For 15 years, Tom Stephen had the unique distinction of being both drummer and manager of the Jeff Healey Band. The dual role was fraught with conflicts of interest. One minute, he was leading the debauched life of a rock musician; the next, he was disciplining the band for the havoc they caused.But few knew or understood Jeff Healey — a national icon and one of the world’s best blues guitarists — better. Funny and loyal, with a luminous mind and staggering talent, Healey was also ...

Famed pioneer Daniel Boone, upon seeing the Bluegrass region for the first time in 1769, wrote, �From the top of an eminence, we saw with pleasure the beautiful level of Kentucke.� Centuries later, his sentiments still ring true.In this fast-paced collection of articles from his widely successful �Looking Back� column in Kentucky Monthly magazine, author Tom Stephens delivers a captivating glimpse into Kentucky�s renowned Bluegrass region. Hideaway in the stockades and statio...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERA fast-paced, tender-hearted rock ’n’ roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell’s Heartbreaker is part rags-to-riches story and part raucous, seat-of-the-pants adventure, recounting Campbell’s life and times as lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers."An exhilarating account ... an exemplary music memoir." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)**Mike Campbell was ...

**An instant New York Times bestseller!The definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble’s Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon.**Just a few years after he almost died from a severe addiction to cocaine and alcohol, a clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan was riding high. His last album was his most critically lauded and commercially successful. He had fulfilled a lifelong dream by ...

A revelatory memoir by rock icon and legendary guitarist Peter Frampton.Do You Feel Like I Do? is the incredible story of Peter Frampton's positively resilient life and career told in his own words for the first time. His monu-mental album Frampton Comes Alive! spawned three top-twenty singles and sold eight million copies the year it was released (more than seventeen million to date), and it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in January 20...

The first and most complete narrative biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, by acclaimed music journalist and Rolling Stone senior writer David Browne"Riveting." -People Magazine"This is one of the great rock and roll stories." -New York Times Book ReviewEven in the larger-than-life world of rock and roll, it was hard to imagine four more different ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the tradition of classic collections of observations and musings such as Christopher Isherwood’s I Am a Camera and Truman Capote’s The Dogs Bark, Waiting on the Moon is a treasure trove of vignettes from a legendary musical figure whose career spans more than six decades and is still going strong.**Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of “fellow travelers” whose artistic inclinations influenced bo...

Rolling Stone Best Music Books of the Year"Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans—it’s a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music.”—Town & Country*"*Riveting"—New York Post"A masterful achievement." —Booklist (starred review)On the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biograph...

* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, written with his friend, Emmy Award–nominated actor, comedian, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Paul Reiser.Doobie Brothers. Steely Dan. Chart topping soloist. Across a half-century of American music, Michael McDonald’s unmistakably smoot...

Instant New York Times bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 * Named a Best Book of 2025 by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, The Economist, and The Financial Times"We think we know everything, but author Ian Leslie proves otherwise. His new book, 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,' is, astonishingly, one of the few to offer a detailed narrative of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s partnership. And it’s a revela...

The gold-standard biography of the band Led Zeppelin—revised and updated with new material for fans of the band and this beloved rock classic.“One of the most notorious rock biographies ever written.” —Chicago TribuneThe members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters, they violently shook the foundations of rock music and took no prisoners on the road. Thei...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN APPLE BEST BOOK OF THE MONTHSinger-songwriter Neko Case paints a vivid portrait of an extraordinary life—one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive desire, bursts of comedy, and indispensable friendships—reflecting on the way art, music, and a deep connection to nature helped her become a beloved, Grammy-nominated artist.**Neko Case has long been revered as one of music’s most ...