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.