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Leonard, Marianne, and Me: Magical Summers on Hydra

Despite Scott’s engaging story of a romantic and heady time, this one is best left for Cohen completists.
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I’m Gonna Say It Now: The Writings of Phil Ochs

Ochs’s work remains relevant today, and this book will appeal to his loyal fans and to readers interested in folk music’s role in promoting justice.
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Tumult! The Incredible Life and Music of Tina Turner

Students of popular music and Turner devotees who want to know what Tina is doing now will enjoy this well-researched volume.
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Fast Forward, Play, and Rewind

It’s hard to say who this book is for, exactly, as the musical era of the late Sixties and early Seventies recedes further into the past. But there’s something more than nostalgia here: It’s documentation of a particular period of pop music, from a time whose documents are less than readily accessible. An appealing slice of pop music history for fans and researchers of the era.
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I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music. Signing Metallica. Beating Death

For those who enjoy memoir, music, or tales of 1970s and 1980s New York.
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To Hell and Back: My Life in Johnny Thunders’ Heartbreakers, in the Words of the Last Man Standing

A readable backstage pass to the early days of the punk rock movement, when the sex and drugs overwhelmed the rock and roll.

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Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me: A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll

A lively and soulful rant for music and entertainment readers, if shambolically told.
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