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Now in paperback -- from surf music to hot-rod records to the sunny
pop of the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, the Byrds, and the Mama's
& the Papa's, Hollywood Eden captures the fresh blossom of a
young generation who came together in the epic spring of the 1960s
to invent the myth of the California Paradise. Central to the story
is a group of sun-kissed teens from the University High School
class of 1958 -- a class that included Jan & Dean, Nancy
Sinatra, and future members of the Beach Boys -- who came of age in
Los Angeles at the dawn of a new golden era when anything seemed
possible. These were the people who invented the idea of modern
California for the rest of the world. But their own private
struggles belied the paradise portrayed in their music. What began
as a light-hearted frolic under sunny skies ended up crashing down
to earth just a few short but action-packed years later as, one by
one, each met their destinies head-on. A rock 'n' roll opera loaded
with violence, deceit, intrigue, low comedy, and high drama,
Hollywood Eden tells the story of a group of young artists and
musicians who bumped heads, crashed cars, and ultimately flew too
close to the sun.
The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim
Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking Crew to redefining rock on the
Seventies’ biggest hits and outrageous tours, and ultimately to
the most shocking crime in rock history—a story of musical
genius, uncontrollable madness, and the big fill Jim Gordon
was the greatest rock drummer of all-time. Just ask the
world-famous musicians who played with him—John Lennon, George
Harrison, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Ringo
Starr, Harry Nilsson, Joe Cocker, and many more. They knew him for
his superior playing, extraordinary training and technique,
preternatural intuition, perfect sense of time, and his “big
fillâ€â€”the mathematically-precise clatter that exploded like
detonating fireworks on his drum breaks. And as best-selling author
and award-winning journalist Joel Selvin reveals, the story of Jim
Gordon is the most brilliant, turbulent, and wrenching rock opera
ever. This riveting narrative follows Gordon as the
very chemicals in his brain that gifted him also destroyed him. His
head crowded with a hellish gang of voices screaming at him,
demanding obedience, Gordon descended from the absolute heights of
the rock world—playing with the most famous musicians of his
generation—to working with a Santa Monica dive-bar band for $30 a
night. And then he committed the most shocking crime in rock
history. With full cooperation from the late Gordon's
family, and based on his trademark extensive, detailed
research, Joel Selvin’s account is at once an epic journey
through an artist’s monumental musical contributions, a
rollicking history of rock drumming, and a terrifying downward
spiral into unimaginable madness that Gordon fought a valiant but
losing battle against. One of the great untold stories of rock is
finally being told.
Rust in Peace details the making of Megadeth's iconic record, Rust
In Peace, which was released in 1990, at an incredible time of flux
and creativity in the rock world. Relayed by the lead vocalist and
guitarist songwriter of Megadeth himself, Dave Mustaine, the book
covers the process of hiring the band and supporting cast, of
trying to handle the ensuing success, and ultimately the pressure
of fame and fortune-which caused the band to finally break-up. In
short, it's a true story of groundbreaking anti-pop that was moving
toward the mainstream (or the mainstream that was moving toward the
band), at a time of great cultural change, power, ego, drugs, and
other vices that went hand-in-hand with Rock N' Roll, circa the
late eighties-early nineties. Little did Mustaine know that the
birth pangs of the record were nothing compared to the oncoming
pain and torment that would surround it. Alcohol, drugs, sex,
money, power, property, prestige, the lies the band was told by the
industry--and the lies they told each other--were just beginning,
and much like rust in real life, these factors would ultimately eat
away at the band's bond until only the music survived. Rust in
Peace is a story of perseverance, of scraping off the rust off that
builds over time on everything: ourselves, our relationships, pop
culture, art, and music.
A visual storytelling celebration of American roots music in its
rich variety, through unseen and newly scanned photographs by the
founder of the legendary Arhoolie records. Founded in 1960 by Chris
Strachwitz, the one-man operation of Arhoolie Records eventually
produced more than 400 albums during more than forty years in
operation, exploring the far corners of American vernacular music -
blues, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, hillbilly, Texas-Mexican norteno
music, and more. From the very beginning, Strachwitz brought his
camera along with recording equipment as he met and recorded
now-legendary artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred
McDowell, Clifton Chenier, and Big Joe Williams. This book collects
more than 150 of his best, most intimate and exciting images - many
never-before seen - each with rich captions by Strachwitz and
award-winning music journalist Joel Selvin, along with a
substantial 20,000 word essay about Arhoolie, Strachwitz, and the
music by Selvin.
The year 1972 brought together two legends of rock 'n' roll at the
peaks of their careers: Jim Marshall and the Rolling Stones.
Selected by LIFE magazine to photograph the Stones' EXILE ON MAIN
ST. tour, Marshall had a week of unlimited access. The results are
his now-iconic images of the band, onstage in their full glory and
backstage in moments of unguarded camaraderie. Marshall's ability
to capture the essential spirit of an artist and the transformative
power of music is matched only by the Stones' larger-than-life
energy. Fifty years after these photographs were taken, they retain
the power to thrill and inspire. This definitive edition presents
the images as they were meant to be seen: at a larger size and in
the rich, high-contrast tones Marshall favored. The original
content is enhanced with never-before-seen proof sheets and two new
essays by photographer and film director Anton Corbijn and Nikki
Sixx of Motley Crue. This is the ultimate, immersive experience of
one of the greatest moments in music history.
When Rust in Peace was released in 1990, the future of Megadeth was
uncertain. Fresh off their performance at the record-breaking
Monsters of Rock festival, and with knockout new albums from
Slayer, Anthrax, and Metallica dominating the charts, the pressure
to produce a standout statement record was higher than ever. In
Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece, the
band's lead vocalist and guitarist, Dave Mustaine, gives readers a
never-before-seen glimpse into the artistry and insanity that went
into making the band's most iconic record. He recounts the arduous
task of hiring the band and supporting cast, of managing egos and
extracurriculars during the album's ensuing success, and succumbing
to the pressures of fame and fortune-which eventually forced the
band to break up. And yet, Megadeth's demise was just the
beginning; the birth pangs of the record were nothing compared to
what came next. Alcohol, drugs, sex, money, power, property,
prestige, the lies fed to the band by the industry-and the lies
they told each other-threatened to eat away at the band's bond like
rust, devouring it until only the music survived. Featuring a
foreword by Slash
A tell-all biography of the epic in-fighting of the Grateful Dead
in the years following band leader Jerry Garcia's death in 1995The
Grateful Dead rose to greatness under the inspired leadership of
guitarist Jerry Garcia, but the band very nearly died along with
him. When Garcia passed away suddenly in August of 1995, the
remaining band members experienced full crises of confidence and
identity. So long defined by Garcia's vision for the group, the
surviving 'Core Four,' as they came to be called, were reduced to
conflicting agendas, strained relationships, and catastrophic
business decisions that would leave the iconic band in shambles.
Wrestling with how best to define their living legacy, the band
made many attempts at restructuring, but it would take twenty years
before relationships were mended enough for the Grateful Dead as
fans remembered them to once again take the stage.Acclaimed music
journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joel Selvin was
there for much of the turmoil following Garcia's death, and he'll
offer a behind-the-scenes account of the ebbs and flows that
occurred during the ensuing two decades. Plenty of books have been
written about the rise of the Grateful Dead, but this final chapter
of the band's history has never before been explored in detail.
Culminating in the landmark tour bearing the same name, Fare Thee
Well charts the arduous journey from Garcia's passing all the way
up to the uneasy agreement between the Core Four that led to the
series of shows celebrating the band's fiftieth anniversary and
finally allowing for a proper, and joyous, sendoff of the group
revered by so many.
A tell-all biography of the epic in-fighting of the Grateful Dead
in the years following band leader Jerry Garcia's death in 1995 The
Grateful Dead rose to greatness under the inspired leadership of
guitarist Jerry Garcia, but the band very nearly died along with
him. When Garcia passed away suddenly in August of 1995, the
remaining band members experienced full crises of confidence and
identity. So long defined by Garcia's vision for the group, the
surviving "Core Four," as they came to be called, were reduced to
conflicting agendas, strained relationships, and catastrophic
business decisions that would leave the iconic band in shambles.
Wrestling with how best to define their living legacy, the band
made many attempts at restructuring, but it would take twenty years
before relationships were mended enough for the Grateful Dead as
fans remembered them to once again take the stage. Acclaimed music
journalist and New York Timesbestselling author Joel Selvin was
there for much of the turmoil following Garcia's death, and he'll
offer a behind-the-scenes account of the ebbs and flows that
occurred during the ensuing two decades. Plenty of books have been
written about the rise of the Grateful Dead, but this final chapter
of the band's history has never before been explored in detail.
Culminating in the landmark tour bearing the same name, Fare Thee
Wellcharts the arduous journey from Garcia's passing all the way up
to the uneasy agreement between the Core Four that led to the
series of shows celebrating the band's fiftieth anniversary and
finally allowing for a proper, and joyous, sendoff of the group
revered by so many.
Featuring a wide array of iconic rock posters, period photographs,
music memorabilia and light shows, "out-of-this-world" clothing,
and avant-garde films, this catalogue celebrates San Francisco's
rebellious and colorful counterculture that blossomed in the years
surrounding the 1967 Summer of Love. This book explores, through
essays and a succession of thematic plates, the visual and material
cultures of a generation searching for personal fulfillment and
social change. Presenting key cultural artifacts of the time,
Summer of Love introduces and explores the events and experiences
that today define this dynamic era. With essays by Victoria Binder,
Dennis McNally, and Joel Selvin. Published in association with the
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibition dates: de Young, San
Francisco: April 8-August 20, 2017
In this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive,
never-before-revealed details, celebrated rock journalist Joel
Selvin tells the definitive story of the Rolling Stones' infamous
Altamont concert, the disastrous historic event that marked the end
of the idealistic 1960s. In the annals of rock history, the
Altamont Speedway Free Festival on December 6, 1969, has long been
seen as the distorted twin of Woodstock-the day that shattered the
Sixties' promise of peace and love when a concertgoer was killed by
a member of the Hells Angels, the notorious biker club acting as
security. While most people know of the events from the film Gimme
Shelter, the whole story has remained buried in varied accounts,
rumor, and myth-until now. Altamont explores rock's darkest day, a
fiasco that began well before the climactic death of Meredith
Hunter and continued beyond that infamous December night. Joel
Selvin probes every aspect of the show-from the Stones' hastily
planned tour preceding the concert to the bad acid that swept
through the audience to other deaths that also occurred that
evening-to capture the full scope of the tragedy and its aftermath.
He also provides an in-depth look at the Grateful Dead's role in
the events leading to Altamont, examining the band's
behind-the-scenes presence in both arranging the show and hiring
the Hells Angels as security. The product of twenty years of
exhaustive research and dozens of interviews with many key players,
including medical staff, Hells Angels members, the stage crew, and
the musicians who were there, and featuring sixteen pages of color
photos, Altamont is the ultimate account of the final event in
rock's formative and most turbulent decade.
Their music changed pop history, but we've never known much about
the people who made it...until now. "...a first-hand account of
both the kaleidoscopic talent that drove Stone to the top and
attracted so many people to him, and the madness that he soon
descended into and never truly returned from, a victim of ego, drug
abuse sycophants and the era.... It amounts to a definitive history
of one of the rock generation's greatest and most tragic artists."
-Jem Aswad, Variety, "The Best Music Books of 2022" "...the musical
trajectory of Sly & The Family Stone, and especially its
namesake and leader, Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart), makes even
the most shocking episode of Behind the Music look like Nickelodeon
programming. Esteemed music journo Joel Selvin chronicles the good,
the bad, the ugly (and the really ugly), in a new reissue of his
1998 book, Sly & The Family Stone: An Oral History." -Bob
Ruggiero, Houston Press Sly Stone shook the foundations of soul and
turned it into a brand new sound that influenced and liberated
musicians as varied as Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, and Herbie
Hancock. His group-consisting of Blacks and whites, men and
women-symbolized the Woodstock generation and crossed over to
dominate pop charts with anthems like "Everyday People," "Dance to
the Music," and "I Want to Take You Higher." Award-winning
journalist and bestselling author Joel Selvin weaves an epic
American tale from the voices of the people around this funk
phenomenon: Sly's parents, his family members and band members
(sometimes one and the same), and rock figures including Grace
Slick, Sal Valentino, Bobby Womack, Mickey Hart, Clive Davis, Bobby
Freeman, and many more. In their own words, they candidly share the
triumphs and tragedies of one of the most influential musical
groups ever formed-"different strokes" from the immensely talented
folks who were there when it all happened. "Joel Selvin, the
veteran music critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, published a
thoroughgoing, book-length oral history of the group in 1998 that
is as disturbing and chilling a version as you'll ever find of the
'dashed '60s dream' narrative: idealism giving way to
disillusionment, soft drugs giving way to hard, ferment to rot."
-David Kamp, "Sly Stone's Higher Power" Vanity Fair, August 2007
Available for the first time in years, Sly & the Family Stone:
An Oral History, is an unflinching look at the rise and fall one of
music's most enigmatic figures.
 I don't know where he's buried, but if I did I'd piss on his
grave." Â Jerry Wexler, best friend and mentor.Here Comes the
Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm
and Blues is both a definitive account of the New York rhythm and
blues world of the early  60s, and the harrowing, ultimately
tragic story of songwriter and record producer Bert Berns, whose
meteoric career was fueled by his pending doom. His heart damaged
by rheumatic fever as a youth, doctors told Berns he would not live
to see twenty-one. Although his name is little remembered today,
Berns worked alongside all the greats of the era  Jerry Leiber and
Mike Stoller, Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler, Burt Bacharach, Phil
Spector, Gerry Goffin and Carole King, anyone who was anyone in New
York rhythm and blues. In seven quick years, he went from nobody to
the top of the pops  producer of monumental r&b classics,
songwriter of  Twist and Shout,"  My Girl Sloopy" and others.His
fury to succeed led Berns to use his Mafia associations to muscle
Atlantic Records out of a partnership and intimidate new talents
like Neil Diamond and Van Morrison he signed to his record label,
only to drop dead of a long expected fatal heart attack, just when
he was seeing his grandest plans and life's ambitions frustrated
and foiled.
The never-before-told story of The Peppermint Lounge, the famed
Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout that launched an era
The Peppermint Lounge was intended to be nothing more than a front
for gambling and other rackets but the club became a sensation
after Dick "Cami" Camillucci began to feature a new kind of music,
rock and roll. The mobsters running the place found themselves
juggling rebellious youths alongside celebrities like Greta Garbo
and Shirley MacLaine. When The Beatles visited the club, Cami's
uncle-in-law had to restrain a hitman who was after Ringo because
his girlfriend was so infatuated with the drummer.
Working with Dick Cami himself, Johnson and Selvin unveil this
engrossing story of the go-go sixties and the club that inspired
the classic hits "Twisting the Night Away" and "The Peppermint
Twist."
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Ron Nagle (Hardcover)
Ron Nagle; Foreword by Dave Hickey; Text written by David Pagel, Joel Selvin, Jana Martin
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