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Topic: Books about Rock Concerts
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| testing123 | Posted – 2/21/2008 10:13:45 PM | show profile | email poster Not like Woodstock, or other multi-band shows or "events". Rather, I'm curious to know if anyone has ever read a terrific book about one single show, about one artist and/or band. Trying to get a sense from multiple sources, other than places like Amazon, Google, Rock's Back Pages, etc.... Have you ever read, heard of or seen in passing such a book? NOT interested in pulpy, "trashy" expose type books. Looking for leads on serious music/rock writing/journalism and non fiction books about single shows that were meaningful. Can you cite its title or subject or similar? Thanks. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 2/22/2008 2:36:19 AM | show profile Bob Greene wrote a good book many years ago about an Alice Cooper tour. |
| Printingman | Posted – 2/22/2008 11:11:14 AM | show profile | email poster I like Moon, about Keith moon, forgot the author. Also a book called Please Kill Me about the 70's NYC punk scene Ramones, Velvet underground, Sex Pistols etc. |
| scribble | Posted – 2/22/2008 3:37:50 PM | show profile | email poster Nine Lives by Lynn Snowden Lynn Snowden wrote about taking nine different jobs, one of them being a roadie for the band Skid Row for one concert season. It was the most entertaining of all the jobs she did, including being a stripper and a cocktail waitress in Vegas. |
| testing123 | Posted – 2/22/2008 10:16:45 PM | show profile | email poster Rolling Stone's "Most Important Concerts" ???? If anyone reading this knows the website called Wolfgang'sVault dot come, you know it's a great source for streaming concerts dating back 30 years. All Free! Anyway, I'm listening to Elton John from 1970 now, and in the notes on the site attached to this show, I just read: (in 1990) Rolling Stone [ranked] the Elton John show at LA's Troubador in 1970 as one of the most "important 20 concerts" in American rock and roll history. Huh?? I have been doing so much research for my book for so many months, I can see both missing this "list" for good cause while at the same time, freaking out that I didn't know it existed! WHAT WERE THE OTHER 19? Where is this list? Good grief! Okay....I know what I'm doing this weekend....looking for it! Does anyone have a lead aside from microfilm at a library or Lexus/Nexus (which I don't have)? I will phone Rolling Stone Monday to see if I can source this list, but I'm just throwing this out there...Can anyone lead me to this Rolling Stone list of the Top 20 Rock Concerts of All Time? Thanks. (Working on a manuscript about a concert that I know won't be on that list, but which should be). Thank you! |
| testing123 | Posted – 2/22/2008 10:18:18 PM | show profile Whiskey! |
| Chamsah | Posted – 2/22/2008 11:28:13 PM | show profile | email poster concerts A little confused. What exactly is your assignment? Is this for background research? Or are you doing original reporting? Lots of concerts are known to be famous. The Concert for Bangladesh (George Harrison) for example. Dylan's Royal Albert Hall show in 1966. Or the Beatles' 1969 rooftop "concert." More recently, Zeppelin's reunion. The list can be endless. I am a music fanatic who's done plenty of writing and reporting. You can email me if you want. Cheers |
| testing123 | Posted – 2/23/2008 5:42:20 PM | show profile | email poster I am writing a book. Non fiction. It's subject is a concert that was staged at a famous rock venue in 1978. There was no "hype" or "cause" or anything attached to it. It was just the 72nd show on that artist's tour that year in support of an album released earlier that year. The concert is considered to be the best ever performed by this artist and the venue is historic in itself, but hugely unknown. The book will profile the venue; its history, its personality and its role in Rock music. The book will also thoroughyl dissect the show, song by song, chord by chord, lyric by lyric, instrument by instrument etc to show why it was so tremendous and important in the larger scope of the artists career and Rock generally. I have every principal connected to the artist and the venue on board with me. Plus tons of others who recorded and engineered the album the concert supported, plus over 100 people in the audience that night in 1978. Thus, I want to see this Rolling Stone list of the most "important" concerts. My definition of "important" is different. There's no "right" definition, of course, but.... |
| Chamsah | Posted – 2/23/2008 7:41:57 PM | show profile Okay That sounds like a fun book. So do you want to read about other famous shows for background? For comparison? For context? I know you can't reveal everything about your book but knowing a little more might help. For the hell of it, I looked for the RS article and could only find their picks for best live performances on DVD. It's not from 1980 but it's a starting point, I suppose. |
| testing123 | Posted – 2/23/2008 8:35:32 PM | show profile | email poster Thanks for your reply, and interest. And to all who have read my posts, my apologies for spelling errors and grammar. I have been on this board since it was Hireminds.com. You'd think by now they'd have spell check. Whatever. Anyway...I am seeking that list from Rolling Stone to simply see who is on it. Why is secondary. I have found an online resource which has every issue of RS from 1990, but each summation of each issue on this site I have found doesn't display a mention of the list. I will continue to search, and will call RS Monday and will also source some libraries. So...if anyone wants to hear some great rock and roll, check out wolfgangsvault.com. Go to the "concert vault" on the menu, and stream entire concerts to your heart's content. My two personal faves at the moment: Allman Brothers in 1973 at Winterland in San Francisco (2 fat hours of righteous jamming) and Springsteen, also at Winterland, in '78. This one is scorching hot good. Wow! Thanks everyone for the aid! The search will continue! |
