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Festival ve Woodstocku, jehož první ročník se konal v roce 1969, patřil ke zlomovým okamžikům populární hudby 60. let. V průběhu tří srpnových dnů vystoupila před téměř pěti sty tisíci diváky řada hudebních ikon – Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker nebo The Who. Mottem celého festivalu se stalo heslo „Tři dny míru, hudby a porozumění“. Micheal Lang, člověk, který celý koncept festivalu vytvořil, vypráví příběh dlouhé cesty k Woodstocku. Složité přípravy, výběr místa a účinkujících, vše se neslo v atmosféře uvolněných šedesátých let. Jeho osobní zážitky doplňují vzpomínky dalších lidí, kteří se na festivalu podíleli – spolupracovníků, hudebníků i pamětníků, kteří festival ve Woodstocku zažili.

ICONS OF ROCK will be an inspirational read for anyone with an ounce of creativity in their body and a frank and honest look at the experiences of some of rock's finest musicians.

The ultimate illustrated history of rock & roll--comprehensive, authoritative, and fully updated with coverage of the most important new sounds and artists of the 1980s and '90s.

The first biography of Janis Joplin to establish her as the rule-breaking trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was - based on unprecedented access to her family, friends, forgotten archives, and long-lost interviews.

Jenny Boyd's extraordinary life is the stuff of movies and novels, twice married to Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac, sister of Pattie Boyd, and close associate of The Beatles, hers is a story of incredible people and places experienced at a pivotal time in the 20th century.

Completely updated with new entries and extensive revisions of the previous edition, "The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll" is the authoritative volume on the world's music makers--from the one-hit wonders to the megastars. Over 200 photos

This work covers every aspect of the rock scene from rap to grunge. It contains profile information on over 2200 artists, and includes essays that reveal the performers' musical influences, first breaks, hits and misses, and evaluations of their place in rock history,

One of music journalism’s most celebrated writers takes you behind the scenes of the hallowed temple of rock and roll in this in-depth retrospective of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Holly George-Warren, author of Punk 365 , Grateful Dead 365 , and co-author of The Road to Woodstock , offers a penetrating look at every musician, writer, producer, and performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during its first twenty-five years. George-Warren recounts in detail their careers, influences, greatest hits, and tons of behind-the-scenes lore, along with hundreds of transcriptions of acceptance and induction speeches from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s vast archives that have never been published anywhere ever before. An unforgettable story accompanied by dozens of dazzling photographs, this unique compendium of rock’s greatest achievers is a crucial treasure for music lovers everywhere.

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A richly illustrated history of the American West combines period photographs and historical accounts in a study that assesses the discrepancies between Hollywood's portrayal of the West and the real-life world of frontier pioneers.

Longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence This blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was.Janis Joplin’s first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early sense of the power of the blues, music you could only find on obscure records and in roadhouses along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. But even before that, she stood out in her conservative oil town. She was a tomboy who was also intellectually curious and artistic. By the time she reached high school, she had drawn the scorn of her peers for her embrace of the Beats and her racially progressive views. Her parents doted on her in many ways, but were ultimately put off by her repeated acts of defiance. Janis Joplin has passed into legend as a brash, impassioned soul doomed by the pain that produced one of the most extraordinary voices in rock history. But in these pages, Holly George-Warren provides a revelatory and deeply satisfying portrait of a woman who wasn’t all about suffering. Janis was a perfectionist: a passionate, erudite musician who was born with talent but also worked exceptionally hard to develop it. She was a woman who pushed the boundaries of gender and sexuality long before it was socially acceptable. She was a sensitive seeker who wanted to marry and settle down—but couldn’t, or wouldn’t. She was a Texan who yearned to flee Texas but could never quite get away—even after becoming a countercultural icon in San Francisco. Written by one of the most highly regarded chroniclers of American music history, and based on unprecedented access to Janis Joplin’s family, friends, band mates, archives, and long-lost interviews, Janis is a complex, rewarding portrait of a remarkable artist finally getting her due.

Sie war der größte Star der Rockmusik in den 60er-Jahren: Janis Joplin. Die renommierte Musik-Historikerin Holly George-Warren zeichnet in dieser Biografie das Porträt einer Frau, die Musikgeschichte schrieb und mit ihren Songs die Welt veränderte. Joplin verkörperte die Revolution der 60er-Jahre und erlangte schnell einen Status, der sonst nur Männern vorbehalten war. Sie prägte die weiblichen Rockstars der kommenden Generationen. Schon als Studentin brach sie mit Konventionen, verkehrte mit Schwarzen und sang leidenschaftlich. Mitte der 1960er-Jahre zog die aufblühende Hippiekultur sie nach San Francisco, wo sie in die bunte Szene von Haight-Ashbury eintauchte und sich der Band Big Brother and the Holding Company anschloss. Mit Hits wie „Ball and Chain“, „Summertime“ und „Piece of My Heart“ wurde sie schnell zum Weltstar. Ihr Erfolg ging jedoch einher mit einer unstillbaren Sucht nach Alkohol und Drogen. Am 4. Oktober 1970 verstarb sie im Alter von nur 27 Jahren während der Studioaufnahmen für ihre LP Pearl. Holly George-Warren erzählt die künstlerische Entwicklung und das kompromisslose Leben des Rockstars und bietet exklusive Einblicke in persönliche Zeugnisse von Joplin sowie Interviews mit Freunden und Weggefährten.