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John Lennon: The Life
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Philip Norman
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 2,876 ratings
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Clapton
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Eric Clapton
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 8,146 ratings
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The Beatles Anthology
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The Beatles
4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 5,798 ratings
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Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury
by
Lesley-Ann Jones
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 399 ratings
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John
by
Cynthia Lennon
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 2,348 ratings
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No One Here Gets Out Alive
by
Danny Sugarman
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 13,412 ratings
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Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?
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Steven Tyler
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 5,165 ratings
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Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
by
Pattie Boyd
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 4,577 ratings
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I am Ozzy
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Ozzy Osbourne
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 7,273 ratings
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Many Years from Now
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Paul McCartney
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,178 ratings
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Broken Music
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Sting
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,738 ratings
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U2 by U2
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Neil McCormick
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
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Long Time Gone
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David Crosby
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 329 ratings
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Life
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Keith Richards
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 24,314 ratings
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Love, Janis
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Laura Joplin
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,071 ratings
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Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley
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Timothy White
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,204 ratings
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I, Me, Mine
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George Harrison
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,449 ratings
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Slash
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Slash
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 7,697 ratings
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Cash
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Johnny Cash
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 7,423 ratings
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Woody Guthrie
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Joe Klein
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 500 ratings
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Elvis and Me
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Priscilla Presley
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 2,122 ratings
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Faithfull
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Marianne Faithfull
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 775 ratings
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A Far Cry from Sunset
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Billy Franks (Goodreads Author)
4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
by
Barney Hoskyns
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 371 ratings
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The Beatles: The Biography
by
Bob Spitz
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 4,066 ratings
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Neil Young: The Definitive History
by
Mike Evans
4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica
by
Mick Wall
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time
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Phyllis Rose
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by
Peter Guralnick
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 1,954 ratings
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The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles
by
Peter Brown
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
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Paul McCartney
by
Peter Ames Carlin
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 659 ratings
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Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road
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Willie Nelson
3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 388 ratings
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Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream
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Neil Young
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 2,177 ratings
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Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
by
Peter Guralnick
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,066 ratings
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Dark Horse: The Life And Art Of George Harrison
by
Geoffrey Giuliano
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 142 ratings
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U2: At the End of the World
by
Bill Flanagan
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 577 ratings
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Walk on: The Spiritual Journey of U2
by
Steve Stockman
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 536 ratings
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Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday
by
Donald Clarke
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Rumours And Lies: The Fleetwood Mac Story
by
Bob Brunning
3.1 of 5 stars 3.10 avg rating — 29 ratings
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John Coltrane: His Life and Music
by
Lewis Porter
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 165 ratings
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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation
by
Sheila Weller
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 2,097 ratings
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The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun
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Robert Greenfield
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Fleetwood
by
Mick Fleetwood
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 336 ratings
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A Natural Woman: A Memoir
by
Carole King
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
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Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir
by
Grace Slick
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 437 ratings
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To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles
by
Marc Eliot
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 82 ratings
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The Good Life
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Tony Bennett
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 43 ratings
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The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
by
Kent Hartman
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music
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Judy Collins
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 285 ratings
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Shakey: Neil Young's Biography
by
Jimmy McDonough
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 2,498 ratings
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Mick Jagger
by
Philip Norman
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
by
Steve Martin
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 25,564 ratings
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Mozart: A Life in Letters
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter
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Loretta Lynn
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 964 ratings
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The Paths We Choose: A Memoir
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Sully Erna
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 201 ratings
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Marillion/Separated Out: The Complete History 1979-2002
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Jon Collins
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
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A Girl Called Dusty
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Sharon Davis
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
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Peter Guralnick
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Keith Jarrett: The Man And His Music
by
Ian Carr
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Pink Moon
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Gorm Henrik Rasmussen
4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Really the Blues
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Mezz Mezzrow
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
by
Ray Bradbury
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 514,770 ratings
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Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
by
John Lydon
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 2,454 ratings
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A Sting in the Tale
by
James Berryman (Goodreads Author)
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Angel with Drumsticks
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Pamela King (Goodreads Author)
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Surviving my Friends: the Kelly Johnson Story
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Dee Clark
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Blinded by the Sun
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Adam Salomon
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Changeling: The Autobiography of Mike Oldfield
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Mike Oldfield
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina
by
David Hajdu
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,266 ratings
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Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake
by
Trevor Dann
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Spirit of Talk Talk
by
James Marsh
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake
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Trevor Dann
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern California Experience
by
Timothy White
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 121 ratings
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I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol
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Glen Matlock
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Heaven And Hell: My Life In The Eagles (1974 2001)
by
Don Felder
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 379 ratings
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Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend
by
Michael Dregni
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Barrett: The Definitive Visual Companion To The Life Of Syd Barrett
by
Russell Beecher
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir
by
Dave Mustaine
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,737 ratings
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Fleetwood Mac: The Definitive History
by
Mike Evans
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Heroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country
by
R. Crumb
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 239 ratings
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White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s
by
Joe Boyd
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 739 ratings
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Broken Music
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Sting
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,738 ratings
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Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - The Early Years 1903 - 1940
by
Gary Giddins
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 103 ratings
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Gaga
by
Johnny Morgan
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams
by
Nick Tosches
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Spirit of Talk Talk
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James Marsh
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music - The Definitive Life
by
Tim Riley (Goodreads Author)
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 151 ratings
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The Clash: Strummer, Jones, Simonon, Headon
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The Clash
4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Lennon
by
Ray Coleman
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 786 ratings
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Clapton
by
Ray Coleman
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Crossroads: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton
by
Michael Schumacher
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 98 ratings
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How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger
by
David King Dunaway
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Stevie Ray: Soul to Soul
by
Keri Leigh
4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger
by
Alec Wilkinson
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood
by
Michael Walker (Goodreads Author)
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 573 ratings
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Dire Straits
by
Michael Oldfield
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Music from the True Vine: Mike Seeger's Life & Musical Journey
by
Bill C. Malone
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon
by
Harvey Kubernik
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens
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Hazel Dickens
4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Blind But Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson
by
Kent Gustavson
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 27 ratings
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