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Willie, Waylon, and the boys : how Nashville outsiders changed country music forever / by Fairbanks, Brian,1981-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today's Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings' survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, and the Highwomen. On February 2, 1959, Waylon Jennings, bassist for his best friend, the rock star Buddy Holly, gave up his seat on a charter flight. Jennings joked that he hoped the plane, leaving without him, would crash. When it did, killing all aboard, on "the Day the Music Died," he was devastated and never fully recovered. Jennings switched to playing country, creating the Outlaw movement and later forming the Highwaymen supergroup, the first in country music, with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. The foursome battled addiction, record companies, ex-wives, violent fans, and the I.R.S. and D.E.A., en route to unprecedented mainstream success. Today, their acolytes Kacey Musgraves, Ryan Bingham, Sturgill Simpson, and Taylor Swift outsell all challengers, and country is the most popular of all genres. In this fascinating new book, Brian Fairbanks draws a line from Buddy Holly through the Outlaw stars of the 60s and 70s, all the way to the country headliners and more diverse, up-and-coming Nashville rebels of today, bringing the reader deep into the worlds of not only Cash, Nelson, Kristofferson, and Jennings but artists like Chris Stapleton, Simpson, Bingham, and Isbell, stadium-filling masters whose stories have not been told in book form, as well as new, diverse artists like the Highwomen, Brittney Spencer, and Allison Russell. Thought-provoking and meticulously researched, Willie, Waylon, and the Boys ultimately shows how a twenty-one-year-old bass-playing plane crash survivor helped changed the course of American music"--
Subjects: Cash, Johnny.; Jennings, Waylon.; Kristofferson, Kris.; Nelson, Willie, 1933-; Country musicians; Country music;
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Ducktails, drive-ins, and broken hearts : an unsweetened look at '50s music / by Davis, Hank,1941-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.They all tried, but few singers and musicians from the 1950s became stars. Yet many of them had stories to tell that were far more interesting than the ones you already know. Author Hank Davis was bitten by the music bug as a teenager. By the time he entered college in 1959, he was no stranger to New York's recording studios and had a few 45s of his own on the market. Spanning a 45 year career in music journalism, Davis has spent time backstage, in motel rooms, and on tour buses to uncover stories that rarely made the official annals of pop music history. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews and new research, 'Ducktails, Drive-Ins, and Broken Hearts' offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the winners and losers during rock 'n' roll's formative era. How did a decade as uptight and puritanical as the '50s produce so much cringe-worthy, politically incorrect music? What was it like to see a pale cover version of your latest record climb the charts while yours sat unplayed by mainstream radio stations? How did precious Elvis tapes end up in a Memphis landfill? And who was that thirteen-year-old girl who made a five-dollar vanity record at Sun just two years after Elvis had-and ended up singing backup on "Suspicious Minds" and "In the Ghetto?" This book is a must-read for all fans of '50s music.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Musicians; Singers; Sound recording industry; Popular music;
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Janis [videorecording] : little girl blue / by Cat Power,1972-narrator.; Berg, Amy,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Gibney, Alex,film producer.; Jampol, Jeffrey,film producer.; Joplin, Janis,performer.; LeBlond, Katherine,1976-film producer.; Content Media Corporation,presenter.; Disarming Films,production company.; Jigsaw Productions,production company.; MVD Visual (Firm),film distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),presenter.; Thirteen Productions,production company.;
Narrator, Chan Marshall (Cat Power) ; producers, Alex Gibney, Amy J. Berg, Katherine LeBlond, Jeff Jampol ; editors, Billy McMillin, Garret Price, Joe Beshenkovsky ; music, Joel Shearer ; cinematographers, Francesco Carrozzini, Paula Huidobro, Jenna Rosher.Documentary on rock singer Janis Joplin, with her own words telling much of the story through a series of letters she wrote home over the years, read by Chan Marshall. Includes interviews with musicians P!nk, Kris Kristofferson, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Weir, Juliette Lewis, TV presenter Dick Cavett, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker, the Joplin family, and others.E.DVD; region 0; NTSC; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereophonic.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Joplin, Janis.; Rock musicians; Singers;
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Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead Movie. by Garcia, Jerry,film director.; Kreutzmann, Bill,actor.; Weir, Bob,actor.; Garcia, Jerry,actor.; Godchaux, Keith,actor.; Hart, Mickey,actor.; Lesh, Phil,actor.; Stadium Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Phil LeshOriginally produced by Stadium Media in 1977.Released in 1977 and directed by Jerry Garcia, this documentary captures live performances from rock band the Grateful Dead during an October 1974 five-night run at Winterland in San Francisco.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Music.; Documentary films.; Artists.;
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Forever strong [videorecording] / by Abel, Adam,1976-; Little, Ryan.; Pliler, David.; Cole, Gary,1956-; Faris, Sean.; Badgley, Penn,1986-; Astin, Sean.; Picture Rock Entertainment.; Go Films.;
Music by J. Bateman, Bart Hendrickson ; edited by John Lyde ; director of photography, T.C. Christensen.Gary Cole, Sean Faris, Penn Badgley, Sean Astin.A troubled but talented rugby player must choose between going to jail or playing for a rival team that is coached by a man who has a very rigid code of conduct.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 and 2.0.
Subjects: Sports films.; Feature films.; Rugby football; Prisoners; Redemption; Rugby football players; Rugby football coaches; Rugby football; Jails; Teamwork (Sports);
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Be My Baby A Memoir [electronic resource] : by Spector, Ronnie.aut; Waldron, Vince.; Richards, Keith.; cloudLibrary;
“Do I have to tell you that Ronnie’s got one of the greatest female rock-and-roll voices of all time? She stands alone.” —Keith Richards Be My Baby is the behind-the-scenes story—newly updated, and with an especially timely message—of how the original bad girl of rock and roll, Ronnie Spector, survived marriage to a monster and carved out a space for herself amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene and beyond. Ronnie’s first collaboration with producer Phil Spector, “Be My Baby,” shot Ronnie and the Ronettes to stardom. No one sounded like Ronnie, with her alluring blend of innocence and knowing, but her voice would soon be silenced as Spector sequestered her behind electric gates, guard dogs, and barbed wire. It took everything Ronnie had to escape her prisonlike marriage and wrest back control of her life, her music, and her legacy. And as shown in this edition, which includes a 2021 postscript from Ronnie, her life became proof that our challenges do not define us and there is always the potential to forge a fuller life. In Be My Baby, the incomparable Ronnie Spector offered a whirlwind account of the ever-shifting path of an iconic artist. And, more than anything else, she gave us an inspiring tale of triumph.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Pop Vocal; Gender Studies; Individual Composer & Musician; Composers & Musicians;
© 2022., Henry Holt and Co.,
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The Polar Express [videorecording (DVD)] /
Directors of photography, Don Burgess, Robert Presley ; editors, Jeremiah O'Driscoll, R. Orlando Duenas ; music, Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard ; costume designer, Joanna Johnston ; production designers, Rick Carter, Doug Chiang.Tom Hanks, Leslie Harter Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Brendan King, Andy Pellick, Josh Eli, Mark Mendonca, Rolandas Hendricks.When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; full screen p00665nam 2
© c2005., Warner Home Video,
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Earth to moon : a memoir / by Zappa, Moon Unit,author.;
"From daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, Moon Unit Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age as part of the MTV generation in the 1980s as the 'Valley Girl,' and finding herself after losing her father, then her mother, and the fracturing of her longest relationships"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Zappa, Moon Unit.; Zappa, Frank; Fathers and daughters; Children of celebrities; Rock musicians;
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Grease. [videorecording] / by Davila, Marisa,actor.; Fukuhara, Tricia,actor.; Hoffman, Jackie,actor.; Nieves, Jonathan,actor.; Notartomaso, Ari,actor.; Thompson, Madison,actor.; Wells, Cheyenne Isabel,actor.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,distributor.;
Marisa Davila, Tricia Fukuhara, Jackie Hoffman, Jonathan Nieves, Ari Notartomaso, Madison Thompson, Cheyenne Isabel Wells.GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES is a high-spirited musical series that traces the origins of the classic hit movie. Four outcast high school girls a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy, and a fashion maven join together to form their own "girl gang" and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television musicals.; Television programs.; Female friendship; Female gangs; Teenagers; Nineteen fifties; High school students; Man-woman relationships;
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Only One Survives A Novel [electronic resource] : by McKinnon, Hannah Mary.aut; cloudLibrary;
"Rock’n’roll with a dash or two of murder." —Jeneva Rose,  New York Times bestselling author Becoming the star is easier when the rest of your band is dead… All drummer Vienna Taylor ever wanted was to make music. If that came with fame, she’d take it—as long as her best friend, guitarist Madison Pierce, was sharing the spotlight and singing lead. And with their new all-female pop rock band gaining traction, soon everyone would hear their songs… Except, on the way to an event, the Bittersweet’s van careened off an icy mountain road during a blizzard—leaving one member dead and another severely injured. In order to survive the frigid night, the rest took shelter in a nearby abandoned cabin. But Vienna’s dreams devolved into a terrifying nightmare as, one by one, her fellow band members met a gruesome end…and Madison simply vanished in the night. What really happened to the Bittersweet? Did Vienna’s closest friend finally decide to take center stage on her own terms? She doesn’t want to believe it. But guilty people run.  General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Psychological; Suspense;
© 2024., MIRA Books,
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