Best of
Music-Biography
1990
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy
Harry Shapiro - 1990
To commemorate this event, the authors have revised and updated over 200 pages of Electric Gypsy, the record of Hendrix's legacy as the music world's most talented guitarist.
Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions
Kenneth W. Osbeck - 1990
Contains a portion of the hymn itself along with suggested Scripture readings, meditations, and practical applications.
Wagner's Ring: Turning the Sky Around. An Introduction to The Ring of the Nibelung
Mark Owen Lee - 1990
"Anyone, whether knowledgeable or not, will profit by reading it..." - Opera Quarterly
Bob Dylan Performing Artist 1960-1973 The Early Years
Paul Williams - 1990
An in-depth analysis of Dylan's groudbreaking and often controversial work on stage and in the studio.
Grateful Dead Family Album
Jerilyn Brandelius - 1990
The compiler is the band's official archivist.
As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin
Laurence Bergreen - 1990
Gleason Music Book Award, explores with precision and sensitivity Berlin's long, prolific career; his self-doubt and late-blooming misanthropy; and the tyrannical control he exerted over his legacy of song. From his immigrant beginnings through Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood to his reclusive and bitter final years, this definitive biography reveals the man who wrote 1500 songs but could never quash the fear that, for all his success, he wasn't quite good enough.