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Category Archives: Books
Mark Volman of the Turtles is Happy—Forever!
He wasn’t the lead singer—that would be his lifelong partner in music and comedy, Howard Kaylan. He didn’t write any of his band’s many ‘60s hits like “Happy Together,” “It Ain’t Me Babe,” “Elenore,” “You Showed Me,” “You Baby,” “She’d … Continue reading
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Tagged Flo and Eddie, Happy Together, Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Turtles
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Geezer Butler’s Lifetime of Sabbaths—and the Days of Metal In Between
The song opens unlike anything else that had been heard in rock music to date. The sounds of a howling wind, drizzling rain, thunder, and then the slow, repetitive tolling of a bell. Just when you think it’s a Halloween … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi
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Celebrating Quadrophenia—The Who’s “Other” Rock Opera
It’s not the Who’s most famous rock opera—that would be the one about the deaf, dumb and blind kid with great flipper action, Tommy. Nor is it the great “What If?” never-assembled rock opera—that would be Lifehouse, most of which … Continue reading
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Tagged John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Martin Popoff, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, The Who
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Book Charts Eagles’ Soaring Heights and Plummeting Crashes
As esteemed rock journo Mick Wall writes in his introduction, Don Henley hates books about his band, Eagles (there is technically no definite article in the group’s name—so you’ve been saying it wrong all these years. See also: Talking Heads). … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Leadon, Don Felder, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Mick Wall, Randy Meisner, Timothy B. Schmit
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The Allman Brothers & Their Family Ways
In the fall of 1972, the Allman Brothers Band found themselves at a crossroads—one with more ominousness and uncertainty than the one Robert Johnson went down to. A year earlier, they had lost Duane Allman, the group’s founder, leader and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Paul, Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts, Gregg Allman, Kirk West
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The Mamas and the Papas’ Book of Dreamin’
The Mamas and the Papas were the epitome of California-based sunshine hippie pop and folk-rock, blending their voices to create two huge anthems of the ‘60s in “California Dreamin’” and “Monday, Monday.” They also had a string of other hits … Continue reading
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Tagged Cass Elliot, Denny Doherty, John Phillips, Mamas and the Papas, Michelle Phillips, Scott Shea
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Book Spotlights Women the Stones Rolled With—and Sometimes Over
In their music of the ’60s and ‘70s, the Rolling Stones weren’t exactly paragons for promoting gender equality and women’s issues. Songs like “Under My Thumb,” “Mother’s Little Helper,” “Stupid Girl,” “Brown Sugar,” “She’s So Cold,” and “Bitch” were rife … Continue reading
A Fab Four Foto Fest
It was July 1, 1963 and Terry O’Neill was just one of dozens of staff and freelance photographers who worked for the ultra-competitive “Fleet Street” newspapers in London. But he was also one of—if not the—youngest shutterbugs. So when his … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatles, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Terry O'Neill
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John Ford Coley’s Tales of Texas, “England Dan,” and the Torah
Analyzing misheard lyrics in rock have provided music nerds endless hours of fun (and even been the subject of a series of books). Needless to say, the actual words to some famous tunes were not “Hold me closer, Tony Danza” … Continue reading
Steely Dan’s Rogues Gallery Holds a Dysfunctional Family Reunion
Take the body of work of any Classic Rock band—or that of any other genre—and you’d be hard pressed to name a group with more characters of note than in the lyrics than Steely Dan. Dr. Wu. Mr. La Page, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Pappademas, Donald Fagen, Joan Lemay, Steely Dan, Walter Becker
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