Shake It, Break It and Hang It on the Wall

Shake It, Break It and Hang It on the Wall Review

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This first and only recording of the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band features Rich Dworsky (piano), Andy Stein (violin, saxophone), Pat Donohue (guitar) and Arnie Kinsella (drums), with guest Garrison Keillor contributing vocals on several tracks. Their repertoire is an irresistible mix of timeless jazz, blues, and pop standards.

Tracks:

The Weary and Farewell Blues; What a Wonderful World ("The Internet Song"); Guy's Shoes; Doin' Things; Wolverine Blues; Sweet and Slow; I Want You To Be My Baby; Summer Slipped Away; Knock, Knock, Who's There?; Old Yazoo; Stumblin'; The Way You Look Tonight; Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love); At the Jazz Band Ball; Won't You Be My Ginger?; The Other End of the Mississippi River Blues; Getting Some Fun Out of Life; Maybe Next Time; I Can't Dance, I've Got Ants in My Pants (Let's Have a Party); Tishomingo Blues; When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along

All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues

All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues Review

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All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues Feature

• Published by Backbeat Books 754 Pages
• The Definitive Guide to the Blues
• Author: Various Authors

Fully updated to reflect today's revitalized blues world, this guide is any blues fan's lifeline to the best blues past and present. It reviews and rates 7,000 recordings in all major styles across the blues map - from Delta blues to Louisiana, Memphis, Chicago, Texas, and beyond; from classic female singers to jump blues, blues slide guitar, blues in jazz, soul blues, blues-rock, modern acoustic and electric blues, and more. This fun and easy-to-use guide provides profiles of over 1,000 blues artists. Thirty historical essays plus supplemental "music maps" chart the roots and evolution of the blues, its various styles, instruments used, key artists, and more. The essays explore the blues from the Mississippi Delta to modern electric blues and everything in between.

Vol. 42, Blues In All Keys (Book & CD Set) (Play- a-Long)

Vol. 42, Blues In All Keys (Book & CD Set) (Play- a-Long) Review

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Beginner/Intermediate. Heres a great way to expand your blues playing in every key! Slow tempos for all levels of ability. Try playing some of the tougher keys without looking at the music and see just how fast your ear takes over. Youll find yourself gaining confidence very quickly and that will greatly improve your soloing. Charlie Parker learned the Blues in all 12 keys before he learned anything else. Transposed for all instruments. Each key contains a different blues melody and two compatible chord/scale progressions.

Rhythm Section: James Williams (p); Bob Cranshaw (b); Mickey Roker (d).

All That Remains - Overcome (Guitar Recorded Versions)

All That Remains - Overcome (Guitar Recorded Versions) Review

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Notes & tab for all 11 tracks off the fourth studio CD by this Massachusettes metalcore band: Before the Damned * Believe in Nothing * Chiron * Days Without * Do Not Obey * Forever in Your Hands * Overcome * Relinquish * A Song for the Hopeless * Two Weeks * Undone.

All-Time Pop & Rock Hits Sheet Music Playlist: Piano/Vocal/Chords

All-Time Pop & Rock Hits Sheet Music Playlist: Piano/Vocal/Chords Review

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All-Time Pop & Rock Hits Sheet Music Playlist: Piano/Vocal/Chords Feature

• Book Pages: 256
• Format Book

Forty choice hits from a diverse array of mega-stars, from Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood to Pink Floyd and Radiohead. From crowd-pleasing pop hits to challenging songs by cutting-edge bands, this collection packs a musical punch! Titles: All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow)
* Because of You (Kelly Clarkson)
* Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion)
* Before He Cheats (Carrie Underwood)
* Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)
* Cat's In the Cradle (Harry Chapin)
* Celebration (Kool & the Gang)
* Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
* Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
* Dancing Queen (ABBA)
* Don't Stop Believin' (Journey)
* Falling Slowly (from Once)
* Flash Light (Parliament)
* Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (Green Day)
* Hey There Delilah (Plain White T's)
* High and Dry (Radiohead)
* Home (Michael Bublé)
* Hotel California (Eagles)
* How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees)
* How Do I Live (LeAnn Rimes)
* I Don't Want to Be (Gavin DeGraw)
* I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
* If Everyone Cared (Nickelback)
* I'll Stand by You (Pretenders)
* Karma Police (Radiohead)
* Killing Me Softly with His Song (Roberta Flack)
* Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett)
* My Immortal (Evanescence)
* Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Steam)
* Out Here on My Own (from Fame)
* Photograph (Nickelback)
* Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
* Right Now (Van Halen)
* The Rose (Bette Midler)
* She Talks to Angels (Black Crowes)
* Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
* Starlight (Muse)
* Tom Sawyer (Rush)
* Umbrella (Rihanna)
* Un-Break My Heart (Toni Braxton)
* Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day)
* The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby)
* Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
* You and Me (Lifehouse).

The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History

The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History Review

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Formed in a Minneapolis basement in 1979, the Replacements were a notorious rock ’n’ roll circus, renowned for self-sabotage, cartoon shtick, stubborn contrarianism, stage-fright, Dionysian benders, heart-on-sleeve songwriting, and—ultimately—critical and popular acclaim. While rock then and now is lousy with superficial stars and glossy entertainment, the Replacements were as warts-and-all “real” as it got.

 

In the first book to take on the jumble of facts, fictions, and contradictions behind the Replacements, veteran Minneapolis music journalist Jim Walsh distills hundreds of hours of interviews with band members, their friends, families, fellow musicians, and fans into an absorbing oral history worthy of the scruffy quartet that many have branded the most influential band to emerge from the ’80s.  Former manager Peter Jesperson, Paul Stark and Dave Ayers of Twin/Tone Records, Bob Mould and Grant Hart of rivals Hüsker Dü, the legendary Curtiss A, Soul Asylum’s Dan Murphy, Lori Barbero of Babes in Toyland, R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, power-pop hero Alex Chilton, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, and replacement Replacements Slim Dunlap and Steve Foley:  all have something to say about the scene that spawned the band.  These and dozens of others offer insights into the Replacement’s workings--and the band’s continuing influence more than fifteen years after their breakup.  Illustrated with both rarely seen and classic photos, this, finally, is the rollicking story behind the turbulent and celebrated band that came on fast and furious and finally flamed out, chronicled by one eyewitness who was always at the periphery of the storm, and often at its eye.

 

“[T]his consistently engaging and poignant work . . . . [is a] loving, appropriately ramshackle tribute to one of the most beloved rock-and-roll bands of the 1980s. . . . The band's story is an archetype of the joys and pitfalls of underground success.”--Publishers Weekly

 

“The Replacements were superheroes:  They rescued a whole planet from ’80s music.  Jim Walsh’s loving, engrossing oral history is the book they deserve.”—Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity

 

Classic Rock Stories: The Stories Behind the Greatest Songs of All Time

Classic Rock Stories: The Stories Behind the Greatest Songs of All Time Review

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The first time on the open road with Dad's beat-up clunker and a brand-new driver's lecense. That first kiss. Practicing Steve Tyler moves in the garage. Lazy summer days with nothing to do but hang out with a group of friends and the radio. Classic Rock. In Classic Rock Stories, classic rockers reveal the sometimes painful, sometimes accidental, and often hilarious process of creating the songs that you can still sing aloud. In their own words, rockers like Pete Townshend, John Lennon, Stevie Nicks, Elton John, and Keith Richards tell about the drugs, the pain, the love gone bad, and the accidents that resulted in the hits.

The Big Book of Biker Flicks: 40 of the Best Motorcycle Movies of All Tiime

The Big Book of Biker Flicks: 40 of the Best Motorcycle Movies of All Tiime Review

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The Big Book of Biker Flicks celebrates the movies that saluted bikers and their legendary lifestyles. Packed with behind-the-scenes details, pressbook tidbits, and full-color photos, it has all the hot, steamy fun of an old-fashioned movie without the horn-honking and mosquitoes! Motorcycles and movies are the perfect combination of wild, wicked pleasures.

All Music Guide to the Blues: The Experts' Guide to the Best Blues Recordings (2nd Ed)

All Music Guide to the Blues: The Experts' Guide to the Best Blues Recordings (2nd Ed) Review

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A collection of biographies, discographies, reviews, ratings, essays and charts to help blues and gospel fans explore recordings. It identifies more than 3500 CDs, albums and tapes in key blues styles, and features personal profiles of more than 700 musicians and singers.

All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul

All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul Review

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This comprehensive guide is a must-have for the legions of fans of the perennially popular music known as rhythm and blues. The latest in the definitive All Music Guide series, All Music Guide to Soul offers entertaining and informative reviews that lead readers to the best recordings by their favorite artists and help them find new music to explore. Informative biographies, essays, and "music maps" trace soul's growth from its roots in blues and gospel and its flowering in Memphis and Motown to its many branches today. Complete discographies note bootlegs, important out-of-print albums, and import-only releases.

The Everything Rock Drums: From Basic Rock Beats and Syncopation to Fills and Drum Solos - All You Need to Perform Like a Pro (Book & CD-ROM)

The Everything Rock Drums: From Basic Rock Beats and Syncopation to Fills and Drum Solos - All You Need to Perform Like a Pro (Book & CD-ROM) Review

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This title is a straightforward, step-by-step interactive book and CD package. Drummers will find everything they need to know about rock drumming - including beats, licks, fills, solos, and the artists behind the music. Complete with an introduction to rock history spanning 1950 to the present, this book includes profiles of drum innovators, along with musical simulations of their individual styles. This easy-to-use guide also includes professional tips on, reading music, stick control, buying the right equipment, playing professional-sounding grooves, getting (and keeping) gigs, and more. With interactive exercises, professional audio examples, and practice charts, drummer Eric Starr provides a complete master drumming class that will have readers playing like rock stars in no time!

Big and Rich: All Access (Book & DVD)

Big and Rich: All Access (Book & DVD) Review

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The fully authorized, uninhibited, all-access, entirely true story of how Big & Rich are taking over country music. Big & Rich have taken country music by storm since their 2004 debut album A Horse of a
Different Color, and they've done it on their own terms. Their unique, eclectic music style,
a blend of popular country with rock and hip-hop, challenges country music tradition.
Co-founders of the MuzikMafi a, they have launched not only their own careers, but
those of groundbreaking artists such as "Redneck Woman" Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy
Troy, the first African-American country rap artist. In a style as creative and irreverent
as their music, this official book will give fans a backstage pass to Big & Rich, from
the duo's early days in a Nashville dive to their controversial movement for a new sound
in country music.

The Big Parade and American World War I Film Genre

The Big Parade and American World War I Film Genre Review

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A brief look at the historical evidence contained in commercial films, such as King Vidor’s The Big Parade, during the period 1917-1930. Commercial films are cultural artifacts that tell us much about the attitudes of people during the period in which they were made. This will give you a whole new way of looking at movies.

All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music (All Music Guide Required Listening)

All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music (All Music Guide Required Listening) Review

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This is the definitive source for composers, compositions, and genres. The book contains over 500 composer and 800 performer biographies. Each artist entry includes vital statistics and album recommendations. The book covers thousands of compositions, including operas, symphonies, concertos, and ballets, and it includes 23 essays devoted to classical music's major eras, forms, and genres. Choral works, songs, keyboard works, chamber music, and film scores receive dedicated sections. Includes 4,000 descriptions of composers' works and 12,000 recordings recommended by All Music Guide editors.

All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America

All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America Review

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The bestselling commentator, hailed for his frank and fearless arguments on race, imparts a scathing look at the hypocrisy of hip-hop—and why its popularity proves that black America must overhaul its politics.

One of the most outspoken voices in America’s cultural dialogues, John McWhorter can always be counted on to provide provocative viewpoints steeped in scholarly savvy. Now he turns his formidable intellect to the topic of hip-hop music and culture, smashing the claims that hip-hop is politically valuable because it delivers the only “real” portrayal of black society.

In this measured, impassioned work, McWhorter delves into the rhythms of hip-hop, analyzing its content and celebrating its artistry and craftsmanship. But at the same time he points out that hip-hop is, at its core, simply music, and takes issue with those who celebrate hip-hop as the beginning of a new civil rights program and inflate the lyrics with a kind of radical chic. In a power vacuum, this often offensive and destructive music has become a leading voice of black America, and McWhorter stridently calls for a renewed sense of purpose and pride in black communities.

Joining the ranks of Russell Simmons and others who have called for a deeper investigation of hip-hop’s role in black culture, McWhorter’s All About the Beat is a spectacular polemic that takes the debate in a seismically new direction.

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction (ALA Readers' Advisory)

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction (ALA Readers' Advisory) Review

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This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres, providing: key authors and themes within 15 genres; an explanation as to how the different genres overlap; and, the elements of fiction most likely to entice readers. Provocative and spirited, "The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, 2nd Edition" offers hands-on strategies for librarians who want to become experts at figuring out what their readers are seeking and how to match books with those interests.

All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop

All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop Review

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From the irresistible party jams of old-school rap to the gritty sound of hardcore, hip-hop has electrified the music world and influenced global culture like nothing else. The All Music Guide to Hip-Hop features over 3,100 reviews and ratings, highlighting the essential albums and songs from nearly 1,200 artists, including legends of rap and hip-hop like Grandmaster Flash and 2Pac as well as contemporary hit-makers like Jay-Z and Eminem. This complete, concise and authoritative guide includes: music maps charting the evolution of hip-hop, including its styles and biggest performers * biographies of the most influential hip-hop artists and exciting new performers * reviews and ratings for the best recordings of each performer, plus the essential collections by various artists * and critics' choices for the best place to start exploring each artist.7-1/4 inch. x 9 inch., 646 pages.