Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.

From the acclaimed author of Last Train to Memphis, this is the definitive biography of Sam Cooke, one of most influential singers and songwriters of all time.
Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themes — the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to white audiences, who wrote his own songs, who controlled his own business destiny.
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"Fix it in the Mix is the memoir of Paul Hornsby, acclaimed record producer and musician best known for his work at Capricorn Records in Macon, Georgia during the 1970's. Co-written with Hornsby, the book expounds upon his life growing up in Alabama, his early forays into music and joining Gregg and Duane Allman as a member of the Hour Glass. He later met Phil Walden and was hired as a producer at Capricorn Studios, producing and engineering the Marshall...

"A go-getting, red-headed college kid eager to break into the music business, Phil Gernhard produced a handful of singles for South Carolina doo-wop group Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. One of these songs, Stay, reached number one on the charts in 1960. Gernhard was just 19 years old. Phil Gernhard, Record Man is the story of a self-made music mogul who created nearly fifty years' worth of chart-topping songs. From a tiny office and studio in Florida,...

"Earth, Wind & Fire was one of the most popular and significant bands of the past century, celebrated alongside Chicago, the Commodores, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, and Sly and the Family Stone. They transcended genres and fused diverse influences, from R&B to pop to jazz and beyond, earning multiple Grammy Awards--and most recently a Lifetime Achievement Award, shortly after the passing of the band's founder, Maurice White. Although many of White's...

"Chairman at the Board is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists from the 1970s to today. Bill Schnee takes the reader inside the studio-behind the curtain-and through the decades with a cavalcade of famous artists as he helped them to realize their vision"-- Provided by publisher.

"Grammy-nominated producer and Tompkins Square label founder, Josh Rosenthal, presents his first book. Part memoir, part 'music criticism,' the author ruminates over unsung musical heroes, reflects on thirty years of toil and fandom in the music business, and shamelessly lists some of the LPs in his record collection. Crackling with insightful untold stories, The Record Store of the Mind will surely delight and inspire passionate music lovers -- especially...

The music producer known as the King of Nashville presents highlights of his forty-year career through historical and contemporary photos of such musicians as Elvis, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, and Jimmy Buffet.

Documents the creation of Def Jam Records by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin, from a dorm room at New York University to its current status as a powerhouse record label for hip-hop artists. Provides insight into the struggles and scandals of the founders and various artists. Explores the rise in popularity of rap music from the 1980s to today.