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(0)Dave Thompson
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Series
Publisher
Backbeat Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
Take a fast-pace survey of the ghosties, ghouls and associated denizens of the nation's haunted history with Haunted America FAQ. Tracing local ghost stories back to Native American legends and forward through horror tales both ancient and modern, this book visits some of the country's best-known haunted locales and most obscure creepy places---from private homes and hotel rooms to schools, parks, prisons, hospitals, battlefields and nearly anywhere...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
The full story of Patti Smith, widely acknowledged as one of the most significant American artists of the rock 'n' roll era, a performer whose audience and appeal reach far beyond the parameters of rock. An acclaimed poet, a respected artist, and a figurehead for many liberal political causes, Patti Smith soared from an ugly-duckling childhood in postwar New Jersey to become queen of the New York arts scene in the 1970s. This book traces the brilliant...
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
"Bayou Underground explores the music of the region through the legends and rumors that created it in the first place. From the House of the Rising Sun to the legend of Stagger Lee, from Marie Laveau to the axman who loved hot jazz, Bayou Underground unearths the people and the cultures that have called the bayou home, revisiting their words and lives through the music of so many rock outsiders. Bo Diddley, Nick Cave and Alice Cooper pass through...
Author
Publisher
Backbeat Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"When Lou Reed and Iggy Pop first met David Bowie in the fall of 1971, Bowie was just another English musician passing through New York City. Lou was still recovering from the collapse of the Velvet Underground, and Iggy had already been branded a loser. Yet within two years they completely changed the face of popular music with a decadent glamour and street-level vibe that threatened to undermine all that had come before." "With Bowie producing,...