Drums & Demons
Drums & Demons

Author: Joel Selvin

Publisher: Diversion Books

Published: 2024-02-27

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1635769795

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The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking Crew to redefining the genre 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 fill”—the mathematically-precise clatter that exploded like detonating fireworks on his drum breaks. But as best-selling author and award-winning journalist Joel Selvin reveals in Drums & Demons, 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. Based on his trademark extensive, detailed research, Joel Selvin’s Drums & Demons 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.

Leon Russell
Leon Russell

Author: Bill Janovitz

Publisher: Hachette Books

Published: 2023-03-14

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 0306923025

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The definitive New York Times bestselling biography of legendary musician, composer, and performer Leon Russell, who profoudly influenced George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, and the world of music as a whole. Leon Russell is an icon, but somehow is still an underappreciated artist. He is spoken of in tones reserved not just for the most talented musicians, but also for the most complex and fascinating. His career is like a roadmap of music history, often intersecting with rock royalty like Bob Dylan, the Stones, and the Beatles. He started in the Fifties as a teenager touring with Jerry Lee Lewis, going on to play piano on records by such giants as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Phil Spector, and on hundreds of classic songs with major recording artists. Leon was Elton John’s idol, and Elton inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Leon also gets credit for altering Willie Nelson’s career, giving us the long-haired, pot-friendly Willie we all know and love today. In his prime, Leon filled stadiums on solo tours, and was an organizer/performer on both Joe Cocker’s revolutionary Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour and George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh. Leon also founded Shelter Records in 1969 with producer Denny Cordell, discovering and releasing the debut albums of Tom Petty, the Gap Band, Phoebe Snow, and J.J. Cale. Leon always assembled wildly diverse bands and performances, fostering creative and free atmospheres for musicians to live and work together. He brazenly challenged musical and social barriers. However, Russell also struggled with his demons, including substance abuse, severe depression, and a crippling stage fright that wreaked havoc on his psyche over the long haul and at times seemed to will himself into obscurity. Now, acclaimed author and founding member of Buffalo Tom, Bill Janovitz shines the spotlight on one of the most important music makers of the twentieth century.

Billboard
Billboard

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2000-07-29

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

Cocker's English Dictionary: interpreting the most refined and difficult words in divinity, philosophy, law, physick ... mechanicks, &c. With an explanation of those hard words, which are derived from other languages ... To which is added, an historico-poetical dictionary ... the interpretation of the most usual terms in military discipline ... the terms which merchants ... make use of in trade and commerce ... Perused and published from the authors correct copy, by John Hawkins. With a portrait
Cocker's English Dictionary: interpreting the most refined and difficult words in divinity, philosophy, law, physick ... mechanicks, &c. With an explanation of those hard words, which are derived from other languages ... To which is added, an historico-poetical dictionary ... the interpretation of the most usual terms in military discipline ... the terms which merchants ... make use of in trade and commerce ... Perused and published from the authors correct copy, by John Hawkins. With a portrait

Author: Edward COCKER

Publisher:

Published: 1715

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13:

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Equity & Trusts
Equity & Trusts

Author: Paul S. Davies

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 1089

ISBN-13: 0198727658

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Paul Davies and Graham Virgo present the most engaging and student-focused text, cases, and materials approach to equity and trusts, providing an authoritative account of the law in a single volume.

Political Altruism?
Political Altruism?

Author: Marco Giugni

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780847698813

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Giugni and Passy (both: political science, U. of Geneva), along with contributors, explore the political ramifications of solidarity movements, which defy traditional explanations of political actors as fundamentally self-interested. Using country-specific studies form France, the United States, Germany, Great Britain, and Switzerland, they look at the growing internationalization of such movements, the interactions between movements and states, the moral vs. self-interest components of movements, and the consequences of such movements. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Country Roads: How Country Came to Nashville
Country Roads: How Country Came to Nashville

Author: Brian Hinton

Publisher: Bobcat Books

Published: 2012-06-26

Total Pages: 786

ISBN-13: 0857128442

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Hinton's latest book takes readers on an enthralling journey to explain the diverse music that has come to be known as country, starting with Celtic myth and mystery, traveling to the Appalachian mountains, and taking a few unexpected turns along the way with such disparate personalities as Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley.

Wheatfield Empire
Wheatfield Empire

Author: Robert Lawson

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2020-11-05

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1525581171

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Winnipeg’s The Guess Who are Canada’s original international rock n’ roll superstars. But despite the band’s enduring popularity, no one has assembled a comprehensive history of their recording career... until now. In exquisite detail that serious fans will appreciate, Wheatfield Empire: The Listener’s Guide to The Guess Who goes through the band’s evolution, album by album and song by song. Nothing is left out. Wheatfield Empire covers the complete discography, singles chart action, international releases, important concerts, significant TV appearances, radio broadcasts, and even a selection of unofficial live bootlegs. The book also discusses the solo careers of both frontman Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman. Written in clear prose with a touch of humour, this book’s encyclopedic detail is supported with excerpts from first-hand interviews with band members and input from top authorities on the Canadian music industry. Looking beyond the radio hits, Wheatfield Empire documents The Guess Who’s musical output with the loving attention they deserve as Canada’s first band to achieve major international success. This book is a must-have for any serious Guess Who fan.