author: barry miles

Frank Zappa

... Electric Don Quixote, that she had wanted to do something with a political message, so Zappa may have given her 'Trouble Coming Every Day'. In the sleeve notes to Freak Out! he said: 'I shopped it briefly all over Hollywood, but no one ...

Charles Bukowski

... Bukowski's greatest influence remained JohnFante, and, though Hank had nevermet him,a few lines in Women were tocause enormous changes in Fante's life. Beginning in December 1979, Fante had been visited by the Los Angeles poet Ben ...

William S. Burroughs: A Life

... Junky: The Definitive Textof“Junk,” 88. 5. Burroughs remembers Elvins's girlfriend being calledGolden: “InPharr that ... William S. Burroughs, 36. 49. 16. Interzone, 152. 17. WSB to Allen Ginsberg, October 10, 1955. 18. Johnson, The Lost ...

London calling: La controcultura a Londra dal '45 a oggi

... pagare e che si scatenassero delle risse, ma costavano così tanto che l'UFO iniziò ad andare in perdita, e nell'ottobre del 1967 chiuse i battenti. Era durato nove mesi ma era entrato nella storia della cultura popolare. Un altro motivo ...

Pink Floyd: The Early Years

... Great! Stick it on!' They copied a clock on to each of the 16 tracks of the ... Gig In The Sky' is perhaps the album's most emblematic track with its ... chords on the piano, and David or Roger commented, “That sounds nice. Maybe we could ...

Zappa

Traces the life of ground-breaking musician Frank Zappa from his Italian American childhood roots to his ultimate success as a composer and rock star.

Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now

A definitive, authorized portrait of Paul McCartney draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews and access to personal archives to chronicle the private life and successful career of one of the world's most famous musicians, the ...

London Calling: A Countercultural History of London since 1945

... King's Road finery or full hippie regalia. The bands were mostly UFO ... tab on the way to the gig and it started coming on as we were being directed ... bass line of 'Interstellar Overdrive'. I recalled the event in my book on the Floyd ...

The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years

... writing songs. The chemistry between them worked perfectly and together they composed an extraordinary body of work. The Beatles recorded 184 original songs (some ... Bobby Darin, Bobbie Vinton and all the other Bobbies as The Beatles wiped.

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