autobiography music books

Tommy James: 'Me, the Mob and the Music' (2010) The Goodfellas of rock & roll literature. Everybody knows the Tommy James oldies — "Mony Mony," "Hanky Panky," "Crimson and Clover ...

Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis. Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon. Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King by B.B. King, David Ritz. John Coltrane: His Life and Music by Lewis Porter. Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time by Phyllis Rose. Now and Then… by Gil Scott-Heron

17: Neil Young: 'Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream' (2012) A gold rush of memories, Neil Young 's memoir Waging Heavy Peace is an idiosyncratic and non-linear retelling of the singer-songwriter's life. One of the best music autobiographies of recent years, it details the ups and downs of Young's career, from his days as a folk-rock ...

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From his childhood as an aspiring musician to what it was like working with Kurt Cobain, Grohl's memoir is a fascinating insight into an inimitable career. $15 at Amazon $16 at bookshop.org ...

Mötley Crüe's off-stage antics were as wild as their music, and the 2001 memoir The Dirt was a collective autobiography written by Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, and Nikki Sixx. A genuinely ...

Many legendary musicians have taken literary guitar solos off-stage by penning great rock memoirs. Music fans adore delving into their favorite artists' juicy, tell-all autobiographies. Rock memoirs allow average Joes to experience the scandalous debauchery of the rock and roll lifestyle. From hit records and red carpets to drug addiction and sleazy groupies, these memoirs […]

12. My Cross To Bear by Gregg Allman. Timing can be crucial in the writing of a memoir, and in the case of My Cross to Bear, the reader is the beneficiary of Greg Allman's accrued hindsight ...

289 books based on 166 votes: Life by Keith Richards, Just Kids by Patti Smith, Slash by Slash, Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charle...

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Slits guitarist Viv Albertine's 2014 autobiography made an impact that went far beyond punk fans interested in her band. It's a feminist work that looks at the realities of being a woman in the 70s and 80s, amped up by being a pivotal part of the punk scene. The book also covers her work after the Slits, who disbanded in 1982.

3: Mary Gabriel: 'Madonna: A Rebel Life' (Little, Brown, 2023) Mary Gabriel's A Rebel Life is one of the most recent entries in this list of the best music biographies, but it's a book that clearly covets longevity. Totalling over 800 pages in all, it's a considerably weightier proposition than most, but then there's only ever going ...

2023 has already been a strong year for music-related books: industry insider Tony King's memoir The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music, Scott G. Shea's All the Leaves Are Brown, a comprehensive bio of the Mamas and the Papas, and Paul McCartney 's photo book 1964: The Eyes of the Storm.There's more to come in the fall, with memoirs due from Bikini Kill's ...

Unlike a traditional memoir, some passages are narrated by those closest to her, allowing for a unique take on the star. $17 at Amazon. Questlove's memoir is not your mother's memoir. Instead ...

The Best Music books of 2023: Britney Spears, the Beatles, Steely Dan, ... a groundbreaking biography of Lou Reed, and fascinating histories of goth, 2000s emo, and Sixties girl groups. ...

Written by Gucci Mane and Neil Martinez-Belkin. Narrated by Guy Lockard. For the first time, hip-hop legend Gucci Mane tells the story of his rise, fall, and redemption in The Autobiography of Gucci Mane. With a string of influential mixtapes and street anthems that pioneered the sound of trap music in the 2000s, the rap icon inspired and ...

The 10 Best Music Books of 2023. Our favorites include an homage to pop's most random decade, a graphic novel reintroducing a '70s Cambodian rock legend, and the best Lou Reed biography to ...

"Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story" by Bono The U2 singer's stage presence may be bombastic, but Bono's startlingly intimate autobiography is a look into his greatest loves and heartbreaks.

The best music books, whether they are history, cultural criticism, memoir, or some hybrid of all three, give you new ears with which to listen. What follows is a list of favorites from 2022 ...

Books shelved as autobiography-music: Slash by Slash, Life by Keith Richards, Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton, Light My Fire: My Life with The...

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10. White Line Fever by Lemmy. First published in 2002 and re-printed several times since, Lemmy 's autobiography takes some beating. From his childhood in Wales, through his discovery of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll (not quite in that order), and on to rock infamy, White Line Fever is never less than entertaining.

It's So Easy: And Other Lies (Hardcover) by. Duff McKagan (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as music-autobiographies) avg rating 4.23 — 11,737 ratings — published 2011. Want to Read. Rate this book. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars.