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Love, Janis

Author : Laura Joplin
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062798170
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Love, Janis written by Laura Joplin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing and intimate biography about Janis Joplin, the Queen of Classic Rock, written by her younger sister. Janis Joplin blazed across the sixties music scene, electrifying audiences with her staggering voice and the way she seemed to pour her very soul into her music. By the time her life and artistry were cut tragically short by a heroin overdose, Joplin had become the stuff of rock–and–roll legend. Through the eyes of her family and closest friends , we see Janis as a young girl, already rebelling against injustice, racism, and hypocrisy in society. We follow Janis as she discovers her amazing talents in the Beat hangouts of Venice and North Beach–singing in coffeehouses, shooting speed to enhance her creativity, challenging the norms of straight society. Janis truly came into her own in the fantastic, psychedelic, acid–soaked world of Haight–Asbury. At the height of her fame, Janis's life is a whirlwind of public adoration and hard living. Laura Joplin shows us not only the public Janice who could drink Jim Morrison under the table and bean him with a bottle of booze when he got fresh; she shows us the private Janis, struggling to perfect her art, searching for the balance between love and stardom, battling to overcome her alcohol addiction and heroin use in a world where substance abuse was nearly universal. At the heart of Love, Janis is an astonishing series of letters by Janis herself that have never been previously published. In them she conveys as no one else could the wild ride from awkward small–town teenager to rock–and–roll queen. Love, Janis is the new life of Janis Joplin we have been waiting for–a celebration of the sixties' joyous experimentation and creativity, and a loving, compassionate examination of one of that era's greatest talents.

Living with the Myth of Janis Joplin

Author : Michael Spörke
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781409284994
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Living with the Myth of Janis Joplin written by Michael Spörke and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many people, Big Brother and the Holding Company has always meant Janis Joplin. Big Brother, who gave Janis a platform for success by giving her the freedom and the energy to develop her musical style, were considered amateurish and unprofessional by many reviewers. Simply put, Janis Joplin's fame and glory overshadowed the band. This book tells the band's story, how difficult it was to find an identity separate from Joplin's towering talent. Big Brother and the Holding Company were and are far more than a Janis Joplin backup band. Big Brother were the pioneers of the San Francisco sound and are among the outstanding representatives of psychedelic music. This book describes the life story of each of the members of Big Brother: where they came from, what their roots were, how they see their time with Janis Joplin, and what they experienced afterwards. It has been written with the close participation of the musicians themselves.

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Author : Steve Weissman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Brother and the Holding Company written by Steve Weissman and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weissman, S. Crying wolf in Watergate.--Weissman, S. Tom Huston's plan.--Popkin, R. The San Diego coup.--Cook, F. Setting up the vets.--Freed, D. Gemstone--the bottom line.--Scott, P.D. From Dallas to Watergate: the longest cover-up.--Freed, B.M. Flight 553: the Watergate murder?--Editors of NACLA. Stop McGovern.--Magdoff, H. and Sweezy, P. Watergate and the war.--Bergman, L. and Robach, M.C. Arnholt Smith and the San Diego connection.--Bishop, S. and Knorr, B. The moneymen.--Frappier, J. The lawyers.--Bishop, S. Charles Colson--superspy.--Gerth, J. Nixon and the Miami connection.--Sale, K. Yankees and cowboys--the world behind Watergate.--Weissman, S. Cowboys and crooks.--Appendix: 1. Glossary. 2. COINTELPRO documents--the New Left. 3. COINTELPRO documents--The Black Panthers. 4. The Huston plan.--Bibliography (p. 333-337).

Janis

Author : Holly George-Warren
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476793123
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Janis written by Holly George-Warren and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence This blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was. Janis Joplin’s first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early sense of the power of the blues, music you could only find on obscure records and in roadhouses along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. But even before that, she stood out in her conservative oil town. She was a tomboy who was also intellectually curious and artistic. By the time she reached high school, she had drawn the scorn of her peers for her embrace of the Beats and her racially progressive views. Her parents doted on her in many ways, but were ultimately put off by her repeated acts of defiance. Janis Joplin has passed into legend as a brash, impassioned soul doomed by the pain that produced one of the most extraordinary voices in rock history. But in these pages, Holly George-Warren provides a revelatory and deeply satisfying portrait of a woman who wasn’t all about suffering. Janis was a perfectionist: a passionate, erudite musician who was born with talent but also worked exceptionally hard to develop it. She was a woman who pushed the boundaries of gender and sexuality long before it was socially acceptable. She was a sensitive seeker who wanted to marry and settle down—but couldn’t, or wouldn’t. She was a Texan who yearned to flee Texas but could never quite get away—even after becoming a countercultural icon in San Francisco. Written by one of the most highly regarded chroniclers of American music history, and based on unprecedented access to Janis Joplin’s family, friends, band mates, archives, and long-lost interviews, Janis is a complex, rewarding portrait of a remarkable artist finally getting her due.

On the Road with Janis Joplin

Author : John Byrne Cooke
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 042527411X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book On the Road with Janis Joplin written by John Byrne Cooke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll Reads As a road manager and filmmaker, he helped run the Janis Joplin show--and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock and roll superstar--and depart the stage too soon. In 1967, as the new sound of rock and roll was taking over popular music, John Byrne Cooke was at the center of it all. As a member of D.A. Pennebaker's film crew, he witnessed the astonishing breakout performances of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival that June. Less than six months later, he was on a plane to San Francisco, taking a job as road manager for Janis and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. From then on, Cooke was Joplin's road manager amid a rotating cast of musicians and personnel, a constant presence behind the scenes as the woman called Pearl took the world by storm. Cooke was there when Janis made the difficult decision to leave Big Brother and form a new band. He was with her when the Kozmic Blues Band toured Europe in the spring of 1969, when they performed at Woodstock in August, and when Janis and Full Tilt Boogie took their famous Festival Express train trip across Canada. He accompanied Janis to her friend and mentor Ken Threadgill's 70th birthday party, and was at her side when she attended her tenth high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas. This intimate memoir spans the years he spent with Janis, from her legendary rise to her tragic last days. Cooke tells the whole incredible story as only someone who lived it could. INCLUDES PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS

The Art of Rock

Author : Paul Grushkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783283004897
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Rock written by Paul Grushkin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Talking Guitar

Author : Jas Obrecht
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469631652
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Talking Guitar written by Jas Obrecht and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively collection of interviews, storied music writer Jas Obrecht presents a celebration of the world's most popular instrument as seen through the words, lives, and artistry of some of its most beloved players. Readers will read--and hear--accounts of the first guitarists on record, pioneering bluesmen, gospel greats, jazz innovators, country pickers, rocking rebels, psychedelic shape-shifters, singer-songwriters, and other movers and shakers. In their own words, these guitar players reveal how they found their inspirations, mastered their instruments, crafted classic songs, and created enduring solos. Highlights include Nick Lucas's recollections of waxing the first noteworthy guitar records; Ry Cooder's exploration of prewar blues musicians; Carole Kaye and Ricky Nelson on the early years of rock and roll; Stevie Ray Vaughan on Jimi Hendrix; Gregg Allman on his brother, Duane Allman; Carlos Santana, Eric Johnson, and Pops Staples on spirituality in music; Jerry Garcia, Neil Young, and Tom Petty on songwriting and creativity; and early interviews with Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, and Ben Harper.

Janis Joplin

Author : Ann Angel
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1683355970
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Janis Joplin written by Ann Angel and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years after her death, Janis Joplin remains among the most compelling and influential figures in rock-and-roll history. Her story—told here with depth and sensitivity by author Ann Angel—is one of a girl who struggled against rules and limitations, yet worked diligently to improve as a singer. It’s the story of an outrageous rebel who wanted to be loved, and of a wild woman who wrote long, loving letters to her mom. And finally, it’s the story of one of the most iconic female musicians in American history, who died at twenty-seven. Janis Joplin includes more than sixty photographs, and an assortment of anecdotes from Janis’s friends and band mates. This thoroughly researched and well-illustrated biography is a must-have for all young artists, music lovers, and pop-culture enthusiasts.

Early Blues

Author : Jas Obrecht
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452945659
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Early Blues written by Jas Obrecht and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 Living Blues Award for Blues Book of the Year Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar have traveled side by side. This book tells the story of their pairing from the first reported sightings of blues musicians, to the rise of nationally known stars, to the onset of the Great Depression, when blues recording virtually came to a halt. Like the best music documentaries, Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar interweaves musical history, quotes from celebrated musicians (B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, and Johnny Winter, to name a few), and a spellbinding array of life stories to illustrate the early days of blues guitar in rich and resounding detail. In these chapters, you’ll meet Sylvester Weaver, who recorded the world’s first guitar solos, and Paramount Records artists Papa Charlie Jackson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Blind Blake, the “King of Ragtime Blues Guitar.” Blind Willie McTell, the Southeast’s superlative twelve-string guitar player, and Blind Willie Johnson, street-corner evangelist of sublime gospel blues, also get their due, as do Lonnie Johnson, the era’s most influential blues guitarist; Mississippi John Hurt, with his gentle, guileless voice and syncopated fingerpicking style; and slide guitarist Tampa Red, “the Guitar Wizard.” Drawing on a deep archive of documents, photographs, record company ads, complete discographies, and up-to-date findings of leading researchers, this is the most comprehensive and complete account ever written of the early stars of blues guitar—an essential chapter in the history of American music.

Scars of Sweet Paradise

Author : Alice Echols
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805053944
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Scars of Sweet Paradise written by Alice Echols and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of Janis Joplin, her music and lifestyle and musicians of her time.

Another Little Piece of My Heart

Author : Richard Goldstein
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408858096
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Another Little Piece of My Heart written by Richard Goldstein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1961, Richard Goldstein saw Bob Dylan perform for the first time at Carnegie Hall. Rock music was in its infancy, and revolution was in the air. Criticism of the genre didn't yet exist but, as it began to change music and politics for ever, the serious discussion of rock became a thriving institution. Aged just twenty-two in 1966, and the first rock critic in New York, Goldstein became a pivotal figure in the industry. Forging close relationships with huge names – Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson and Janis Joplin to name just three – his life became a whirlwind of politics, sex and rock and roll. Another Little Piece of My Heart is an unparalleled document of rock and revolution.

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Author : Robert Dimery
Publisher : Cassell Illustrated
ISBN 13 : 9781788403474
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die written by Robert Dimery and published by Cassell Illustrated. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country

Author : R. Crumb
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613122527
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country written by R. Crumb and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collectors of illustrator R. Crumb's work prize the music-oriented trading card sets he created in the 1980s. Now they appear together for the first time in book form, along with a CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself.

Brother Robert

Author : Annye C. Anderson
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 030684527X
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Brother Robert written by Annye C. Anderson and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Rolling Stone-Kirkus Best Music Book of 2020 “[Brother Robert} book does much to pull the blues master out of the fog of myth.”—Rolling Stone An intimate memoir by blues legend Robert Johnson's stepsister, including new details about his family, music, influences, tragic death, and musical afterlife Though Robert Johnson was only twenty-seven years young and relatively unknown at the time of his tragic death in 1938, his enduring recordings have solidified his status as a progenitor of the Delta blues style. And yet, while his music has retained the steadfast devotion of modern listeners, much remains unknown about the man who penned and played these timeless tunes. Few people alive today actually remember what Johnson was really like, and those who do have largely upheld their silence-until now. In Brother Robert, nonagenarian Annye C. Anderson sheds new light on a real-life figure largely obscured by his own legend: her kind and incredibly talented stepbrother, Robert Johnson. This book chronicles Johnson's unconventional path to stardom, from the harrowing story behind his illegitimate birth, to his first strum of the guitar on Anderson's father's knee, to the genre-defining recordings that would one day secure his legacy. Along the way, readers are gifted not only with Anderson's personal anecdotes, but with colorful recollections passed down to Anderson by members of their family-the people who knew Johnson best. Readers also learn about the contours of his working life in Memphis, never-before-disclosed details about his romantic history, and all of Johnson's favorite things, from foods and entertainers to brands of tobacco and pomade. Together, these stories don't just bring the mythologized Johnson back down to earth; they preserve both his memory and his integrity. For decades, Anderson and her family have ignored the tall tales of Johnson "selling his soul to the devil" and the speculative to fictionalized accounts of his life that passed for biography. Brother Robert is here to set the record straight. Featuring a foreword by Elijah Wald and a Q&A with Anderson, Wald, Preston Lauterbach, and Peter Guralnick, this book paints a vivid portrait of an elusive figure who forever changed the musical landscape as we know it.

The Last Seat in the House

Author : John Kane
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496826841
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book The Last Seat in the House written by John Kane and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as the "Father of Festival Sound," Bill Hanley (b. 1937) made his indelible mark as a sound engineer at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. Hanley is credited with creating the sound of Woodstock, which literally made the massive festival possible. Stories of his on-the-fly solutions resonate as legend among festivalgoers, music lovers, and sound engineers. Since the 1950s his passion for audio has changed the way audiences listen to and technicians approach quality live concert sound. John Kane examines Hanley’s echoing impact on the entire field of sound engineering, that crucial but often-overlooked carrier wave of contemporary music. Hanley’s innovations founded the sound reinforcement industry and launched a new area of technology, rich with clarity and intelligibility. By the early seventies the post-Woodstock festival mass gathering movement collapsed. The music industry shifted, and new sound companies surfaced. After huge financial losses and facing stiff competition, Hanley lost his hold on a business he helped create. By studying both his history during the festivals and his independent business ventures, Kane seeks to present an honest portrayal of Hanley and his acumen and contributions. Since 2011, Kane conducted extensive research, including over one hundred interviews with music legends from the production and performance side of the industry. These carefully selected respondents witnessed Hanley’s expertise at various events and venues like Lyndon B. Johnson’s second inauguration, the Newport Folk/Jazz Festivals, the Beatles' final tour of 1966, the Fillmore East, Madison Square Garden, and more. The Last Seat in the House will intrigue and inform anyone who cares about the modern music industry.

Dreams Unreal

Author : Titus O'Brien
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826361501
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Dreams Unreal written by Titus O'Brien and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychedelic rock poster is one of the most explosively inventive, instantly recognisable, and profoundly influential aesthetic movements of the last century. The poster art that gave visual life to the amazing music that sprang up across the Bay Area from 1965 to 1970 lives on in 'Dreams Unreal'.

Raisin' Cain

Author : Mary Lou Sullivan
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879309732
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Raisin' Cain written by Mary Lou Sullivan and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om den amerikanske guitarist Johnny Winter's karriere fra Woodstock til idag