn de Deep Purple, a verdaderas joyas en forma de album como Slide It In o el archiconocido 1987. Pero este libro no solo trata de la carrera de David Coverdale, sino de la historia de Whitesnake, un grupo por el que han pasado infinidad de musicos que ademas de haber sido en mayor o menor medida historia de la serpiente, tambien han aportado su granito de arena a la historia del Rock en bandas como UFO, Gary Moore, Rainbow o Black Sabbath, entre otros muchos.

Las fascinantes conversaciones de una estrella de la música y su supuesto“gurú”espiritual sobre los grandes temas de la vida.¿Te imaginas despertar un día y darte cuenta de que en realidad no eres má

does eminem matter? On assignment for his first cover story for Rolling Stone, the very first national cover story on Eminem, Anthony Bozza met a young blond kid, a rapper who would soon take the country by storm. But back in 1999, Eminem was just beginning to make waves among suburban white teenagers as his first single, My Name Is, went into heavy rotation on MTV. Who could have predicted that in a mere two years, Eminem would become the most reviled and controversial hip-hop figure ever? Or that twelve months after that, Eminem would sit firmly at the pinnacle of American celebrity, a Grammy winner many times over and the recipient of an Oscar. did eminem change or did america finally figure him out? (...)

A long-awaited memoir from the larger-than-life, multifaceted lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, one of the most successful, influential and enduring rock bands ever.Pioneers of Britain's nascent Rock & Metal scene back in the late 1970s, Iron Maiden smashed its way to the top, thanks in no small part to the high-octane performances, operatic singing style, and stage presence of its second, but twice-longest-serving, lead singer, Bruce Dickinson. As Iron Maiden's front man--first from 1981 to 1993, and then from 1999 to the present--Dickinson has been, and remains, a man of legend.But OTT front man is just one of the many hats Bruce wears. In addition to being one of the world's most storied and well-respected singers and songwriters, he is an airline captain, aviation entrepreneur, motivational speaker, beer brewer, novelist, radio presenter, and film scriptwriter. He has also competed as a world-class level fencer. Often credited as a genuine polymath Bruce, in his own words (and handwritten script in the first instance!), sets forth many personal observations guaranteed to inspire curious souls and hard-core fans alike. Dickinson turns his unbridled creativity, passion, and anarchic humour to reveal some fascinating stories from his life, including his thirty years with Maiden, his solo career, his childhood within the eccentric British school system, his early bands, fatherhood and family, and his recent battle with cancer. Bold, honest, intelligent and very funny, his memoir is an up-close look inside the life, heart, and mind of one of the most unique and interesting men in the world; a true icon of rock.

Celebrate 40 years of WHAM! with the Sunday Times bestseller from one half of the world's most famous bands'I couldn't put it down. Such a fantastic book' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio________School mates. Band mates. Soul mates . . .When Andrew Ridgley took George Michael, the new boy at school, under his wing, he discovered a soul mate.In Wham! George and Me, Andrew tells the story of how they rode a rollercoaster of success around the world while making iconic records and surviving superstardom with their friendship intact. It is a memoir of love, music, the flamboyant 1980s and living in a pop hurricane.

(Vocal Selections). This West End production is a rock musical centering around the music of Queen, with a book by Ben Elton. It has served as an audience favorite, becoming the longest-running musical of all-time at London's Dominion Theatre in 2012. This vocal selections folio features 25 songs arranged for piano, voice and guitar including the title tune, plus: Another One Bites the Dust * Bohemian Rhapsody * Crazy Little Thing Called Love * Fat Bottomed Girls * I Want It All * I Want to Break Free * Killer Queen * Radio Ga Ga * Somebody to Love * Under Pressure * We Are the Champions * and more.

¿Conoces realmente a Billie Eilish? ¡Entérate de todo sobre tu megaestrella favorita en este libro! Descubre cómo escribe Billie sus canciones, lo que la inspira, cómo canaliza su estilo único, ¡y mucho mas! Con fotografias increibles, tests, datos y citas del icono musical. Unete a Billie detras de los bastidores y en la gira mientras rompe todos los records en su camino a la cima.

Stephen DavisFrom the New York Times bestselling author, the complete story of the last rock supergroup from their drugfueled blast-off in the 1980s to the turbulent life of legendary singer Axl Rose and his fifteen-year, multi-million dollar effort to make the perfect hardrock album. With 90 million of the band's records sold worldwide since 1987, Guns N' Roses prolonged rock music past its sell-by date with controversial albums and immense, often riotous world tours. But the band's complete story has never been fully tolduntil now. In his sixth major rock biography, Stephen Davis details the riveting story of a band that originated in the gutters of Sunset Strip and went on to set attendance records on the biggest stadiums on the planet. Watch You Bleed documents the improbable story of W. Axl Rose, the biggest rock star of his generation. Taken from an abusive father in his infancy, he was raised as "Bill Bailey" in a strictly religious Indiana household by a stepfather who beat him for playing Led Zeppelin songs on the family piano. After quitting high school, and on the run from the police in his hometown, Axl arrived in Los Angeles in the midst of the street battles for supremacy among the top music genres of the eightiespost-punk, thrash, hair metal, and glam. The book also charts the backgrounds of every band member, especially Slash, a Hollywood street kid whose designer mother dated David Bowie. Davis brilliantly captures the birth of Guns' raw power, whichdespite rape charges, drug-induced rampages, and a general appetite for destruction launched the band into the pantheon of rock gods such as Led Zeppelin and theRolling Stones. With a wealth of detail, Davis looks at Axl's unrelenting quest to release the long-awaited, mystery-shrouded Chinese Democracy album, as well as the further adventures of some of the Gunners under the banner of the hard-rocking band Velvet Revolver. For the first time, millions of Guns N' Roses fans will learn the whole truthsometimes funny, sometimes tragicabout the last of the great rock bands. Biography

Everyone knows who the Spice Girls are. The group became the most famous pop trademark of the 1990s, and for a while they were the biggest-selling act on planet pop. This is the first book to examine the life and times of the Spice Girls in a way that puts the group and their music into a broader social and historical context. Combining meticulously researched biographical narrative with an insiders account of pop in the 1990s and 2000s it will open a window onto the backstage lot of Spice world and much more besides.