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Even More Musical Lives

June 1, 2016 | SuzyQ

Read one of these autobiographies by some of your favorite musicians.

Hunger makes me a modern girl : a memoir by Carrie Brownstein
Light my fire : my life with the Doors by Ray Manzarek

More Musical Lives

June 1, 2016 | SuzyQ

Read one of these autobiographies by some of your favorite musicians.

Waylon : an autobiography by Waylon Jennings
Glow : the autobiography of Rick James by Rick James

Hitmaker, singer, innovator, producer, award-winning pioneer in the fusion of funk groove and rock, the late Rick James collaborated with go-to music biographer David Ritz, in this wildly entertaining and profound expression of a rock star's life and soul.

Creative Minds

June 1, 2016 | SuzyQ

Writers, musicians, artists, actors, designers, scientists ..... Read about thee creative people from past and present.

The age of genius : the seventeenth century and the birth of the modern mind by A. C Grayling
Your song changed my life : from Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, thirty-five beloved artists on their journey and the music that inspired it by Bob Boilen

Musical Lives

June 1, 2016 | SuzyQ

Read one of these autobiographies by some of your favorite musicians.

Unfaithful music & disappearing ink by Elvis Costello
It's a long story : my life by Willie Nelson

Make Music with the Greats

May 24, 2016 | strande
Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews

A Grammy-nominated headliner for the New Orleans Jazz Fest describes his childhood in Tremé and how he came to be a bandleader by age six.

Frankie liked to sing by John Seven
How Jelly Roll Morton invented jazz by Jonah Winter

Introduces the story of Jelly Roll Morton, who overcame poverty and family strife to succeed in performing music, eventually crafting the style of music known as jazz.

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