The first time on the open road with Dad's beat-up clunker and a brand-new driver's lecense. That first kiss. Practicing Steve Tyler moves in the garage. Lazy summer days with nothing to do but hang out with a group of friends and the radio. Classic Rock. In Classic Rock Stories, classic rockers reveal the sometimes painful, sometimes accidental, and often hilarious process of creating the songs that you can still sing aloud. In their own words, rockers like Pete Townshend, John Lennon, Stevie Nicks, Elton John, and Keith Richards tell about the drugs, the pain, the love gone bad, and the accidents that resulted in the hits.
This book contains over 250 songs from the classic rock era, including songs from Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, CCR, CSN&Y, the Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, KISS, Moody Blues, Eric Clapton, the Eagles, Jethro Tull, Elton John, and many more artists too numerous to mention. This book has been created with the same high standards as the previous releases in our Just Real Book series. Includes a complete discography and a special color art section highlighting the album art from many of the greatest classic rock albums ever produced. Comb bound, approx. 400 pages.
Classic Rock: Photographs from yesterday and today features the original, high-quality performance photography of veteran photojournalist, Jim Summaria. Through his camera lens, readers get a front row center seat to not only Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers in performance, but additional acts often overlooked and whose contributions are compelling. This book draws an intriguing visual contrast between artists in their prime—and, if still performing, as they have appeared more recently. The addition of quick facts and trivia about these artists, and revealing quotes from these musicians, peers, and critics will further entertain readers.
National Bestseller * Named one of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2018 * One of Newsweek's 50 Best Books of 2018 * A Billboard Best of 2018 * A New York Times Book Review "New and Noteworthy" selection The author of the critically acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers an eye-opening exploration of the state of classic rock, its past and future, the impact it has had, and what its loss would mean to an industry, a culture, and a way of life. Since the late 1960s, a legendary cadre of artists—including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Black Sabbath, and the Who—has revolutionized popular culture and the sounds of our lives. While their songs still get airtime and some of these bands continue to tour, its idols are leaving the stage permanently. Can classic rock remain relevant as these legends die off, or will this major musical subculture fade away as many have before, Steven Hyden asks. In this mix of personal memoir, criticism, and journalism, Hyden stands witness as classic rock reaches the precipice. Traveling to the eclectic places where geriatric rockers are still making music, he talks to the artists and fans who have aged with them, explores the ways that classic rock has changed the culture, investigates the rise and fall of classic rock radio, and turns to live bootlegs, tell-all rock biographies, and even the liner notes of rock’s greatest masterpieces to tell the story of what this music meant, and how it will be remembered, for fans like himself. Twilight of the Gods is also Hyden’s story. Celebrating his love of this incredible music that has taken him from adolescence to fatherhood, he ponders two essential questions: Is it time to give up on his childhood heroes, or can this music teach him about growing old with his hopes and dreams intact? And what can we all learn from rock gods and their music—are they ephemeral or eternal?
Examining one of the most popular and enduring genres of American music, this encyclopedia of classic rock from 1965 to 1975 provides an indispensable resource for cultural historians and music fans. More than movies, literature, television, or theater, rock music set the stage for the cultural shifts that occurred from 1965 to 1975. Led by The Beatles and Bob Dylan, rock became a self-conscious art form during these years, daring to go places unimaginable to earlier rock and roll musicians. The music and outspokenness of classic rock artists inspired and moved the era's social, cultural, and political developments with a power once possessed by authors and playwrights-and influenced many artists in younger generations of rock musicians. This single-volume work tracks the careers of well-known as well as many lesser-known but influential rock artists from the period, providing readers with a handy reference to the music from a critical, groundbreaking period in popular culture and its enduring importance. The book covers rock artists who emerged or came to prominence in the period ranging 1965–1975 and follows their careers through the present. It also specifically defines the term "classic rock" and identifies the criteria that a song must meet in order to be considered as within the genre. While the coverage naturally includes the cultural importance and legacy of most well-known American and British bands of the era, it also addresses the influence of artists from Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Readers will grasp how the music of the classic rock era was notably more sophisticated than what preceded it-an artistic peak from which most of contemporary rock has descended.
(Fake Book). An invaluable collection of over 250 of the best rock songs of all time, with nearly 70 new songs added for this spectacular 2nd Edition! For piano, voice, guitar and all C instruments, this fake book includes melody, lyrics and chords for: All Right Now * Amanda * American Woman * Angie * Another One Bites the Dust * Baby, I Love Your Way * Back in the U.S.S.R. * Barracuda * Beast of Burden * Can't You See * Carry On Wayward Son * Centerfold * Cocaine * Come Sail Away * Don't Do Me Like That * Don't Stop * Dream On * Dust in the Wind * Every Breath You Take * Free Ride * Hurts So Good * I Shot the Sheriff * Imagine * I Want You to Want Me * Imagine * It's Still Rock and Roll to Me * Killer Queen * Lay Down Sally * Layla * Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds * Maggie May * My Generation * Nights in White Satin * Owner of a Lonely Heart * Piano Man * Point of Know Return * Refugee * Rhiannon * Rock and Roll All Nite * Roxanne * Something * Summer of '69 * Sunshine of Your Love * Susie-Q * Take the Long Way Home * Tears in Heaven * Walk This Way * We Will Rock You * White Room * Wonderful Tonight * You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet * and lots more! Features two tables of contents: one by artist, and one alphabetical by song title.
Rock on, with more than 500 classic music posters--many unseen for years! Organized chronologically from the 1950s to the present, this gallery of images from the very best illustrators in the genre captures the interplay of music and art, revealing how both evolved over the years. From gritty bar bands to the superstars, from the Fillmore to CBGBs, this is a remarkable visual journey. Includes interviews with key artists such as Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley of Family Dog; Michael English and Nigel Waymouth of Hapshash and the Coloured Coat; Roger Dean; Dave Little; and Emek. The posters capture the most famous names in music, from R&B to classic rock, metal, punk and rap, including: Muddy Waters, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, James Brown, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, Bowie, the Clash, the Sex Pistols, Springsteen, Pearl Jam, and more--plus cult favorites.. Features on significant music promoters and venues, including Chet Helms, Bill Graham, and CBGBs. Showcases a diverse range of design styles, from letterpress and DIY punk to the rise of computer graphics and the retro illustrations of the modern era.
Classic Keys is a beautifully photographed and illustrated book focusing on the signature rock keyboard sounds of the 1950s to the early 1980s. It celebrates the Hammond B-3 organ, Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, the Vox Continental and Farfisa combo organs, the Hohner Clavinet, the Mellotron, the Minimoog and other famous and collectable instruments. From the earliest days of rock music, the role of keyboards has grown dramatically. Advancements in electronics created a crescendo of musical invention. In the thirty short years between 1950 and 1980, the rock keyboard went from being whatever down-on-its-luck piano awaited a band in a bar or concert hall to a portable digital orchestra. It made keyboards a centerpiece of the sound of many top rock bands, and a handful of them became icons of both sound and design. Their sounds live on: Digitally, in the memory chips of modern keyboards, and in their original form thanks to a growing group of musicians and collectors of many ages and nationalities. Classic Keys explores the sound, lore, and technology of these iconic instruments, including their place in the historical development of keyboard instruments, music, and the international keyboard instrument industry. Twelve significant instruments are presented as the chapter foundations, together with information about and comparisons with more than thirty-six others. Included are short profiles of modern musicians, composers, and others who collect, use, and prize these instruments years after they went out of production. Both authors are avid musicians, collect and restore vintage keyboards, and are well-known and respected in the international community of web forums devoted to these instruments.
'Classic Rock' is a celebration of Britain's best climbing. With its coverage of the easier climbs, it is accessible to everyone who has ever taken an interest in rock-climbing and an ideal primer for those about to commence the sport.
(Easy Guitar). As the baby boom generation changed the world, they also changed and evolved. This book is the soundtrack of that change. This book contains easy guitar tab arrangements of 56 songs by the greatest artists of the '70s and '80s, including Pink Floyd, the Doobie Brothers, the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Buffett, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Led Zeppelin, Joe Cocker, Journey, Santana, the Sex Pistols, The Eagles, Van Morrison, Loggins & Messina, John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, the Allman Brothers Band, Bad Company, the Bee Gees, Bruce Springsteen, and many more!
