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Sid Luft: Judy & I

Sid ‘One-Punch’ Luft, amateur-boxer, producer and Garland’s third husband, helped her achieve a meteoric comeback in the 1960s. It was Luft who reversed the fortunes of an apparently faded career, seeing her triumph at Carnegie Hall, in A Star Is Born and The Judy Garland Show. A straight-talking sharp shooter, Sid fell for Judy hard and fast. Theirs would be the most successful of Garland’s marriages; the longest and most resiliently intimate. Luft’s vividly detailed memoir reveals the private torments of one of the greatest stars ever known, and of the one man who never stopped loving her. ‘In prose so brassy that it bruises the sensibilities, Luft… illuminates the dark side of life in the spotlight and dispels any sentimental illusions about the glories of show business in Hollywood’s classic age.’ The New Yorker "He’s the kind of person you can lean against if you fall down. He’s strong and protects me. I respect him. And most important, I like him as much as I love him." -  Judy Garland

Kraftwerk - I Was A Robot By Wolfgang Flur

Kraftwerk: I Was a Robot is the full insider's story of this legendary act, as told by the band's original drummer. From their early days in Dusseldorf to the band's implosion in the 80s and beyond. Wolfgang Flur's book is the definitive document of the Man Machine, a synth driven quartet who transformed the face of modern music.

Grant & I: Inside And Outside The Go-Betweens (Paperback)

Beautifully written – like lyrics, like prose –  Grant & I  is a rock memoir akin to no other. Part ‘making of’, part music industry exposé, part buddy-book, this is a delicate and perceptive celebration of creative endeavour. With wit and candour,  Robert Forster  pays tribute to a band who found huge success in the margins, having friendship at its heart. The Go-Betweens  persistently defied categorisation. They were unconventional in line-up and look, noted for near misses and near hits, confounding themselves, fans and record companies with the choices they made. From their unusual beginnings ( Grant  didn’t want to be in a band – he couldn’t even play an instrument), through private and professional break-ups, to their reformation in 2000,  Forster  leads a merry and poignant dance across a thirty-year collaboration, culminating in the premature death of  McLennan , in 2006.

Queen: I Want It All PDoct2007

Look Wot I Dun: Don Powell - My Life In Slade

Look Wot I Dun: Don Powell - My Life In Slade is the story of Slade’s powerhouse drummer Don Powell whose life was shattered by a horrific car crash at the height of the glam rock group’s fame. Slade’s fame made Don Powell a star, but after a serious crash in 1973, even the most casual fan knew more about him than he could remember himself. Lucky to survive, the accident lead to alcoholism, financial woes and a life of reckless promiscuity. Powell did, however, return to being the rhythmic powerhouse behind Slade's catchy anthems until their split in 1991, before he moved on to other fascinating projects. Don Powell ’s friend, the Danish author Lise Lyng Falkenberg, has pieced together his fragmented life through interviews with the man himself, extracts from the famous diaries and insights from friends and colleagues like Gene Simmons, Francis Rossi, Andy Scott and Suzi Quatro to compile this in-depth and detailed insight into the man and the legend. Now sober, happily married and living in Denmark, Don Powell has survived his rise to the pinnacle of rock fame and fall to the depths of grief and amnesia. His intensely personal story is a unique document of his struggle to rediscover himself and rebuild his life after his stellar celebrity status suddenly turned into tragic loss and despair. Fans of Slade and hard rock in general will be continually intrigued and fascinated by the story of a musician's tragic accident, and his journey to rebuild his life. Plagued by amnesia, Don Powell  has praised author Lise Falkenberg for piecing his diaries together into a coherent narrative whose twists and turns are fitting for a life dominated by rises and falls.

Legends Of Jazz Guitar Vol I DVD

DVD featuring Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis demonstrating stunning command of the fingerboard alongside inspired exploration of standards, blues and ballads.

'Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky: The Life Of Jimi Hendrix

A new edition of the highly controversial Hendrix biography. From Seattle and his years in the US Army to London in the Sixties, here is the full story - the songs, the concerts, the flaming guitars, the drugs, the booze and the women and, of course, the incredible musical legacy. Author David Henderson captures Jimi Hendrix’s intense, apocalyptic and ultimately tragic life in a brilliantly researched biography. Rolling Stone called it ‘The strongest and most ambitious biography yet written about any rock and roll performer.’

Grossman English Years In Concert Cd

Featuring Sam Mitchell, Duck Baker and Jo Ann Kelly. ' I spent 20 years living in Europe traveling between homes in London and Rome. I made many friends and did countless concerts. These recordings were done between 1977 and 1978. They present my playing with Sam Mitchell, Duck Baker and Jo Ann Kelly. The Country Blues were popular in Britain as well as throughout Europe, Australia and the USA. It was a very special time .' - Stefan Grossman .

Tony Rice: The Video Collection DVD

This DVD presents Tony in three different settings recorded at the 1992 Merle Watson Festival playing a wide variety of music. Includes 'Red Haired Boy', 'I Wonder Where You Are Tonight' and 'Shadows'.

Josh White: Free And Equal Blues DVD

The DVD edition of these rare Josh White performances includes a rare filmed snippet from the 1940s, then a range of European performances from the 60s. Includes 'The House I Live In', 'Scarlet Ribbons', 'Number Twelve Train'.

Karen Tanaka: Night Bird For Alto Saxophone And Electronics (Performance CD)

Arranged for Alto Sax and Electronics.Karen Tanaka: Night Bird is a love song filled with tender whispers of lovers. I have tried to weave colours and scent into the sound of alto saxophone and tape.This piece was commissioned by and is dedicated to Claude Delangle.Audio CD for this piece.

James John Descrp Gtr Instrumentl Cd

“ This is one of those albums that excited me from the word go. When John and I first discussed the possibilities of his recording I was very pleased. You see, John James is one of the most creative and important acoustic Guitar players performing and living in Europe today. His music owes little to the days of Davey Graham and Bert Jansch. These were the English guitar heroes of ten years ago. Instead John's music has travelled a path derived from folk music, ragtime and jazz sounds. From these sources he has developed a very unique and beautiful style of playing as well as composing. Once we had recorded all the material for this album I knew we had a proverbial 'hot platter' on our hands. Finally, the complete talents of John James seemed to have been captured on record. All of his skills as a guitarist, arranger, and composer were clearly present. Plus, John was happy to transcribed his solos into tablature and we have prepared a PDF booklet, that accompanies this CD. This will certainly bring joy to guitarists who have struggled to learn John's intricate instrumentals .” – 1977, Stefan Grossman

Jim McCarthy/Marc Olivent: Who Are You? The Life And Death Of Keith Moon

Based on the best-selling biography Dear Boy by Tony Fletcher, Who Are You? brings to the page Keith Moon 's incredible life and premature death in a dramatic graphic reconstruction by genre masters Jim McCarthy and Marc Olivent . Rock's greatest drummer was also its greatest character and wildest party animal. Fuelled by vast quantities of drink, drugs, insecurities and confusion, Moon destroyed everything with gleeful abandon: drum kits, houses, cars, hotels, relationships and, finally, himself. Keith Moon was a totally incorrigible yet uniquely generous boy who never grew up, and who changed the lives of all who knew him; a phenomenal character and an extravagant hell-raiser who - in a final, uncharacteristic act of grace - actually did die before he got old. Who Are You? has been created by author Jim McCarthy and artist Marc Olivent , the creators of Reckless Life: Guns 'N' Roses - A Graphic Novel. 'Psst-yes you! A cartoon book on rock's biggest prankster, party goer. Don't flick through the pages - take the book home. You won't forget this journey I assure you. It's all here. I know , as I was there! You'll be talking about it for ages.'   - Peter 'Dougal' Butler, PA to Keith Moon

Johnson Robert Guitar (Feldman) 3dvd

' Robert Johnson is the most important blues musician who ever lived. I have never found anything more deeply soulful. His music remains the most powerful cry that I think you can find in the human voice .' – Eric Clapton ' Robert Johnson's music sent me reeling. I couldn't even imagine how someone could play the guitar the way he did and sing at the same time .' – Bonnie Raitt Robert Johnson is arguably the most well known figure in the history of the blues. Though the 29 songs Johnson recorded from 1936-1937 had little impact during his lifetime, a collection of his singles, entitled King of the Delta Blues Singers was released in 1961 and found widespread recognition. Then, 30 years later, The Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson was released selling over one million copies. The first blues recording to do so, winning a Grammy in the process. Since that 1961 LP, players from all different musical backgrounds have sought to learn Robert Johnson's techniques and in this 3 DVD set, with over 5 hours and 52 minutes of instruction, Tom Feldmann covers every aspect of Johnson's playing. Each song is performed by Feldmann before he dissects the arrangement verse-by-verse and ends with a split screen segment where the song is played slowly with close up shots of both the left and right hands. This is the most expansive look into the guitar playing of Robert Johnson produced in video form.

Start Playing Keyboard

40 great songs to play today!If you want a fast and easy way to learn electronic keyboard this is the book for you. The famous SFX learning system is based on letter-naming each melody note for fast identification. Pick out your melody with your right hand and simply play the chord keys with your left. Getting started is easy, and building up your skills comes naturally.Songs include Annie's Song, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, Wooden Heart, Silent Night, Adios Muchachos and We've Only Just Begun.

Fingerstyle Guitar New Dimensions & Explorations - Volume Two

The performances in this DVD series present two generations of artists who have advanced the acoustic guitar?s cause with formidable boldness. We clearly hear their folk, blues and country roots even as they develop other distinctly personal harmonic and melodic pathways. Thinking, coupled with the 90% perspiration, 10% inspiration formula, is evident in the performances here, no less than in the artful arrangements in the original compositions. There are English guitarist playing original music tinged by American blues, and American guitarists picking with English accents. There are guitarists from everywhere bringing music from the keyboard and other sources to the guitar. There is an apparent user-friendly adaptability happening around the instrument: the example of these players encourages the rest of us to tinker with arrangements, explore open tunings, try varied techniques of picking. The means, they demonstrate, are flexible. And the ends? Endless. As the redoubtable Claw, Jerry Reed once remarked, I don?t go to see a man pick. I go to see a man think. Dave Evans Stagefright John Renbourn Rosslyn Stefan Grossman Tightrope John Knowles Coastin' Pat Donohue The Mooch Marcel Dadi Saturday Night Shuffle Duck Baker Blood Of The Lamb Chris Proctor Interstate John Renbourn Little Niles Stefan Grossman Bermuda Triangle Exit El McMeen My Mary Of The Curling Hair Joe Miller Ivory Coast John Knowles Waltz Forever Pat Donohue High Society Duck Baker 'Round Midnight Chris Proctor Morning Thunder El McMeen Angels We Have Heard On High Marcel Dadi Je Te Veux Bonus Instructional Tracks: Stefan Grossman Diddie Wa Diddie, and Pat Donohue High Society

Sex Pistols: 90 Days At EMI

A fascinating insider's account of the notorious three months that turned the British music industry on its head. Here is the saga of how the Sex Pistols shocked and shook down EMI, the UK's most revered and profitable record company. Author Brian Southall is the former EMI PR executive who was there during the whole infamous Sex Pistols/EMI affair. He tells the whole story, from EMI's signing of the Pistols in September 1976, through the notorious swearing incident on Thames Television's Today programme, to the bands extreme behaviour at London's Heathrow airport that resulted in EMI severing their 90-day old contract. "I don't understand it," Johnny Rotten said at the time, "All we're trying to do is destroy everything."

Fred Sokolow: Songs Of Hawaii For The Ukulele

Though the Ukulele came from Portugal, it became popular and got its name in Hawaii. In this 90-minute lesson, Fred Sokolow presents the most well-known Hawaiian hapa-haoli standards, some that go back to the 1920s, others as recent as the 1960s. Mostly written by Tin Pan Alley composers who threw in a few Hawaiian words and phrases, these songs are still sung today wherever Ukes are strummed. Fred teaches beautiful chord-melody solos to each one, and shows you how to strum a simple accompaniment. Fred makes it easy to learn, with split-screen, slowed down versions of the songs and helpful hints about the licks and picking styles. All the songs are written out in tab and music notation in the PDF file that comes with the lesson. Songs include: Blue Hawaii, Little Brown Gal, Ukulele Lady, On the Beach at Waikiki, Pearly Shells, Tiny Bubbles and I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone .

Fingerpicking Blues Guitar In The Key Of G

Fingerpicking Blues Guitar is a never ending study full of surprises and discoveries. Each key of the Guitar offers new sounds and textures. A blues played in the key of C sounds world's apart from a blues played in the keys of A, G, D or E. This series focuses on a single key for each lesson. The key of G offers specific advantages. It is ideal for the alternating bass technique i.e. Mississippi John Hurt's style of playing.   In this lesson, we start by learning an arrangement of Marshall Owens' 1930s recording of Try Me One More Time . This was originally played in an Open G tuning but is here arranged in standard tuning using a John Hurt approach. Not all blues from the 1920s and 1930s were fingerpicked. Jim Jackson was a popular Memphis songster who basically strummed his Guitar. But his repertoire was full of wonderful songs. Stefan Grossman has taken his Wild About My Loving and has tried to keep the original feel by combining a strum approach intermingled with fingerpicking the melody. Little Hat Jones was an amazing fingerstyle bluesman.   His Bye Bye Baby Blues was played in the key of G. Here his version is fully transcribed note for note. Blind Boy Fuller recorded many blues in the key of G. In this lesson we'll tackle three of his arrangements: Baby Let Me Lay It On You, Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways and I Crave My Pigmeat . We study his playing note for note but also explore variations. By the end of this lesson you will know six great tunes and have an insight in to fingerpicking blues in the key of G.   A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. As well, the original old recordings are included in the Bonus Audio section. Titles include: Try Me One More Time, Wild About My Loving, Bye Bye Baby Blues, Baby Let Me Lay It On You, Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways and I Crave My Pigmeat . 100 minutes • Level 2/3 • Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD.

The Cake And The Rain

The Cake and the Rain promises to be a gripping tale of "sex drugs and rock'n'roll". Following Webb from the early 70s and across the whole of the preceding three decades that led to him weeping over the piano keys as his fingers finally remembered what they had been born to do. Jimmy Webb still plays and records like there's no tomorrow. This is the memoir of one of the greatest songwriters of all time: a man with unfathomable talent - and luck. Jimmy Webb is the only artist to ever receive a Grammy Award for music, lyrics and orchestration. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and achieving the NAS Lifetime achievement award amongst many other prestigious titles including (according to BMI) his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" being the third most performed song for fifty years between 1940 and 1990! "At an age when other singers are losing their voices... Mr Webb is still at the top of his game." The New York Times.

Freddie King: Live At The Sugarbowl - DVD

Of all people I've played with, the most stimulating in an onstage situation was Freddie King. He could be pretty mean but subtle with it. He'd make you feel at home and then tar you to pieces... He taught me just about everything I needed to know... when and when not to show your hand... and most important of all... how to make love to a guitar. Eric ClaptonFreddie King in concert was an event to behold. His performances were powerful and filled with emotional singing coupled with burning soulful likcs played on his Gibson 355. The rare footage presented on this DVD features a complete set by Freddie and his band recorded at the Sugarbowl in South Carolina on September 22nd, 1972. All the sheer power and joy of Freddie King is presented in this DVD. Four bonus tracks recorded in 1970 at a Los Angeles television studio are also presented. Bonus tracks: Los Angeles, 1970 Have you Ever Loved a womanLook Over Yonder Wall Ain't Nobody's Business Whole Lotta Lovin'

Musician's Joke Book

A side-splitting selection of one-liners, comic definitions, yarns and witty quotes from the world of music.Most professions have their own jokes, but musicians seem to have more than their fair share. Perhaps it's the insane travel schedule, the bad lodgings or just lack of sleep. But as Jim Green says in his introduction, "...it's not surprising we're a band apart (so to speak), outcasts who seek only our own company, rubbing two jokes together for warmth and trying to feel superior by sneering at one another's abilities and personalities." So maybe the reason musicians love poking fun at one another is nothing more than getting in first before everyone else does. Or perhaps choosing laughter is the only alternative to despair... Anyway, here is a truly great selection of jokes, quotes and stories from the world's second oldest profession. Enjoy!Q: What is the definition of perfect pitch in a piccolo?A: When you throw it in the toilet and it doesn't hit the rim.Q: What do you throw a drowning lead guitarist?A: His amp.Q: Why was the clarinetist staring at the orange juice bottle?A: Because the label said "concentrate.""I don?t know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."Elvis Presley

Cobain On Cobain: Interviews & Encounters (Ed. Nick Soulsby)

Cobain On Cobain tells the fascinating story of Nirvana through Kurt's own words. Drawing on the most comprehensive compendium of interviews, editor Nick Soulsby traces the history of the band through five years from their first album in 1989 to their premature end in 1994. This definitive collection of Kurt's own words is a unique insight into the legendary band's trials and triumphs. This collection of in-depth interviews takes the reader on a journey through the band's rise to fame to their tragic end, in the eloquent, entertaining and often reluctant words of their iconic frontman, Kurt Cobain . Of course, the book wouldn't be complete without words by his Nirvana bandmates, but it's Cobain who was the driving force, and his uncompromising interviews tell a previously untold story.  Cobain On Cobain  features interviews from the early days of the band, in small-time music magazines and fanzines, where Kurt and the band are optimistic and fun-loving. Throughout their major label years, Kurt and the band reveal what life is like for quite possibly the biggest rock group on the planet. Many interviews include a brief note by the interviewer, giving valuable information about the circumstances surrounding the interaction. Cobain On Cobain  has been painstakingly edited by Nick Soulsby,  the author of 'I Found My Friends: The Oral History of Nirvana' and the coauthor of 'Dark Slivers: Seeing Nirvana in the Shards of Incesticide'. His website has become one of the most valuable Nirvana resources on the internet, making him best-placed to compile this collection of Kurt Cobain's most insightful interviews.