Was: Ian Hunter in the New Yardbirds, now, good Rock History books - NZC

[Constance <vanbeekmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, Nech,

As far as good Rock history books, do you mean overviews of Rock, or 
certain genres, or musician/group bios?

Right off the top of my head, I highly recommend:

Mystery Train - Greil Marcus
Last Train to Memphis, the Rise of Elvis Presley - Peter Guralnik
A Saucerful of Secrets, the  Pink Floyd Odyssey - Nicholas Shaffner
Stoned - Andrew Loog Oldham **
Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix - Charles Cross **
Free: Heavy Load - David Clayton ***
All the Young Dudes, the Biography - Campbell Devine **
Moonage Daydream - Mick Rock, David Bowie **

(**highly highly recommended)

Also, Rock 'n Roll London - Max Wooldridge (thanks, Debra, for 
recommending this book to me!)

Hope this helps, and support your local library!

Keep groovin' (and readin')

Constance


Nech wrote:

Wow Scott...I have never heard that before. If you son't mind me asking, 
just where did you find this fantastic fact? In the various tomes on Zep 
I've owned I don't recall ever reading that. Then again, maybe I just 
don't recall. And would love to know as I would like to get a couple of 
good Rock history books ( fact not fiction or Hammer of the Gods Stuff ) 
to have in my collection and broaden my horizons.  Eventually, I will 
have time to sit down and read agin.