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A Man Called Destruction - The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, from Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man by Holly George-Warren
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Category: Film Theatre
The first biography of the influential musician and forebear of the indie-rock scene Alex Chilton's story is rags to riches in reverse, beginning with teenage rock stardom and heading downward. Following stints leading 60s sensation the Box Tops ("The Letter") and pioneering 70s popsters Big Star ("the ...Show more
A Man Called Destruction - The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, from Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man by Holly George-Warren
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Category: Music
A brilliant and influential songwriter, vocalist and guitarist, the charismatic Alex Chilton was more than a rock star; he was a true cult icon. Award winning music writer Holly George-Warren's book is the first biography of this enigmatic artist, who died in 2010. Covering Chilton's life from his early ...Show more
Janis: Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren
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Category: Music
Longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence This blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was. Janis Joplin's first transgressive act was to be a white girl w ...Show more
Janis - Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
It's been said Janis Joplin was second only to Bob Dylan as the 'creator-recorder-embodiment of her generation's mythology'. But how did a middle-class girl from Texas become a '60s countercultural icon? Janis' parents doted on her and promoted her early talent for art. But the arrival of a brother shat ...Show more
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