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Provides a history of Tommy from rock opera to its staging as a Broadway musical.
Author : Pete Townshend
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,91 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Music
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Provides a history of Tommy from rock opera to its staging as a Broadway musical.
Author : Tommy Wallach
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481418777
The lives of four high school seniors intersect weeks before a meteor is set to pass through Earth's orbit, with a 66.6% chance of striking and destroying all life on the planet.
Author : Pete Townshend
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,18 MB
Release : 1998-05
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ISBN : 9780395905593
Townshend explores life's razor-edged pathways in this bold, impressionistic work of autobiographical fiction, with intriguing experimental writing packed with vivid imagery (Library Journal) that strikingly mirrors the musical compositions Tommy and Quadrophenia. As he recalls his childhood, the decadent indulgences of success, and a new discovery of life itself, Townshend re-creates in fiction a powerful personal odyssey from the inside out.
Author : Pete Townshend
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,27 MB
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0062314688
“Raw and unsparing...as intimate and as painful as a therapy session, while chronicling the history of the band as it took shape in the Mod scene in 1960s London and became the very embodiment of adolescent rebellion and loud, anarchic rock ‘n’ roll.” — Michiko Kakutani, New York Times One of rock music's most intelligent and literary performers, Pete Townshend—guitarist, songwriter, editor—tells his closest-held stories about the origins of the preeminent twentieth-century band The Who, his own career as an artist and performer, and his restless life in and out of the public eye in this candid autobiography, Who I Am. With eloquence, fierce intelligence, and brutal honesty, Townshend has written a deeply personal book that also stands as a primary source for popular music's greatest epoch. Readers will be confronted by a man laying bare who he is, an artist who has asked for nearly sixty years: Who are you?
Author : Robert Gordon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 42,25 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199988749
The first comprehensive academic survey of British musical theatre from its origins, The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical offers both a historical account of musical theatre from 1728 and a range of in-depth critical analyses of key works and productions that illustrate its aesthetic values and sociocultural meanings.
Author : Nik Cohn
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 23,98 MB
Release : 1971
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Page : 339 pages
File Size : 26,40 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Graphic novels
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Author : Tommy James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 2010-01-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439142645
The sensational ’60s music memoir—part rock & roll fairytale, part mob epic—that “reads like a music-industry version of Goodfellas” (The Denver Post). Tommy James was the 60’s pop icon behind timeless hits like “Hanky Panky,” “Mony Mony,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Crimson and Clover,” and more. These songs helped define the era, and they have been covered by artists ranging from Billy Idol to Tiffany to R.E.M. But just as compelling as the music itself is the life Tommy James lived while making it. In Me, the Mob, and the Music, James reveals his complex and sometimes terrifying relationship with Roulette Records and Morris Levy, the legendary Godfather of the music business. It is a fascinating portrait of this swaggering era of rock ‘n’ roll, when concerts were wild and the hits kept coming—while, just backstage, payola schemes and mafioso tactics were the norm.
Author : Roger Daltrey
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 39,18 MB
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250296048
The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who. “It’s taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths from the reality, to unravel what really happened at the Holiday Inn on Keith Moon’s 21st birthday,” says Roger Daltrey, the powerhouse vocalist of The Who. The result of this introspection is a remarkable memoir, instantly captivating, funny and frank, chock-full of well-earned wisdom and one-of-a-kind anecdotes from a raucous life that spans a tumultuous time of change in Britain and America. Born during the air bombing of London in 1944, Daltrey fought his way (literally) through school and poverty and began to assemble the band that would become The Who while working at a sheet metal factory in 1961. In Daltrey’s voice, the familiar stories—how they got into smashing up their kit, the infighting, Keith Moon’s antics—take on a new, intimate life. Also here is the creative journey through the unforgettable hits including My Generation, Substitute, Pinball Wizard, and the great albums, Who’s Next, Tommy, and Quadrophenia. Amidst all the music and mayhem, the drugs, the premature deaths, the ruined hotel rooms, Roger is our perfect narrator, remaining sober (relatively) and observant and determined to make The Who bigger and bigger. Not only his personal story, this is the definitive biography of The Who.
Author : Payne, Laurie
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 1997*
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