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    Up Jumped the Devil

    The Real Life of Robert Johnson

    by Bruce Conforth, Gayle Dean Wardlow ...
    Narrated by Leon Nixon ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 33 min

    Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the blues: he allegedly sold his soul at the crossroads in exchange for his incredible talent, and this deal led to his death at age twenty-seven. But the actual story of his life remains unknown save for a few inaccurate anecdotes. Up Jumped the Devil is the result of over fifty years of research. Gayle Dean Wardlow has been interviewing ... Read more

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  • Up Jumped the Devil

    The Real Life of Robert Johnson

    by Bruce Conforth, Gayle Dean Wardlow ...
    The Penderyn 2020 Music Book Prize (UK edition)Living Blues Critics Choice Best Blues Book of 2019Living Blues Readers Choice Best Blues Book of 2019Certificate of Merit in the Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Soul, Gospel, or R&B category from ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections)An essential story of blues lore, black culture, and American music historyRobert Johnson's ... Read more

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  • African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics

    The Lawrence Gellert Story

    by Bruce M. Conforth ...
    Series series American Folk Music and Musicians Series
    In African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story, scholar and musician Bruce Conforth tells the story of one of the most unusual collections of African American folk music ever amassed—and the remarkable story of the man who produced it: Lawrence Gellert. Compiled between the World Wars, Gellert's recordings were immediately adopted by the American Left as ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

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    Twilight of the Gods

    A Journey to the End of Classic Rock

    by Steven Hyden ...
    Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 56 min

    The author of the critically acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers an eye-opening and frank assessment of the state of classic rock, assessing its past and future, the impact it has had, and what it’s loss would mean to an industry, a culture, and a way of life.Since the late 1960s, a legendary cadre of artists—including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    When I Left Home

    My Story

    by Buddy Guy, David Ritz ...
    Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 28 min

    According to Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and the late Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy is the greatest blues guitarist of all time. An enormous influence on these musicians as well as on Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, he is the living embodiment of Chicago blues.Guy’s epic story stands at the absolute nexus of modern blues. He came to Chicago from rural Louisiana in the fifties—the very moment ... Read more

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    Like a Rolling Stone

    A Memoir

    by Jann S. Wenner ...
    Narrated by Jann S. Wenner, Dennis Boutsikaris ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 38 min

    **In this New York Times bestseller, Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offers an expansive memoir from the beating heart of classic rock and roll.“Touchingly honest” and “wonderfully deep.” —Bruce Springsteen**Jann Wenner has been called by his peers “the greatest editor of his generation.”His deeply personal memoir vividly describes and brings you inside the music, the ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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    Brother Robert

    Growing Up with Robert Johnson

    by Annye C. Anderson ...
    Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 30 min

    An intimate memoir by blues legend Robert Johnson's stepsister, including new details about his family, music, influences, tragic death, and musical afterlifeThough Robert Johnson was only twenty-seven years young and relatively unknown at the time of his tragic death in 1938, his enduring recordings have solidified his status as a progenitor of the Delta blues style. And yet, while his music has ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Ted Templeman

    A Platinum Producer's Life in Music

    by Ted Templeman, Greg Renoff ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 23 min

    Crafting smash hits with Van Halen, The Doobie Brothers, Nicolette Larson, and Van Morrison, legendary music producer Ted Templeman changed the course of rock historyThis autobiography (as told to Greg Renoff) recounts Templeman's remarkable life from child jazz phenom in Santa Cruz, California, in the 1950s to Grammy-winning music executive during the '70s and '80s. Along the way, Ted details his ... Read more

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    Lightfoot

    by Nicholas Jennings ...
    Narrated by Nicholas Jennings ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 9 min

    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERA 2023 ROLLING STONE RECOMMENDED BOOKShortlisted for the 2017 Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker's Book AwardNominated for the 2018 Heritage Toronto Award - Historical Writing: Book“The preeminent account of the late singer's life.” —Rolling StoneThe definitive, full-access story of the life and songs of Canada's legendary troubadour**Gordon Lightfoot’s name is synonymous ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

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    On Spice

    Advice, Wisdom, and History with a Grain of Saltiness

    by Caitlin PenzeyMoog ...
    Narrated by Tanya Eby ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 6 min

    Every home cook has thoughts on the right and wrong ways to use spices. These beliefs are passed down in family recipes and pronounced by television chefs, but where do such ideas come from? Many are little better than superstition, and most serve only to reinforce a cook's sense of superiority or cover for their insecurities. It doesn't have to be this way.These notes On Spice come from three ... Read more

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    My Effin' Life

    by Geddy Lee ...
    Narrated by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Cliff Burnstein ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 10 min

    The long-awaited memoir from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass.Includes two new songs by Geddy Lee, available exclusively in the My Effin’ Life audiobook.Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work as co-writer, vocalist and keyboardist has been an ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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    My Cross to Bear

    by Gregg Allman ...
    Narrated by Will Patton ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 1 min

    For the first time, rock music icon Gregg Allman, one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, tells the full story of his life and career in My Cross to Bear. No subject is taboo, as one of the true giants of rock ’n’ roll opens up about his Georgia youth, his long struggle with substance abuse, his string of bad marriages (including his brief union with superstar Cher), the tragic ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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