The book features a comprehensive table of contents that organizes its themes and topics effectively, providing readers with a clear roadmap of the material covered. Each section is meticulously structured to facilitate navigation and enhance comprehension, making it an invaluable resource for study or reference. The layout allows for easy access to key concepts and ideas, ensuring that readers can quickly find the information they need.
Neil Young has been described as brilliant, cantankerous, enigmatic, and vexing. Regardless, his generation-spanning fan base and his profound musical influence cannot be denied. While a number of narrative titles have chronicled Neil Young in one manner or another, this is the first illustrated history to span his 41 studio albums, 6 live releases, and 40-plus years as a recording and touring musician. From Young's earliest days in the Canadian rock scene through his tenures with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY and on to his varied solo career, each aspect of the musician's career is covered. Photography from rock photographers of the 1960s to the present, as well as concert posters and memorabilia from around the world, are complemented by commentary from notable musicians around the world and a discography.
Focusing on the early career of Bob Seger, this collection showcases Tom Weschler's behind-the-scenes photographs taken during his decade-long tenure as tour manager and photographer. The images capture the challenges and successes of Seger's journey in music before his major breakthroughs. Accompanying the photos are Weschler's personal anecdotes and insights, along with commentary from music journalist Gary Graff, who offers context about Seger's career through an introduction, timeline, and character profiles.
It's perhaps the relative modernity of rock 'n' roll that makes the genre a minefield of myths and legends accepted as truth. History hasn't had time to dissect the bunk. Until now. Discover the real stories behind rock's biggest crocks, how they came to be but why they have persisted. Did Cass Elliott really asphyxiate herself with a ham sandwich? Did the Beatles spark a spliff in Buckingham? Did Willie Nelson do the same in the White House? Did Keith Richards get a complete "oil change" at a Swiss clinic in 1973 to pass a drug test necessary to embark on an American tour with the Stones? Then there's the freaky (did Michael Jackson own the remains of the Elephant Man?), the quasi-medical (Rod Stewart and that stomach pump?), the culinary (did Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne really do all those things to bats, chickens, etc. onstage?), and the apocryphal (did Robert Johnson sell his soul to the Prince of Darkness in exchange for mastery of the blues?). In all, more than 50 enduring lies are examined, explained, and debunked.