This week I'm going to list 13 biographies of musical artists. I tried to pick a varied list. I could probably make a 13 just of books on Bob Dylan I have. Some of the same writers appear more than once, and a few names were on my list of music books from last week.
1) Down The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan by Howard Sounes
2) Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who by Dave Marsh
3) The Beatles: The Biography by Hunter Davies (This was one of the first music bios I ever read, I remember checking it out of the library when I was still in school. At the time there weren't a lot of bios on rock and roll acts.)
4) Everything I'm Cracked Up To Be: A Rock and Roll Fairy Tale by Jen Trynin (Jen was basically a one hit wonder from Boston and this book is fascinating in her tale of her life as the next "Big" thing for a brief moment.)
5) Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zepplin Saga by Stephen Davis
6) Buddy Holly by Ellis Amburn
7) Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough
8) Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock N Roll by Rick Coleman
9) Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s by Dave Marsh
10) Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
11) Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick
12) I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon
13) Clapton by Eric Clapton (Eric doesn't white wash his life, he comes out as a complete jerk at times.)
2 comments:
Clapton was a total dick at times. But then again most of us are at somepoint!
If you are U2 fan I recommend U2 At The End of the World by Bill Flanagan. It humanize the band.
I actually do have that U2 book and just recently re-read it about a month ago. It's a very good book about the band. I'm re-reading "Our Band Could Be Your Life" now, mostly about punk groups from the 80s.
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