Been So Long: My Life and Music by Jorma Kaukonen My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the autobiography of a musician who experienced the psychedelic 60s and lived to tell about it. But it is also the story … Continue reading
The Real Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa My rating: 2 of 5 stars I am a big fan of Frank Zappa as a composer, so I was looking forward to this book, but it ended up being a disappointment. … Continue reading
The Beatles as Musicians by Walter Everett My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is ne plus ultra of books musically analyzing what The Beatles accomplished in their music. This volume was the first written of the two volumes, but … Continue reading
Got That Something! How the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” Changed Everything by Allan Kozinn My rating: 5 of 5 stars Allan Kozinn is a music critic who covered both Classical music and The Beatles for The New … Continue reading
The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul by Walter Everett My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is ne plus ultra of books musically analyzing what The Beatles accomplished in their music. Although it covers the early … Continue reading
Hang on to a Dream: The Story of the Nice by Martyn Hanson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Most people know Keith Emerson as the keyboard playing wizard in Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, but before that band came into … Continue reading
Minstrels in the Gallery: A History of Jethro Tull by David Rees My rating: 4 of 5 stars David Rees is the publisher of the Jethro Tull fanzine A New Day, which takes its name from a song on the … Continue reading
Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane by Jeff Tamarkin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Back in the pre-historic period before the Web swallowed everything there was an e-mail list called 2400Fulton, named for the address of … Continue reading
I was reading The Lefsetz Letter the other day (see link on mysidebar; if you are not subscribed, his e-mail newsletter is the best thing around.) And Lefsetz starts talking about this band called Miles to Dayton. Now, when Lefsetz … Continue reading
