Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker

Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin

Myra Friedman · 333 pages

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon

Crystal Zevon · 452 pages

When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind both a fanatical cult following and a rich catalog of dark, witty rock-n-roll classics that includes "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London." He also left a trove of misadventures and anecdotes, a veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, high times, and hard ways. As Warren once said, "I got to be J

No One Here Gets Out Alive

Jerry Hopkins, Danny Sugerman · 387 pages

Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain

Charles R. Cross · 400 pages

Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye

David Ritz · 376 pages

Twenty Thousand Roads : The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music

David N. Meyer

Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness

Reinhard Kleist · 221 pages

"...Vividly portrays the unpredictable life of a loner, patriot, outlaw, and music rebel, making this unique biography a compelling read for multiple generations of graphic novel and music fans."

Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story

Dave Thompson · 172 pages

Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin

Ellis Amburn · 378 pages

Johnny Cash: The Life

Robert Hilburn · 679 pages

A noted music critic who knew him tells the unvarnished truth about Cash, whose personal life was far more troubled and his artistry much more profound than even his most devoted fans have realized.

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy

Harry Shapiro, Caesar Glebbeek · 723 pages

Biography of the rock musician's life from his boyhood to his tragic death.

Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd

Mike Watkinson, Pete Anderson · 192 pages

Garcia: An American Life

Blair Jackson · 580 pages

"Garcia: An American Life is the first comprehensive biography of the late leader and guitarist of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia (1942-1995). Garcia's saga courses through some of the most fascinating epochs of postwar American history: From the flowering of Haight-Ashbury through Woodstock and Altamont, the Dead became synonymous with the libertine values of the late'60s counterculture, and Gar

The Ballad of Bob Dylan: A Portrait

Daniel Mark Epstein · 496 pages

Drawn from revelatory interviews, an analysis of lyrics, and lifelong study, an in-depth, original take on one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century delves into his many accomplishments and explores his private life.

Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic

Jim Derogatis · 341 pages

"Let It Blurt is the biography of Lester Bangs (1949-82) - the gonzo journalist, gutter poet, and romantic visionary of rock criticism. He lived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, guzzling booze and Romilar like water, matching its energy in prose that erupted from the pages of Rolling Stone, Creem, and The Village Voice. Bangs agitated in the seventies for sounds that were harsher, louder, more electri

This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl

Paul Brannigan · 400 pages

The epic story of a singular career that includes Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Them Crooked Vultures. Based on ten years of original, exclusive interviews with the man himself and conversations with a legion of musical associates like Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, DC punk legend Ian MacKaye, and Nevermind producer Butch Vig, this is Grohl₂s story. He speaks ca

Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison

James Riordan, Jerry Prochnicky · 544 pages

The story of the career, life, and death of the rock legend, based on interviews, with new sources and photographs.

Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

Terry Teachout · 483 pages

Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington was arguably the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century - and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand. His music, too, was powerful and entirely original. Andre Previn compared him to Stravinsky and Prokofiev, Percy Grainger to Bach and Delius. But in fact he was very much his own man. The grand

Petty: The Biography

Warren Zanes · 323 pages

Zanes provides an honest and evocative examination of Petty's music, and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write. Petty was a kid without a whole lot of promise; rock and roll made it otherwise. His story has all the drama of a rock and roll epic. Dark and mysterious, Petty manages to come back, again and again, showing us what the music can do and where it can take us

Bowie In Berlin: A New Career In A New Town

Thomas Jerome Seabrook · 272 pages

By 1975 rock icon David Bowie was in crisis. Lost in Los Angeles, he was ravaged by cocaine abuse, overwork, and an obsession with the occult, while his marriage lay in tatters. Desperate to reignite his creative spark, Bowie relocated in mid-1976 to Berlin, accompanied by an equally troubled Iggy Pop, former Stooges front man. The move to Berlin proved fortuitous both personally and professionall

Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements

Bob Mehr · 501 pages

Lennon: The Definitive Biography

Ray Coleman · 784 pages

The long-time friend of John Lennon draws on his personal knowledge and the cooperation of Lennon's family and friends to detail the popular musician's life, career, and influence.

Mozart

Paul Johnson · 200 pages

A superb examination of Mozart and his glorious music by eminent historian Paul Johnson.

Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke

Peter Guralnick · 759 pages

Acclaimed Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick returns with a revealing portrait of Sam Cooke--a black performer who appealed to white audiences, wrote his own songs, and controlled his own business destiny. Fully capturing Cooke's accomplishments, "Dream Boogie" also conveys the astonishing richness of the black America of this era. 55 b/w photos.