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Drummer for the Mob

Author : Frank Catanzano
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781481296960
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Drummer for the Mob written by Frank Catanzano and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When one of the wise guys who ran the Horizon Club handed musician Frankie Severino a package containing a great deal of money to deliver to the boss, Big Julie Passano, he knew his life just took a left turn. In a matter of minutes, Frankie graduated from local cover band leader in Pittsburgh to 'drummer for the mob.' He was the leader of the Nite Lites, four Italian-Americans who became the go-to group for organized crime. The bond he forged with them could not be broken and was threatened with death if he took his band out of the Horizon, one of the city's illegal and most infamous after-hours spots. Drummer for the Mob is a true story. Frankie's narrative is a personal account of the sometimes hilarious and often dangerous years he and his fellow musicians toiled in these clubs. "Frankie Severino tells his tale of smoky night clubs, wild women, drugs, and rock-and-roll--a tale that is populated with the most motley line-up of Mafioso bosses, wise guys and crooks since The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight --with a wry wit and a sense of humor that is worthy of Jimmy Breslin. Drummer for the Mob is a hoot. It's The Sopranos with a driving disco beat." Karl J. Skutski Author Revised Copy: Adventures of an Ad Man in New York City "Outrageous characters and lots of local color enrich the story, but the real bada-bing comes from the author's terrific tongue-in-cheek tough guy narrative style. Drummer for the Mob will win hearts and gets my award for the year's favorite." Pittsburgh Quarterly Magazine

When The Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm

Author : Layne Redmond
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book When The Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm written by Layne Redmond and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia, the sacred drummers of pre-Christian Mediterranean and western Asia were women. In this inspiring book, Layne Redmond, herself a renowned drummer, tells their history. Artistic representations reveal that female frame drummers carried the spiritual traditions of many of the earliest recorded civilizations. During those ancient times, the drummer-priestesses held the keys to experience of the divine through rhythm. They were at the center of the goddess worship of matriarchal societies until the ascendance of patriarchal cultures and the loss of drumming as a spiritual technology. With wisdom and passion, Redmond chronicles our species’ deep connection to the drum, our rich heritage of inseparable spirituality and music, and the modern-day women reclaiming it. This book encourages readers—both women and men—to reestablish rhythmic links with themselves, nature, and other people through the power of drumming. Redmond illustrates her message with an extensive collection of images gathered during ten years of research and travel. Woven throughout the book are strands of ancient ritual and mythology, personal stories, and scientific evidence of the benefits of drumming. It is at once a history, a memoir, and a resounding call for spiritual and social renewal.

Godfather of the Music Business

Author : Richard Carlin
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496805712
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Godfather of the Music Business written by Richard Carlin and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence Best Historical Research in Record Labels – Best History (2017) This biography tells the story of one of the most notorious figures in the history of popular music, Morris Levy (1927-1990). At age nineteen, he cofounded the nightclub Birdland in Hell's Kitchen, which became the home for a new musical style, bebop. Levy operated one of the first integrated clubs on Broadway and helped build the careers of Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell and most notably aided the reemergence of Count Basie. In 1957, he founded a record label, Roulette Records. Roulette featured many of the significant jazz artists who played Birdland but also scored top pop hits with acts like Buddy Knox, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Joey Dee and the Starliters, and, in the mid-1960s, Tommy James. Stories abound of Levy threatening artists, songwriters, and producers, sometimes just for the sport, other times so he could continue to build his empire. Along the way, Levy attracted "investors" with ties to the Mafia, including Dominic Ciaffone (a.k.a. "Swats" Mulligan), Tommy Eboli, and the most notorious of them all, Vincent Gigante. Gigante allegedly owned large pieces of Levy's recording and retail businesses. Starting in the late 1950s, the FBI and IRS investigated Levy but could not make anything stick until the early 1980s, when Levy foolishly got involved in a deal to sell remaindered records to a small-time reseller, John LaMonte. With partners in the mob, Levy tried to force LaMonte to pay for four million remaindered records. When the FBI secretly wiretapped LaMonte in an unrelated investigation and agents learned about the deal, investigators successfully prosecuted Levy in the extortion scheme. Convicted in 1988, Levy did not live to serve prison time. Stricken with cancer, he died just as his last appeals were exhausted. However, even if he had lived, Levy's brand of storied high life was effectively bust. Corporate ownership of record labels doomed most independents in the business, ending the days when a savvy if ruthless hustler could blaze a path to the top.

Peppermint Twist

Author : John Johnson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312581785
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Peppermint Twist written by John Johnson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the story of The Peppermint Lounge, the influential 1960s Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout, detailing how the club's introduction of rock-and-roll music attracted rebel youths and celebrity patrons.

Gorilla Man

Author : Kyle Jarrow
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573632488
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Gorilla Man written by Kyle Jarrow and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Puberty is hard enough without the insatiable thirst for blood! Waking one morning to find thick fur growing on the backs of his hands, young Billy discovers the awful truth his mother has been hiding from him for fourteen years: he's destined to grow up into a murderous monster. Cast from his home, he sets out on a journey to find his father, the legendary Gorilla Man. Combining a variety influences including horror films, picaresque tales, and glam rock, Gorilla Man is a strikingly original new musical. It's a pulse-pounding mix of comedy, concert, and carnival that explores philosophical issues of identity, ethics, and free will. It's a darkly comic coming-of-age tale filled with bombastic pop songs and peopled with lonely freaks by Obie Award winning playwright/composer Kyle Jarrow."--Publisher's website.

Casey’S Island

Author : Patrick Ford
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 149310375X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Casey’S Island written by Patrick Ford and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-25 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eamon Casey is a young man from a cattle station in Northern Australia. He is conscripted and sent to Vietnam. Wounded and mentally scarred, he returns home to find that his mother has been murdered and his inheritance, the property Conemarra has been expropriated by a shady character who had married his mother in order to gain it for himself. Disillusioned, he seeks refuge on a small island in the Torres Strait. Here, he hopes to recover and begin his life anew, but there is something going on just above the horizon that will once more plunge him into conflict. The freedom fighters in West Papua accept Chinese arms to help them rid themselves of their Indonesian masters, but they dont know that China has an ulterior motive. They want to place nuclear armed rockets on the island in order to subjugate Australia and her neighbours in order to expropriate rich mineral and agricultural resources and cheap labour. Jessica Bradley is a photo-journalist who had gone to Papua to do a story on the rebellion. She, along with others, has to flee in a small boat and is rescued by Eamon. In the boat with her is Barry McLeod, the man who killed his mother and robbed him of his inheritance. Eamon falls back on his military training to thwart the Chinese and force them to abandon the island. But the story doesnt end there. McCloud escapes from the police and flees to Europe where he has secreted most of the money. Eamon and Jessica come upon him by accident, follow him to Switzerland, and extract both the money and a confession from him before handing him over to the police. Back in Australia, they pursue the people who had conspired with McLeod in his evil deeds, securing a substantial settlement and the return of the family property. Meanwhile, both work with Jessicas family in England to expand farming operations there, leading to a happy and successful family partnership.

Modern Drummer Legends: Rush's Neil Peart

Author : Neil Peart
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1705157882
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Modern Drummer Legends: Rush's Neil Peart written by Neil Peart and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Percussion). Neil Peart's ten appearances on the cover of Modern Drummer magazine span the years 1980, when he was five albums and several tours into his historic run with the Canadian progressive rock band Rush, and 2020, the year of his passing. No other drummer has come close to appearing so many times on the front of a drum publication, certainly not the world's most recognized one. This, the first installment in Modern Drummer magazine's Legends book series, collects all nine of Peart's cover stories, plus the complete contents of his May 2020 Modern Drummer tribute issue. Highlights include analyses of Neil's performances on every Rush studio album, a survey of the evolution of his famous live drumkits, transcriptions of deep Rush cuts, dozens of photos, and much more.

Trial of Captain Porteous

Author : William Roughead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trial of Captain Porteous written by William Roughead and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scribner's Magazine

Author : Edward Livermore Burlingame
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scribner's Magazine written by Edward Livermore Burlingame and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scribner's Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Scribner's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legends of Rock Guitar

Author : Pete Prown
Publisher : Hal Leonard
ISBN 13 : 1476850933
Total Pages : 707 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book Legends of Rock Guitar written by Pete Prown and published by Hal Leonard. This book was released on 1997-02-01 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). This book is a virtual encyclopedia of great electric guitar players, with 35 chapters examining the major players in each important era of rock. The book begins with rock's birth from the blues, covering masters like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. It proceeds to cover rockabilly greats like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly; through the mop tops and matching suits of the British Invasion; to the psychedelia of the Dead and Hendrix; glam rock's dresses and distortion; fusion virtuosos like Metheny, Gambale, and Henderson; metal masters; shred stars; grunge gods; grindcore; and much more. Legends of Rock Guitar is not only a great resource for guitar fans, but an interesting and well-researched chronology of the rock idiom.

Prisoner of Woodstock

Author : Dallas Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781560250722
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Prisoner of Woodstock written by Dallas Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Woodstock, here is the explosive memoir of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's drummer. From his Woodstock appearance to his descent into heroin addiction to his eventual, triumphant recovery, Taylor takes readers through his own story--and that of an entire generation.

Modern Drummer

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 994 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Modern Drummer written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

John Marvel, Assistant

Author : Thomas Nelson Page
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book John Marvel, Assistant written by Thomas Nelson Page and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Marvel, Assistant" by Thomas Nelson Page is a novel. Thomas Nelson Page (1853 – 1922) was an American lawyer and writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy from 1913 to 1919 under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. In his writing, Page popularized the Southern tradition of the plantation genre. Excerpt: "I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment. I shall begin with my college career, a period to which I look back now with a pleasure wholly incommensurate with what I achieved in it; which I find due to the friends I made and to the memories I garnered there in a time when I possessed the unprized treasures of youth: spirits, hope, and abounding conceit. As these memories, with the courage (to use a mild term) that a college background gives, are about all that I got out of my life there, I shall dwell on them only enough to introduce two or three friends and one enemy, who played later a very considerable part in my life."

Jack Tar vs. John Bull

Author : Jesse Lemisch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317731891
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Jack Tar vs. John Bull written by Jesse Lemisch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic study explores the role of merchant seamen in precipitating the American revolution. It analyzes the participation of seamen in impressment riots, the Stamp Act Riot, the Battle of Golden Hill, and other incidents. The book describes these events and explores the social world of the seamen, offering explanations for their actions. Focusing on the culture, politics, and experiences of early American seamen, this legendary study played an important role in the development of histories of the common people and has inspired generations of social and early American historians. Lemisch's later related article, Jack Tar in the Streets, was named one of the ten most important articles ever published in the prestigious William and Mary Quarterly. Long unavailable, this edition includes an index and an appreciative foreword by Marcus Rediker, author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750 (Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale University, 1962)

The Pistoleer - HellBurner

Author : Skye Smith
Publisher : Skye Smith
ISBN 13 : 1927699126
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book The Pistoleer - HellBurner written by Skye Smith and published by Skye Smith. This book was released on 2019-04-13 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover Flap In 1638 two English friends, Daniel Vanderus and Robert Blake, sailed home from the war-torn Dutch Republic. The two had met while riding as pistoleers in the Dutch Militia. The flying squads of pistoleers were skirmishers who targetted the Empire's officers. As their ship rowed up the River Great Ouse towards Ely, a girl's call for help linked their futures to Oliver, the tithe collector of Ely. Together they made history. About the Author Skye Smith is my pen name. The Pistoleer is a series of historical adventure novels set in Britain in the 1640's. I was encouraged to write them by fans of my Hoodsman series. HellBurner is the first of the novels and sets the characters and scene for the entire series, so you should read it before reading any of the others. The sequence of the books follows the timeline of the Republic of Great Britain. The chapter headings identify the dates and places. The Appendix gives historical insight in the form of an FAQ. Enjoy. Other Novels By The Same Author: The Hoodsman – 12 historical adventures set in the Norman conquest. Maya’s Aura – 8 new age adventures while tripping around the world. Knut – many historical adventures set in the Viking Era. The Pistoleer – 9 historical adventures set in the English Civil War. The Pistoleer #1 – HellBurner (1638 – 1640) The Pistoleer #2 – Slavers (1640 – 1641) The Pistoleer #3 – Pirates (1641 – 1642) The Pistoleer #4 – Edgehill (1642) The Pistoleer #5 – Brentford (1642) The Pistoleer #6 – Invasion (1642 – 1643) The Pistoleer #7 – Roundway Down (1643) The Pistoleer #8 – Bristol (1643) The Pistoleer #9 – Lyme (1644)

Day the Country Died

Author : Ian Glasper
Publisher : PM Press
ISBN 13 : 1604869887
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Day the Country Died written by Ian Glasper and published by PM Press. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Day the Country Died features author, historian, and musician Ian Glasper (Burning Britain) exploring in minute detail the influential, esoteric, UK anarcho punk scene of the early Eighties. If the colorful ’80s punk bands captured in Burning Britain were loud, political, and uncompromising, those examined in The Day the Country Died were even more so, totally prepared to risk their liberty to communicate the ideals they believed in so passionately. With Crass and Poison Girls opening the floodgates, the arrival of bands such as Zounds, Flux of Pink Indians, Conflict, Subhumans, Chumbawamba, Amebix, Rudimentary Peni, Antisect, Omega Tribe, and Icons of Filth heralded a brand new age of honesty and integrity in underground music. With a backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain, punk music became self-sufficient and considerably more aggressive, blending a DIY ethos with activism to create the perfectly bleak soundtrack to the zeitgeist of a discontented British youth. It was a time when punk stopped being merely a radical fashion statement, and became a force for real social change; a genuine revolutionary movement, driven by some of the most challenging noises ever committed to tape. Anarchy, as regards punk rock, no longer meant “cash from chaos.” It meant “freedom, peace, and unity.“ Anarcho punk took the rebellion inherent in punk from the beginning to a whole new level of personal awareness. All the scene’s biggest names, and most of the smaller ones, are comprehensively covered with new, exclusive interviews and hundreds of previously unseen photographs.