
Music History on the Cheap
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I’m completely mesmerized by Soundbreaking, an 8-part documentary currently running on PBS about the art of recording music. I hunger to know more. That made me take notice of the many Amazon’s Kindle books that are about music history in their November deals. Did Amazon anticipate the showing of the documentary? Maybe not, since Soundbreaking covers a much greater range of genres. Yet, for two or three dollars I can go deeper on a number of subjects Soundbreaking covered. It’s great fun to read about a famous band or musician while listening to their work on Spotify.
I also thought this is an interesting experiment. I gathered all the books on one subject from Amazon’s 65 pages of the monthly Kindle sales. It shows the kind of books you can snag on the cheap – at least for a short while. I’ve even bought some of these books in hardback. Makes me wonder about being more patient.
Jimi Hendrix: The True Story of Jimi Hendrix by Sharon Lawrence
Who I Am: A Memoir by Pete Townshend
Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll by Ann & Nancy Wilson
The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s by Peter Doggett
Dirty Blvd: The Life and Music of Lou Reed by Aidan Levy
Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews by Dennis McNally
The Road to Woodstock by Michael Lang
My Cross to Bear by Gregg Allman
Robert Plant by Paul Rees
Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock by Sammy Hagar
My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses by Steven Adler and Lawrence J. Spagnola
Face the Music: A Life Exposed by Paul Stanley
Don’t Try This at Home: A Year in the Life of Dave Navarro by Dave Navarro
The Red Hot Chili Peppers by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson
Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top by Joey Kramer
This is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx by Nikki Sixx
Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memory by Dave Mustaine
Judy Garland on Judy Garland by Randy L. Schmidt
Anchored in Love by June Carter Cash
The Songs of Hollywood by Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson
The Strat in the Attic: Thrilling Stories of Guitar Archaeology by Deke Dickerson
- Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out by Gordon Thompson
- John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman
- You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup by Peter Doggett