 | The Beatles Anthology by Beatles
Buy used from: $20.00 Must reading for anyone who is fascinated by The Beatles and wants to hear their stories in their own words.
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 | Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock And Out by Bill Graham
Buy new: $18.72 / Used from: $11.43 Bill Graham was witness to so many historic moments in rock. It's great that he managed to get this autobiography written before his untimely death in a helicopter crash after leaving a Huey Lewis concert.
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 | Not Fade Away: A Backstage Pass to 20 Years of Rock & Roll by Ben Fong-Torres
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.42 Ben Fong-Torres is one of rock's most lively and engaging chroniclers. He was there during the early days of Rolling Stone, and covered music with passion and wit.
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 | Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan by Howard Sounes
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.49 An exhaustive study of Dylan's life. While Sounes has his own take on Dylan's idiosyncracies, women, isolation and other items, it is well-researched and worth reading.
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 | This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band by Levon Helm
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $9.95 Levon paints a vivid and heartwarming portrait of The Band, one of rock's greatest bands. This is highly readable and entertaining, and since it's written by Levon and Stephen Davis, it's true.
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 | Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll: Fourth Edition by Greil Marcus
Buy used from: $0.50 Greil Marcus is the dean of rock writers, and this book demonstrates why. An intelligent and sophisticated look at rock and its importance to American culture.
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 | No Direction Home: The Life And Music Of Bob Dylan by Robert Shelton
Buy used from: $29.97 This is the first biography that was published about Dylan, and an authorized one. Filled with lots of details about Dylan's early days in the Village, where Shelton met and promoted him.
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 | Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin by Myra Friedman
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $3.30 Janis's tragic life story is told in a comprehensive and sympathetic way by her friend Myra Friedman. A look inside the darker side of rock & roll.
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 | Songwriters On Songwriting: Revised And Expanded by Paul Zollo
Buy new: $11.27 / Used from: $9.18 Paul Zollo has compiled an exhaustive list of interviews in this hefty volume, and he brings to life the musicians who have made rock the incredible, multicolored music that it is.
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