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by
Sheila Weller
(5,734)
Summary: "Girls Like Us" is a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell--and offers an epic treatment of these mid-century women who dared to break tradition.
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Call #: 782.42166 WEL
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Travis Barker
(4,544)
Summary: After breaking out as the acclaimed drummer of the multi-platinum punk band Blink-182, everything changed for Travis Barker. But the dark side of rock stardom took its toll: his marriage, chronicled...
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Call #: B BARKER
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Bill Janovitz
(83)
Summary: Leon Russell is an icon, but somehow is still an under-appreciated artist. He is spoken of in tones reserved not just for the most talented musicians, but also for the most complex and fascinating....
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Call #: B RUSSELL
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Kim Neely
(787)
Summary: Kim Neely was one of Pearl Jam's earliest supporters in the national press, and interviewed them extensively during the most pivotal years of their career. In this book she offers a richly-detailed...
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BOOK
Call #: 782.42166 PEA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Steve Turner
(892)
Summary: 1966. The Beatles' last concert; the release of Revolver, their first album of songs not intended for live performance. They experimented with avant-garde ideas, and angered many when they spoke...
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Call #: 782.42166 BEA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Olivia Cunning
Series:
Sinners On Tour Series - #1
(60,686)
Summary: Brian Sinclair, lead guitarist of Sinners, needs to get his creative spark back. Psychologist Myrna Evans goes on tour with the band to help him work through his issues so he can start writing songs...
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Call #: F CUNNING
Location: Adult Fiction
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by
Peter Guralnick
(8,806)
Summary: From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture. This is the first biography to go past that...
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Call #: B PRESLEY
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Virginia Hanlon Grohl
(3,730)
Summary: Drawing on interviews with such women as Verna Griffin, Dr. Dre's mother; Marianne Stipe, Michael Stipe of REM's mother; Janis Winehouse, Amy Winehouse's mother; Hester Diamond, Mike D of The Beastie...
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Call #: 782.42166 GRO
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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by
Geoff Edgers
Series:
Who Was-- ?
(1,238)
Summary: Profiles the "King of Rock 'n Roll," focusing on how he got his start in singing and how his style influenced later musicians.
BOOK
Call #: J B WHO
Location: Junior Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Peter Frampton
(1,176)
Summary: Frampton was on a path to stardom from an early age, first as the lead singer and guitarist of the Herd and then as co-founder of one of the first supergroups, Humble Pie. As part of a tight-knit...
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Call #: B FRAMPTON
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Flea
(19,036)
Summary: Flea takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his formative years, spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to, finally, Los Angeles. Through hilarious anecdotes, poetical...
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Call #: B FLEA
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Phil Collins
(6,832)
Summary: The Genesis front man and successful solo artist presents a reflective memoir that shares insights into the remarkable experiences behind many of his iconic songs and performances, discussing his...
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Call #: B COLLINS
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Bruce Springsteen
(45,980)
Summary: Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He...
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BOOK
Call #: B SPRINGSTEEN
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sarah Jensen
(2,835)
Summary: In the first authorized biography of the musician best known as the lead vocalist in the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer, as well as a successful vintner, gives unique insight into his history and career trajectory.
BOOK
Call #: B KEENAN
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Corey Taylor
(1,976)
Summary: "Corey Taylor has had it. Had it with the vagaries of human behavior and life in this postmodern digital blanked-out waiting room that passes for a world. Reality TV, awful music, terrible drivers,...
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BOOK
Call #: B TAYLOR
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Megan Stine
Series:
Who Was-- ?
Summary: Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958, Michael Jackson was definitely not a regular kid. A superstar with The Jackson 5 before he was eight years old, he became the King of Pop as a solo artist....
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Call #: J B WHO
Location: Junior Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Heather Graham
(1,379)
Summary: A beautiful and successful female attorney disappears, and her friend gets more than she bargains for when she gets involved in the search.
BOOK
Call #: PB GRA
Location: Adult Paperbacks
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Erin Watt
(24,492)
Summary: "Meet Oakley Ford -- teen celebrity, renowned pop star, child of famous movie stars, hottie with millions of fangirls... and restless troublemaker. On the surface he has it all, but with his home...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F WATT
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Blair Thornburgh
(617)
Summary: When Natalie McCullough-Schwartz finds out that her crush, Sebastian Delacroix -- a smoking-hot musician who went to her high school -- is back in Philly to play a show with his band, the Young...
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Call #: YA F THORNBURGH
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Tina Turner
(5,935)
Summary: From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her darkest...
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BOOK
Call #: B TURNER
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Jeff Walker
Summary: The Beatles weren't just the biggest pop group ever; they were the funniest. In what they said, in what they did, in what happened to them and in what was said about them. Never before has a book...
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Call #: 782.42166 BEA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Elton John
(56,645)
Summary: Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three he was performing his...
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Call #: B JOHN
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Prince
(6,948)
Summary: An acclaimed musician, Prince Rogers Nelson was a visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds. But his most ambitious creative act was turning himself into one of the greatest...
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BOOK
Call #: B PRINCE
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Patti Smith
(14,903)
Summary: Following a run of New Year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered...
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Call #: B SMITH
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Elton John
(56,843)
Summary: Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three he was performing his...
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LARGE PRINT
Call #: LP B JOHN
Location: Large Print Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Tori Amos
(2,060)
Summary: Since the release of her first career-defining solo album, Tori Amos as been one of the music industry's most enduring and ingenious artists. From her unnerving depiction of sexual assault in "Me and...
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Call #: B AMOS
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Lenny Kravitz
(5,254)
Summary: Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humor. It's the story of a wildly creative kid who, despite tough struggles at school and extreme tension at home, finds salvation in...
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Call #: B KRAVITZ
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Adam Woog
Series:
The Importance Of
(3)
Summary: Examines the cultural significance, influence, and legacy of the English pop group.
BOOK
Call #: J B BEATLES
Location: Junior Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Stephen King
(118,146)
Summary: "In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the...
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Call #: F KING
Location: Adult Fiction
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by
Ann Angel
(489)
Summary: This book examines the life and musical career of Janis Joplin.
BOOK
Call #: B JOPLIN YA
Location: YA Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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Call #: 782.42166 U2
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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