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Neil Young: Illustrated History Book and Tour Dates
NEIL YOUNG: LONG MAY YOU RUN BY DANIEL DURCHHOLZ & GARY GRAFF 1ST COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY" BOOK ON ROCK'S MOST INFLUENTIAL AND ENDEARING TRAILBLAZER CELEBRATES FIVE DECADES IN WORDS AND PHOTOS / SUMMER 2010 TOUR Neil Young Voyageur Press has joined forces with renowned rock journalists Daniel Durchholz (Rolling Stone) and Gary ...
Marilyn Monroe in Her Own Words
On Tuesday, publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux announced that it would be publishing Marilyn Monroe's writings in a new book, Fragments," this fall. She was a great reader and someone with real writing flair," editor Courtney Hodell told the Associated Press. There are fragments of poetry that are really quite beautiful, lines that stop you in ...
Los Angeles Times Book Festival at UCLA Weekend
Authors and publishers address the biggest issues facing the print medium in the age of technology. In an age when economic downturns and new technology pose huge challenges to the publishing world, public events like the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this weekend at UCLA offer a different type of interactivity than can be found ...
"South Rock" by Kiki Lee-- Book Condensed for Easy Reading Online
Forward ~ The beginning of a new career in Rock and Roll. Chapter 1 ~ After launching several Indy label hits in 1967 Atlantic Records recruited Dick Wooley to head their record promotion in the Southeast and Midwest. Dick helped Atlantic launch several legendary Rhythm & Blues and Rock artists, many who are now inductees in ...
Angels on My Stage: The True Story of Eddie Benitez
Angels on My Stage: The True Story of Eddie Benitez, the autobiography of legendary guitarist Eddie Benitez, is now out on Kindle Books at Amazon.com. Angels on My Stage is a memoir with a mission: It is the extraordinary life story of a celebrated recording artist—Eddie Benitez. But it is much more than a typical celebrity ...
"Blue Moment" Examines Influence of "Kind of Blue"
The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music" (W.W Norton), by Richard Williams Richard Williams acknowledges early on in The Blue Moment" that there is not much more to say about Miles Davis' jazz masterpiece Kind of Blue" that hasn't already been covered in two 2001 books by ...
Harvey Pekar on Sonny Stitt
Following my post on Sonny Stitt two weeks ago, I received an email from reader Joel Lewis. In his note, Joel mentioned underground comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, whose life's struggles were the basis of American Splendor (2003), a must-see film starring Paul Giamatti. The point of Joel's note was to hip me to a series of ...
Cakewalk Tells History Through Mystery
Cakewalk is an historical novel destined to be a new classic not only because of its riveting murder mystery, but also because it unlocks a deeply hidden chapter of American musical, cultural and business history. In the 192-page book, debuting April 17 at Marcus Books, 1712 Fillmore Street in San Francisco during Jazz Appreciation Month, author ...
Jerry Weintraub the Go-to Guy to Get Connected
Jerry Weintraub worked with Elvis and Sinatra. He headed a studio. And now he's written a memoir that's also how-to guide. Look at me, do I look like an alter kocker?" Jerry Weintraub asks. Verily, he does not. At the moment, he looks like a guy ready to swing a golf club at a visitor for ...
AllAboutJazz-New York April 2010 Issue Now Available!
Whoever decides such things, it's nice that Jazz Appreciation Month happens in April. After a long winter of hibernation, that the emerging masses are encouraged to spend part of their spring listening to jazz can only be a good thing (now let's get more clubs out of the basements). And as the warmer weather approaches, that ...


