Composers & Musicians
The
End of Innocence: A Memoir
by Chastity Bono
Chastity Bono has faced her share of battles as a spokesperson for
gay and lesbian rights, both as the controversial former entertainment
and media director for GLAAD--after she came out in The Advocate in 1995--and
before that in the early '90s when a national tabloid maliciously outed
her. In this riveting memoir she recounts a story of love, commitment,
and tragedy lived out beyond the glare of the cameras. At 23, Chastity
was well on her way to establishing her own life separate from her superstar
parents, Cher and Sonny Bono. Geffen Records had just signed her band,
Ceremony, and she was poised for musical stardom. And best of all, a love
affair began to blossom with Joan Stephens, one of Cher's friends whom
Chastity had known all her life. In what began as an unlikely relationship,
Chastity and Joan found and nurtured the sort of tender, loving partnership
they had both been seeking. But Chastity's aspirations for a life in music
were soon thwarted by internal struggles and record company machinations
that threatened to destroy Ceremony. These problems, however, paled in
comparison with the devastating news of Joan's diagnosis with life-threatening
non-Hodgkins lymphoma. As Joan fiercely battled her illness, Chastity's
musical career imploded. Chastity became both caretaker and lover, discovering
a depth and beauty that intensified the feeling of loss as Joan succumbed
to the ravages of cancer. A story of love won and lost, of dreams fulfilled
and destroyed, The End of Innocence is a coming-of-age story that provides
a deeply personal look into the private struggles of a very public and
courageous woman.
(Hardcover -- June )
Chronicles, Vol. 1
by Bob Dylan
Listed under Bob Dylan
Scar
Tissue
by Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman
Hardcover from Hyperion
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Sinatra
by Richard Havers, Jonathan Schwartz
Hardcover from DK Publishing Inc
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U2 Show
by Diana Scrimgeour
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A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks
by Andy Gill, Kevin Odegard
Listed under Bob Dylan
Sublime's Brad Nowell : Crazy Fool (Portrait of a Punk)
by Heidi Siegmund Cuda
Listed under Punk Music
Halfway
Home: My Life 'til Now
by Ronan Tynan
(Hardcover)
Harrison
by Rolling Stone
Listed under The Beatles
James Taylor: Long Ago and Far Away
by Timothy White
Listed under James Taylor
Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
by Charles R. Cross
Listed under Nirvana
The
Dirt : Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
by Tommy Lee, et al
(Hardcover)
Michael Jackson : The King of Pop's Darkest Hour
by Lisa D. Campbell
Listed under Michael Jackson
Little
Miss Dynamite : The Life and Times of Brenda Lee
by Brenda Lee, et al
(Hardcover)
Elvis, Memories Beyond Graceland Gates
by Mary Jenkins
Listed under Elvis Presley
Shakey:
Neil Young's Biography
by Jimmy McDonough
Cantankerous and secretive, Neil Young has banished authors from his
inner sanctum--until now. In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough distills more than
300 interviews (including guarded yet revealing interrogations of Young
himself) into the definitive biography: the skyrocket success, willful
disasters, health horrors and triumphs, stunning comebacks, and highly
colorful scuffles with equally impossible characters like Stephen Stills,
David Crosby, and the incompetent yet brilliant musicians of Crazy Horse.
Young is not quite the noble soul some thought--he's an astounding control
freak. But he is never less than fascinating. "As ruthless as I may seem
to be," Young tells McDonough, "you gotta do what ya gotta do. Just like
a f-----' vampire. Heh heh heh." --Tim Appelo -Amazon.com
Hardcover: 800 pages
Random House; ISBN: 0679427724; (May 7, )
Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom
by Mark Hoppus, et al
Listed under Blink-182
Great
Jews in Music
by Darrell Lyman, Darryl Lyman
(Hardcover)
The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes
by Willie Nelson
Listed under Willie Nelson
Kiss
and Make-Up
by Gene Simmons
(Hardcover)
The
Long Hard Road Out of Hell
by Marilyn Manson, et al
(Paperback)
The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in
Nazi Germany
by Martin Goldsmith
Listed under The Holocaust
The
Truth Is... My Life in Love and Music
by Melissa Etheridge, Laura Morton (Contributor)
(Hardcover)
Simon
Estes - In His Own Voice : An Autobiography
by Simon Estes, et al
(Hardcover)
Aaliyah
: More Than a Woman
by Christopher John Farley
(Mass Market Paperback)
Revelations
: There's Light After the Lime
by Mason Betha, Karen Hunter (Contributor)
(Hardcover)
