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My Life in Dire Straits
- The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History
- Narrado por: John Illsley
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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The first, and only, inside story of one of the greatest bands in rock history - Dire Straits - as told by founding member and bassist John Illsley
One of the most successful music acts of all time, Dire Straits filled stadiums around the world. Their albums sold hundreds of millions of copies and their music - classics like “Sultans of Swing”, “Romeo and Juliet", “Money for Nothing”, and “Brothers in Arms” - is still played on every continent today. There was, quite simply, no bigger band on the planet throughout the '80s.
In this powerful and entertaining memoir, founding member John Illsley gives the inside track on the most successful rock band of their time. From playing gigs in the spit-and-sawdust pubs of south London to hanging out with Bob Dylan in LA, Illsley tells the story of the band with searching honesty, soulful reflection, and wry humor. Starting with his own unlikely beginnings in Middle England, he recounts the band’s rise from humble origins to the best-known venues in the world, the working man’s clubs to Madison Square Garden, sharing gigs with wild punk bands to rocking the Live Aid stage at Wembley. And woven throughout is an intimate portrait and tribute to his great friend Mark Knopfler, the band's lead singer, songwriter, and remarkable guitarist.
Tracing an idea that created a phenomenal musical legacy, an extraordinary journey of joy and pain, companionship and surprises, this is John Illsley’s life in Dire Straits.
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- De Scott en 11-15-13
De: Tony McCarroll
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Down the Highway
- The Life of Bob Dylan
- De: Howard Sounes
- Narrado por: Peter Markinker
- Duración: 20 h y 31 m
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Down the Highway is an essential biography for Bob Dylan fans and all music enthusiasts, delivering the full, fascinating story of the life and work of this great artist. Author Howard Sounes interviewed more than 250 key people in Dylan’s circle, and gained access to previously unseen documents, to create a fresh and compelling book that takes the reader on a journey from Dylan’s childhood in a Minnesota mining town, through his rise to fame in the 1960s, to his current status as the senior figure in popular music.
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I'm a little late to the party
- De BrassHat en 06-05-17
De: Howard Sounes
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Wild Tales
- A Rock & Roll Life
- De: Graham Nash
- Narrado por: Graham Nash
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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From Graham Nash - the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies - comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan.
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The Best of the Recent Rock Biographies
- De Steven Schuster en 10-28-13
De: Graham Nash
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Small Town Talk
- Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock
- De: Barney Hoskyns
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
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When musicians in the New York folk scene of the 1960s grew tired of city life, they decided to "get it together in the country". They headed for Woodstock - not to the site of the infamous music festival of 1969 but to the Catskills, to Bearsville, to Woodstock proper. Counterculture revolutionaries like Janis Joplin, Richie Havens, and Paul Butterfield got "back to the land", turning the once sleepy hollow into a funky Shangri-La.
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Captured the era - too many mistakes
- De Frank Canino en 04-17-16
De: Barney Hoskyns
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When Giants Walked the Earth
- A Biography of Led Zeppelin
- De: Mick Wall
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 18 h y 11 m
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They were the last great band of the '60s and the first great band of the '70s. They rose, somewhat unpromisingly, from the ashes of the Yardbirds to become one of the biggest-selling rock bands of all time - and eventually paid the price for it, with disaster, drug addiction, and death.
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Very annoying but tolerable for serious fans.
- De M. Allen en 08-14-19
De: Mick Wall
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Deal
- My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead
- De: Bill Kreutzmann, Benjy Eisen
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
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On their 50th anniversary comes a groundbreaking rock-and-roll memoir by one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead are perhaps the most legendary American rock band of all time. For 30 years, beginning in the hippie scene of San Francisco in 1965, they were a musical institution, the original jam band that broke new ground in so many ways.
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Decent but not great
- De Monty S en 03-02-16
De: Bill Kreutzmann, y otros
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Paul McCartney
- A Life
- De: Peter Ames Carlin
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h
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The best-selling author of the definitive biography of former Beach Boy Brian Wilson offers new insight into the life and music of Paul McCartney, one of the world's most popular and influential musicians. Informed by new, exclusive interviews with friends, bandmates, and collaborators, the book describes McCartney's many triumphs as well as his failures, from the Beatles era through his decade with Wings and his subsequent solo career.
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Great...But
- De Diego en 05-02-10
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Swimming with the Blowfish
- Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride
- De: Jim Sonefeld
- Narrado por: Jim Sonefeld
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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The ultimate front-row seat to the rise, fall, and rebirth of a band that was - for a time - the biggest in the world, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Jim Sonefeld’s shattering and redeeming spiritual path from addiction to recovery and a more fruitful life.
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An Honest Reflection
- De Rob M. en 08-11-24
De: Jim Sonefeld
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Never Look at the Empty Seats
- A Memoir
- De: Charlie Daniels
- Narrado por: Charlie Daniels
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
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Few artists have left a more indelible mark on America's musical landscape than Charlie Daniels. Listeners will experience a soft, personal side of Charlie Daniels that has never before been documented. In his own words, he presents the path from his post-Depression childhood to performing for millions as one of the most successful country acts of all time and what he has learned along the way.
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Like a Rocking Chair on Charlie's Front porch.
- De BassetMomma en 11-07-17
De: Charlie Daniels
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The Wrecking Crew
- The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
- De: Kent Hartman
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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If you were a fan of popular music in the 1960s and early '70s, you were a fan of the Wrecking Crew - whether you knew it or not. On hit record after hit record by everyone from the Byrds, the Beach Boys, and the Monkees to the Grass Roots, the 5th Dimension, Sonny & Cher, and Simon & Garfunkel, this collection of West Coast studio musicians from diverse backgrounds established themselves as the driving sound of pop music - sometimes over the objection of actual band members....
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Left Guessing
- De Patrick King en 04-29-14
De: Kent Hartman
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Skydog
- The Duane Allman Story
- De: Randy Poe, Billy F. Gibbons - foreword
- Narrado por: Arthur Flavell
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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Revised and expanded, with a new afterword by the author, this is the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation. Skydog reveals the complete story of the legendary guitarist: his childhood and musical awakening; his struggling first bands; his hard-won mastery of the slide guitar; his emergence as a successful session musician; his creation of the Allman Brothers Band; his tragic death at age 24; and his thriving musical legacy.
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duane was the best great story
- De OBIE en 08-08-23
De: Randy Poe, y otros
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Punk Rock Blitzkrieg
- My Life as a Ramone
- De: Rich Herschlag, Marky Ramone
- Narrado por: Corey M. Snow
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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Having outlived his bandmates, Marky is the only person who can share the secrets and stories of the Ramones' improbable rise from obtuse beginnings to induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But it wasn't all good times and hit songs, and Marky doesn't shy away from discussing his own struggles.
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Dedicated Punk Fans Must Read
- De Leostriple en 03-26-15
De: Rich Herschlag, y otros
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So Many Roads
- The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
- De: David Browne
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
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No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anticorporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll both sonically and psychically, So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.
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Great first book on the Dead
- De robert en 10-30-15
De: David Browne
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1965
- The Most Revolutionary Year in Music
- De: Andrew Grant Jackson
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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During 12 unforgettable months in the middle of the turbulent '60s, America saw the rise of innovative new sounds that would change popular music as we knew it. In 1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music, music historian Andrew Grant Jackson (Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers) chronicles a groundbreaking year of creativity fueled by rivalries between musicians and continents, sweeping social changes, and technological breakthroughs.
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Seems like a good overview
- De wylie smith en 01-12-23
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Gold Dust Woman
- The Biography of Stevie Nicks
- De: Stephen Davis
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
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Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (the Boston Globe) his ideal topic: Nicks' work and life are equally sexy and interesting, and Davis delves deeply into each, unearthing fresh details from new, intimate interviews and interpreting them to present a rich new portrait of the star. Just as Nicks (and Lindsay Buckingham) gave Fleetwood Mac the "shot of adrenaline" they needed to become real rock stars - according to Christine McVie - Gold Dust Woman is vibrant with stories and with a life lived large and hard.
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Disappointed
- De Amazon Customer en 12-22-17
De: Stephen Davis
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Skydog
- The Duane Allman Story
- De: Randy Poe, Billy F. Gibbons - foreword
- Narrado por: Arthur Flavell
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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Revised and expanded, with a new afterword by the author, this is the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation. Skydog reveals the complete story of the legendary guitarist: his childhood and musical awakening; his struggling first bands; his hard-won mastery of the slide guitar; his emergence as a successful session musician; his creation of the Allman Brothers Band; his tragic death at age 24; and his thriving musical legacy.
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duane was the best great story
- De OBIE en 08-08-23
De: Randy Poe, y otros
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Petty: The Biography
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No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write. Born in Gainesville, Florida, with more than a little hillbilly in his blood, Tom Petty was a Southern shit kicker, a kid without a whole lot of promise. Rock and roll made it otherwise.
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Tom Petty gets some bio love
- De tru britty en 12-15-15
De: Warren Zanes
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The Wrecking Crew
- The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
- De: Kent Hartman
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
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If you were a fan of popular music in the 1960s and early '70s, you were a fan of the Wrecking Crew - whether you knew it or not. On hit record after hit record by everyone from the Byrds, the Beach Boys, and the Monkees to the Grass Roots, the 5th Dimension, Sonny & Cher, and Simon & Garfunkel, this collection of West Coast studio musicians from diverse backgrounds established themselves as the driving sound of pop music - sometimes over the objection of actual band members....
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Left Guessing
- De Patrick King en 04-29-14
De: Kent Hartman
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Unchained
- The Eddie Van Halen Story
- De: Paul Brannigan
- Narrado por: Mike Lenz
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
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From the moment their hugely influential 1978 debut landed, Van Halen set a high bar for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, creating an entirely new style of post-'60s hard rock and becoming the quintessential rock band of the 1980s. But the high-flying success was fraught with difficulty, as Eddie struggled with alcohol and drug addiction while simultaneously battling David Lee Roth over the musical direction of the band, eventually taking the band in an entirely new direction with Sammy Hagar and scaling new heights, before that iteration of Van Halen disintegrated.
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- De Mike en 02-01-22
De: Paul Brannigan
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1965
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- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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During 12 unforgettable months in the middle of the turbulent '60s, America saw the rise of innovative new sounds that would change popular music as we knew it. In 1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music, music historian Andrew Grant Jackson (Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers) chronicles a groundbreaking year of creativity fueled by rivalries between musicians and continents, sweeping social changes, and technological breakthroughs.
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Seems like a good overview
- De wylie smith en 01-12-23
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Gold Dust Woman
- The Biography of Stevie Nicks
- De: Stephen Davis
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
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Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (the Boston Globe) his ideal topic: Nicks' work and life are equally sexy and interesting, and Davis delves deeply into each, unearthing fresh details from new, intimate interviews and interpreting them to present a rich new portrait of the star. Just as Nicks (and Lindsay Buckingham) gave Fleetwood Mac the "shot of adrenaline" they needed to become real rock stars - according to Christine McVie - Gold Dust Woman is vibrant with stories and with a life lived large and hard.
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Disappointed
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De: Stephen Davis
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Skydog
- The Duane Allman Story
- De: Randy Poe, Billy F. Gibbons - foreword
- Narrado por: Arthur Flavell
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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Revised and expanded, with a new afterword by the author, this is the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation. Skydog reveals the complete story of the legendary guitarist: his childhood and musical awakening; his struggling first bands; his hard-won mastery of the slide guitar; his emergence as a successful session musician; his creation of the Allman Brothers Band; his tragic death at age 24; and his thriving musical legacy.
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- De OBIE en 08-08-23
De: Randy Poe, y otros
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Petty: The Biography
- De: Warren Zanes
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- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
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No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write. Born in Gainesville, Florida, with more than a little hillbilly in his blood, Tom Petty was a Southern shit kicker, a kid without a whole lot of promise. Rock and roll made it otherwise.
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Tom Petty gets some bio love
- De tru britty en 12-15-15
De: Warren Zanes
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The Wrecking Crew
- The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
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If you were a fan of popular music in the 1960s and early '70s, you were a fan of the Wrecking Crew - whether you knew it or not. On hit record after hit record by everyone from the Byrds, the Beach Boys, and the Monkees to the Grass Roots, the 5th Dimension, Sonny & Cher, and Simon & Garfunkel, this collection of West Coast studio musicians from diverse backgrounds established themselves as the driving sound of pop music - sometimes over the objection of actual band members....
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Left Guessing
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Unchained
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From the moment their hugely influential 1978 debut landed, Van Halen set a high bar for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, creating an entirely new style of post-'60s hard rock and becoming the quintessential rock band of the 1980s. But the high-flying success was fraught with difficulty, as Eddie struggled with alcohol and drug addiction while simultaneously battling David Lee Roth over the musical direction of the band, eventually taking the band in an entirely new direction with Sammy Hagar and scaling new heights, before that iteration of Van Halen disintegrated.
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- De Mike en 02-01-22
De: Paul Brannigan
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Fire and Rain
- The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost Story of 1970
- De: David Browne
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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January 1970: the Beatles assemble one more time to put the finishing touches on Let It Be; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are wrapping up Déjà Vu; Simon and Garfunkel are unveiling Bridge Over Troubled Water; James Taylor is an upstart singer-songwriter who's just completed Sweet Baby James. Over the course of the next twelve months, their lives---and the world around them---will change irrevocably.
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Fascinating information, easy to listen
- De NCKitkat en 07-28-11
De: David Browne
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Ringo
- With a Little Help
- De: Michael Seth Starr
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 15 h y 59 m
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This book traces the entire arc of Ringo's remarkable life and career, from his sickly childhood to his life as the world's most famous drummer to his triumphs, addictions, and emotional battles following the breakup of the Beatles. Born in 1940 as Richard Starkey in the Dingle, one of Liverpool's most gritty, rough-and-tumble neighborhoods, he rose from a hardscrabble childhood marked by serious illnesses, long hospital stays, and little schooling to emerge, against all odds, as a renowned drummer.
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A Starr Turn
- De tru britty en 02-17-16
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All Things Must Pass Away
- Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs
- De: Kenneth Womack, Jason Kruppa
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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George Harrison and Eric Clapton shared a legendary and tumultuous friendship that shaped not only their respective lives and careers, but the shifting face of rock itself in the early 1970s. All Things Must Pass Away traces that friendship from its earliest roots in 1964, when Beatles-averse blues-rocker Eric met George backstage at the Hammersmith Odeon, through the messy trials of Clapton's affair with Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd, to the turn of the century, as the two elder statesmen of rock traded honors during Harrison's final days.
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I know some but not all…
- De Rick R. en 08-25-21
De: Kenneth Womack, y otros
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Never a Dull Moment
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- De: David Hepworth
- Narrado por: David Hepworth
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On New Year's Eve, 1970, Paul McCartney told his lawyers to issue the writ at the High Court in London, effectively ending The Beatles. You might say this was the last day of the pop era. The following day, which was a Friday, was 1971. You might say this was the first day of the rock era. And within the remaining 364 days of this monumental year, the world would hear Don McLean's "American Pie", The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar", The Who's "Baba O'Riley", Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", and more.
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A blast from the past
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Hollywood Eden
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- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
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From surf music to hot-rod records to the sunny pop of the Beach Boys and the Mamas & the Papas, Hollywood Eden captures the fresh blossom of a young generation who came together in the epic spring of the 1960s to invent the myth of the California Paradise. Central to the story is a group of sun-kissed teens from the University High School class of 1959 - a class that included Jan & Dean, Nancy Sinatra, and future members of the Beach Boys - who came of age in Los Angeles at the dawn of a new golden era when anything seemed possible.
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Contains proven falsehoods
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De: Joel Selvin
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The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones
- De: Stanley Booth
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 17 h y 45 m
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Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones’ inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool, in 1969. He lived with them throughout their 1969 American tour, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account culminates with their final concert at Altamont Speedway - a nightmare of beating, stabbing, and killing that would signal the end of a generation’s dreams of peace and freedom.
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Superlative rendering of a singular story.
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Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre My Life in Dire Straits
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- Chris Baker
- 05-22-23
Great book
Being a musician and lover of music I enjoy listening to this type of book
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- Laguirre
- 06-25-24
An excellent autobiography about a wonderful time in music. I highly recommend it.
Whether you're just a casual fan or a die hard fan of dIRE STRAITS, I highly recommend this book. John Illsley's description of his early life and the early days of the sTRAITS leading into their global success in the 1980s is fantastic, thoughtful and very entertaining.
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- Basher
- 01-02-23
Impressively real, laid-back, contemplative, and dignified
Satisfyingly nuanced for us fans of the band and fans of Mark’s art. No dirt. John Illsley reads his sincere memoir beautifully. It's no surprise that Mark wrote and reads a supportive forward to this fine recording.
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- Donita
- 11-13-21
John Illsley & Mark Knopfler are class acts!
I was looking forward to this book & it did not disappoint. John Illsley doesn’t portray himself as a saint, but his decency is apparent. I enjoy books that let me peek into the lives of talented people, but I don’t think I’ve ever experienced any of them giving such praise to the roadies & others who are responsible to “put the show on the road” & he gives them ENORMOUS credit. Refreshing & admirable! Another add-on to this review is that my husband & I were quite fortunate to score great seats at a Mark Knopfler small venue concert in Dallas before COVID-19. (I count it as kind of a lifetime achievement concert!) Mark was gracious & friendly, telling bits of history of how the songs originated & performing them to perfection. He gave credit to the musicians with him (they were great) and it is easy to see how these two talented yet humble artists have maintained a friendship that spans so many years. Thanks for a terrific book that spotlights that talent nurtured by dedication & hard work can result in success beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.
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- Mark
- 08-06-23
Great book
John thank you for this book. I’ve listened to you guys since the beginning. Still do. The best band ever existed. It was great to hear your story and thank you for telling it !!! Love❤️❤️❤️
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-11-21
fantastically written
Dire Straits is my favorite band so getting this inside scoop from John was incredible. It's a wonderfully crafted and humble story. it confirms my suspicions that the members are all stand up guys with tremendous talents.
you'll love this book whether you are a DS fan or not. it's really a cool time machine back to the days where records were sold, getting a demo tape meant going to a studio and getting a song on the radio was the only way to get a chance.
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- LizSD
- 11-13-21
Masterfully crafted
Illsley gives a unique insight on the many facets of his experience as a member of Dire Straits that even many diehard fans were unaware of thorough vivid imagery and wonderful anecdotes.
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- Tom Hockman
- 08-10-22
Interesting for fans but with some caveats
My Life in Dire Straits is written and narrated by John Illsley, a guitar sideman for the entire run of Dire Straits from 1977 to 1994 (when On Every Street tour ended). John is not as gifted a narrator as he is a musician, so the reading is stilted. His accent can also cause misunderstanding if you don't listen to his pronunciations closely.
As for the content of the book, it's a 9 hour listen and John doesn't get to the time with Dire Straits until 3 hours into the book. I have to say I was totally not interested in his life experience growing up in post-war England as it's a story I've heard before in books such as Life, Keith Richards autobiography. If you're really, really an Illsley fan, then you would find his life experiences interesting, but to my way of thinking it just didn't entertain me. Maybe if this was Mark Knopfler's autobiography I would have been more interested. I was more eager about the Dire Straits years.
Mark K. does offer a brief intro praising John's book and says he did a great job remembering all the key details of the growth of the band and trials and tribulations of personnel changes and the grinding impact of world tours.
I did learn that Dire Straits managed to develop a very strong following around the world, not just the US. They were popular in all over Europe, including Germany, Spain the Netherlands, and even Eastern Europe, as well as North America and Australia. In fact, in places like Australia they were something of a super group to the Aussies and New Zealanders. I doubt many bands had the breadth of fandom on nearly every continent clamoring for their latest music and concerts. Dire Straits was literally trying to please the entire world with each and every album and tour.
The descriptions of the world tours help clarify just how brutal long tours can be on people physically, mentally, and in terms of relationships. John and Mark K both lost relationships over their tours for the sake of fans. I think John's stories about being away from his children is the most heartbreaking aspect of the cost of touring.
I was not happy that Dire Straits took 6 years to follow up Brothers in Arms and then quit once and for all after On Every Street, but now I at least understand why the size and onerous burden of touring drove them to dissolve the band. I have admired Mark's diverse talents on his solo albums, but miss the Rock & Roll side of his music he left behind with Dire Straits.
I don't think Mark has any plans to write a bio on his life or the band, so this is probably the only definitive document we will ever get about this popular band.
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