Summary: Arguably the sharpest tool in the rock musician box, Frank Zappa was never lost for words when presented with another s opinion and would counter any position he did not agree with, fluently, eloquently and with the style and wit normally reserved for the great orator or the finest raconteur. Frank could be funny, serious and just about anywhere in-between and could literally talk for hours...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: I.V. Media 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FRASummary: Long regarded as TV's most intelligent talk show, The Dick Cavett Show was also the late-night TV home of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll. See Dick Cavett interview these rock icons, who give classic, memorable performances of their hit songs. Cavett introduces each episode.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout Factory 2005
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC DICSummary: A biographical documentary of John Lennon, using home movies, interviews, tv footage, songs and reminiscences of friends and family. .
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC IMASummary: "The definitive, no-holds-barred oral history of 1980s hard rock and hair metal. 1980s hard rock was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that perfectly encapsulated-and maybe even helped to define-a spectacularly over-the-topdecade. Indeed, fist-pumping hits like Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It," Mötley Crüe's "Girls, Girls, Girls," and Guns N' Roses'...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 BEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Music BeaujourBoyd, Jenny
Summary: B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Keith Richards, Queen Latifah and more than 70 other iconic musicians discuss the creative process in exclusive interviews.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 BOYWenner, Jann
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author and Rolling Stone founder comes "a visit to the Mount Olympus of rock" in this remarkable collection of new and collected interviews with the greatest rock stars and cultural icons of our time (Kirkus Reviews). During fifty years of publishing the "Bible of Rock and Roll," Jann Wenner conducted a series of interviews that are now regarded among the most...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.4216 WENCott, Jonathan.
Summary: A decades-long friend of John Lennon and Yoko Ono presents an intimate account of the couple's relationship that reveals the profoundly positive influence of Ono on Lennon and the ways they inspired each other creatively before the latter's death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 LENNON, JOHN COTSharp, Ken.
Summary: Oral history of the making of Double Fantasy and account of Lennon's last days.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Galery Books/VH1 Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 SHALennon, John
Summary: John Lennon was a highly opinionated and controversial figure with a commanding personality and quick wit. And he made a point of living his adventurous life as openly as possible. Whether he was experimenting with LSD, Transcendental Meditation, primal therapy, macrobiotic diets, or recording techniques, the public was on board every step of the way. He spoke candidly about his intense,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN LENSeger, Bob.
Contents: CD: Wreck this heart -- Wait for me -- Face the promise -- No matter who you are -- Are you -- Simplicity -- No more -- Real mean bottle (duet with Kid Rock) -- Won't stop -- Between --The answer's in the question (duet with Patty Loveless) -- The long goodbye.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SEGSummary: "More than just one of the greatest concert films ever made, The Last Waltz is an at once ecstatic and elegaic summation of a vital era in American rock music. Invited to capture the farewell performance of the legendary group The Band at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976, Martin Scorsese conceived a new kind of music documentary. Enlisting seven camera operators (led by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY MUSIC LASBishop, Stephen.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 BISSummary: These legendary documentaries have only been released on VHS until now. Penelope Spheeris' Decline of Western Civilization was perceived as shocking and outrageous at the time of its original release in 1981. Parts II and III were no less extraordinary and unprecedented. Today, museums and educational institutions around the world present them as historically significant works of art....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout Factory 2015
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC DEC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD MUSIC DEC
Sisario, Ben.
Summary: "The Pixies have had a career unlike any other in alternative rock, disappearing as not-quite-the-next-big-things only to become gods in absentia. Doolittle is their knotty masterpiece, the embodiment of the Pixies' abrasive, exuberant, enigmatic pop. Informed by exclusive interviews with the band, Sisario looks at the making of the album and its place in rock history, and studies its continued...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 SISLennon, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 LENTucker-Sullivan, Lori
Summary: "The stories of rock musicians who die young are the thing of lore and legend. Accidents, drug overdoses, plane crashes-all have taken the lives of male rock stars still in their primes. But what became of their widowed brides? How did they survive a loss so great? What is it like to have to share your grief with millions of strangers? And where are these widows today?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Backbeat Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 TUCSummary: "Bowie on Bowie presents some of the best interviews David Bowie has granted in his near five-decade career. Each featured interview traces a new step in his unique journey, successively freezing him in time in all of his various incarnations, from a young novelty hit-maker and Ziggy Stardust to plastic soul player, 1980s sell-out, and the artistically reborn and beloved elder statesman of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOWIE, DAVID BOWSummary: The broadcast comes 50 years to the month after The Dave Clark Five's first US single peaked on the Billboard charts. 'Glad All Over' had already knocked the Beatles out of the number one position on the UK charts. Following The Beatles' triumphant appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, The Dave Clark Five were actually the first 'British Invasion' band to make a concert tour in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DAVBono
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.66 ASSBeatles
Contents: And here we are again (speech) -- Words of love -- How about it, gorgeous? (speech) -- Do you want to know a secret -- Lucille -- Hey Paul ... (speech) -- Anna (go to him) -- Hello! (speech) -- Please please me -- Misery -- I'm talking about you -- A real treat (speech) -- Boys -- Absolutely fab (speech) -- Chains -- Ask me why -- Till there was you -- Lend me your comb -- Lower 5E (speech) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BEAJethro Tull (Musical group)
Contents: Thick as a brick (22:45) -- Thick as a brick (21:05) -- Thick as a brick (live at Madison Square Garden, 1978) (11:48) -- Interview with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, and Jeffrey Hammond (16:28).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Chrysalis 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JETPrince
Summary: "Prince is among the most respected and influential entertainers of the twentieth century, breaking sexual, racial, and creative barriers throughout his almost forty years in the spotlight. He was a multitalented studio artist, a master songwriter who produced and performed almost all of his own music on yearly LPs and countless singles and videos. He was one of the most dynamic live performers...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PRINCE PRIDu Noyer, Paul
Summary: An intimate portrayal of the musical icon, largely in his own words, draws on years of meetings between McCartney and the author and includes candid discussions of the artist's inspirations, creative process, beliefs, and achievements.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2016