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Jimmy Buffett: the man from Margaritaville revealed
By Steve Eng. 1996
Portrays the life of popular singer Jimmy Buffett, well known for his hit song "Margaritaville." Chronicles his casual childhood in…
Alabama, his college days, and his thirty-year ascent in the music industry to become a top concert performer and recording artist. 1996.Jean Langlais: the man and his music (Amadeus Ser.)
By Ann Labounsky. 2000
Authorized biography of blind twentieth-century organist/composer Jean Langlais (1907-1991) by organist/music scholar Labounsky. Discusses Langlais's training at France's National Institute…
for the Blind, his subsequent organist position at Paris's Sainte-Clotilde, his American tours, and his instrumental, choral, and vocal compositions. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.Jazz in Canada: fourteen lives
By Mark Miller. 1982
The history of jazz in Canada is not the history of music, but of musicians. Through the 14 biographies in…
this book, Miller builds a panoramic view of what it was like to be a jazz musician in Canada in the past 50 years. 1982.Jagger unauthorized
By Christopher P Andersen. 1993
Based on years of years of research and interviews with friends and colleagues, the author presents a no-holds-barred picture of…
the life of Mick Jagger. He discusses Jagger's career, relationships, marriages, business dealings, and drug use. Strong language and sexual content. 1993.Jacqueline du Pré: a biography
By Carol Easton. 1989
When cellist Jacqueline du Pre died in 1987 at the age of 42 the media had long since enfolded her…
in a cocoon of myth: over the original image of the one-time 'golden girl' with the fairytale career and storybook romance had been superimposed that of the courageous tragic heroine who never complained, who accepted her fate so gracefully that some friends, taking her most frequent expression at face value, called her Smiley. Jacqueline du Pre, her courage notwithstanding, was neither golden girl nor saint: away from her cello, she was completely human. 1989.I never sold my saddle: I Never Sold My Saddle
By Colin Escott, Ian Tyson. 1994
Ian Tyson tells of his life as a musician and cowboy. He relates anecdotes about life on the road in…
the sixties, his fame in the folk act "Ian and Sylvia," his marriages, and his return to ranching and his first love, cowboy music. 1994.I killed Pink Floyd's pig: inside stories of sex, drugs, and rock & roll
By Beau Phillips. 2016
Phillips was an insider and occasional accomplice who witnessed the legends of classic rock in their heyday and takes readers…
inside the dressing rooms, hotel suites, and private planes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, and dozens more to enjoy funny, decadent, and never-been-told stories of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. 2016.In my own key: my life in love and music
By Liona Boyd. 1998
Boyd tells of her glamourous life as a world-renowned classical guitarist. She travels around the world and spends time with…
the leaders of the world's most powerful countries. She also has an affair with former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau before she finally settles down to enjoy married life. 1998.Recounts the life and achievements of the lead singer of the Staple Singers, revealing how her family fused diverse musical…
genres to transcend racism and oppression through song, and discussing her collaborations with fellow artists and her impact on civil rights culture. 2014.I, Bificus: a memoir
By Bif Naked. 2016
Bif Naked was born in secret to a teenager living in India, hidden away in a mental hospital, adopted by…
missionaries and then moved to North America. Targeted by girl gangs and facing other abusive situations, she joined a punk rock band, went on tour, married the drummer and hit a downward spiral that found her on the floor of a Vancouver drug den. She eventually found her voice as a solo artist, started her own record company, appeared in several feature films and multiple television roles, only to be struck down with breast cancer at the age of 37. Bif would discover her passion for advocacy, as a triumphant survivor and someone who helps others first. This is Bif Naked’s story - so far. 2016.I'm not making this up, you know: the autobiography of the queen of musical parody
By Anna Russell, Janet Vickers. 1985
Anna Russell began her career singing folk songs for the BBC and eventually performed at such places as Albert Hall…
and Carnegie Hall. She was known for her madcap musical routines, her most famous being "How to write your own Gilbert and Sullivan opera." 1985.I'm your man: the life of Leonard Cohen
By Sylvie Simmons. 2013
Exploring the many facets of Cohen's life, an intimate portrait of the influential songwriter draws upon his private archives and…
interviews with many of his closest associates, colleagues, and other artists whose work he has inspired. 2013.I'm the man: the story of that guy from Anthrax
By Jon Wiederhorn, Scott Ian. 2014
Ian tells his life story, starting with his upbringing as a nerdy Jewish boy in Queens and evolving through his…
first musical epiphany when he saw KISS live on television and realized what he wanted to do with his life. He chronicles his adolescence growing up in a dysfunctional home, sets down the details of his fateful escape into the turbulent world of heavy metal, and lays bare the complete history of Anthrax, from the band's formation to their present-day reinvigoration, as they wrote and recorded thrash classics like Spreading the Disease, Among the Living, and State of Euphoria. He also admits his foibles and reveals the mistakes made along the way to becoming a fully-functioning adult. He celebrates finally finding peace and a true sense of family with his wife, singer/songwriter Pearl Aday, and examines how his world changed after the birth of their first son. 2014.I'm still here
By Eartha Kitt. 1989
"I have no idea how old I am. Believe it or not, I have no paper that says I was…
ever born. Maybe that's why they call me a legend, because I don't really exist". Written in her own words, this is the full story of the incredible life of Eartha Mae Kitt. 1989.Catch a wave: the rise, fall & redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
By Peter Ames Carlin. 2006
Using first-person interviews and unreleased recording-session transcriptions, former People magazine writer analyzes the life of Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson.…
Describes the Wilson brothers' emotional abuse at the hands of their father, Brian's descent into depression, and his comeback with the 2004 album Smile. Some strong language. 2006.Her name is Barbra: an intimate portrait of the real Barbra Streisand
By Randall Riese. 1993
This is a revealing and intimate portrait of one of the biggest names in 20th century American entertainment. Streisand had…
a troubled childhood, but went on to carve a life of stardom and paradoxical fame. Her obsessive control over her talent created dazzling results in performance, but it also made her more than a few enemies. 1993.Buck Owens: the biography
By Eileen Sisk. 2010
Buck Owens was the top-selling country act of the 1960s, with 21 number-one hits and 35 consecutive top-ten hits, a…
total surpassed only by the Beatles. Inventor of the Bakersfield sound, he was popular not only with country fans, but rock fans too. At least five marriages, several TV shows, and a publishing and media empire followed, and a number of current country stars, ranging from Dwight Yoakam to Marty Stuart, owe their sound to him. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language. 2010.Cigar box banjo: notes on music and life
By Paul Quarrington. 2010
Paul Quarrington had a favourite recording as a kid: a boy fashions a banjo from a cigar box, sets off…
for a contest in the next town, and wins with a song that weaves in the sounds he hears along the way. As a grown-up writer and musician, Quarrington still loved the tale. And after he learned he had stage IV lung cancer, the story took on a whole new meaning for him. Cigar Box Banjo tracks a life lived in music and words. Some people with a terminal illness find mountains to climb; Quarrington decides to go out singing. 2010.Falling into you: the story of Céline Dion
By Barry Grills. 1997
Celine Dion was only a teenager when she began to take the French-Canadian music scene by a storm. When she…
began to sing in English she quickly became a superstar throughout the world. Here the story of her life from her girlhood in Quebec to her fairytale marriage to her manager Rene Angelil is told with emphasis on her musical and personal successes. c1997.American woman: the story of the Guess Who
By John Einarson. 1995