About this product: Rock Music Styles blends musical commentary into an historical and social framework as it traces the development of rock music from its roots in country and blues to the most contemporary trends. Through well-chosen song examples and easy-to-read listening guides, students will experience firsthand the defining characteristics of rock styles and develop the ability to make connections between the popular music of yesterday and today.
About this product: "There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musical styles sound different to us today because we hear them through the musical filter of other styles that came after them, all the way through funk and hiphop. As its blasphemous title suggests, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll rejects the conventional pieties of mainstream jazz and rock history. Rather than concentrating on those traditionally favored styles, the book traces the evolution of popular music through developing tastes, trends and technologies--including the role of records, radio, jukeboxes and television --to give a fuller, more balanced account of the broad variety of music that captivated listeners over the course of the twentieth century. Wald revisits original sources--recordings, period articles, memoirs, and interviews--to highlight how music was actually heard and experienced over the years. And in a refreshing departure from more typical histories, he focuses on the world of working musicians and ordinary listeners rather than stars and specialists. He looks for example at the evolution of jazz as dance music, and rock 'n' roll through the eyes of the screaming, twisting teenage girls who made up the bulk of its early audience. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and the Beatles are all here, but Wald also discusses less familiar names like Paul Whiteman, Guy Lombardo, Mitch Miller, Jo Stafford, Frankie Avalon, and the Shirelles, who in some cases were far more popular than those bright stars we all know today, and who more accurately represent the mainstream of their times. Written with verve and style, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll shakes up our staid notions of music history and helps us hear American popular music with new ears.
About this product: Rock, country, pop, soul, funk, punk, folk, hip-hop, techno, grunge--it's all here. In American Popular Music: The Rock Years, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman take readers on a fascinating journey through the rich historical and stylistic landscape of American rock. An abridged version of the authors' acclaimed American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV, this volume includes chapters 8-14 of the longer book along with new introductory and concluding chapters. American Popular Music: The Rock Years traces the development of rock from its roots in the mid-1940s to its current state in the twenty-first century, integrating in-depth discussions of the music itself with solid coverage of the attendant historical, social, and cultural circumstances. It strikes a balance between musical analysis and social context, showing how rock and American culture have continuously influenced each other over time. Using well-chosen examples, insightful commentaries, and an engaging writing style, the authors highlight the contributions of diverse groups to the development of rock music, explain the effects of advancements in recording technology, and chronicle the growth of rock music as an industry. The book is enhanced by a rich illustration program; boxed inserts on significant individuals, recordings, and intriguing topics; and well-organized listening charts for recordings that are discussed in detail in the text. Remarkably accessible, American Popular Music: The Rock Years is ideal for introductory courses in the history of rock and roll and will encourage readers to become more critically aware listeners of rock music.
About this product: Take a trip back through the glory days of music by playing the songs that made rock great. If the Allmans, Eagles, Hendrix, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Springsteen, Traffic and Yes sound good to you, then this is your book! Nearly 40 hits by these and 25 additional iconic classic rock bands and artists. Titles: All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix) * Black Water (Doobie Brothers) * Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) * Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell) * Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith) * Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd) * Crazy Love (Van Morrison) * Dear Mr. Fantasy (Traffic) * Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) * Good Times, Bad Times (Led Zeppelin) * Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis) * Hotel California (Eagles) * I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash) * Just What I Needed (Cars) * Layla (Derek and the Dominoes) * Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan) * Lola (Kinks) * Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett) * Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) (Steam) * Right Now (Van Halen) * Roundabout (Yes) * Running on Empty (Jackson Browne) * Shower the People (James Taylor) * Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) * Sunshine of Your Love (Cream) * Taxi (Harry Chapin) * Time of the Season (Zombies) * Tom Sawyer (Rush) * The Trees (Rush) * Uncle John's Band (Grateful Dead) * The Weight (The Band) * Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon) * Whipping Post (The Allman Brothers Band) * Whiter Shade of Pale (Moody Blues) * Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) * You Can Leave Your Hat On (Randy Newman) * You Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones).
About this product: Sixty of the best songs of the rock era, all chosen from Rolling Stone®,/i> magazine's ""500 Greatest Songs of All Time."" The book covers 60 classic songs spanning the 1970s to the 1990s, all arranged for Piano/Vocal/Chords.
Songs: Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 * Beat It * Billie Jean * Bitter Sweet Symphony * Bizarre Love Triangle * Black Dog
About this product: 62 terrific rock songs, all in a handy paperback! Includes: Addicted to Love ¥ Almost Paradise ¥ Barely Breathing ¥ Building a Mystery ¥ Candle in the Wind 1997 ¥ Careless Whisper ¥ Change the World ¥ Counting Blue Cars ¥ DonÕt Speak ¥ Fast Car ¥ Fields of Gold ¥ Girlfriend ¥ Give Me One Reason ¥ Gloria ¥ Hold My Hand ¥ I DonÕt Want to Wait ¥ Ironic ¥ Life Is a Highway ¥ Roll to Me ¥ The Sign ¥ Tears in Heaven ¥ These Dreams ¥ Two Princes ¥ With or Without You ¥ Zombie ¥ many more. Melody lines, chords and lyrics, plus a section of guitar chord diagrams.
About this product: Easy to use and fun to explore, this 1,400-page tome is the most complete guide ever published on the artists and recordings that really rock. Compiled by dozens of music critics, it reviews and rates more than 14,000 great albums by over 2,200 artists and groups in more than 400 styles - both mainstream and alternative - including bootlegs, import-only releases, important out-of-print recordings, and lesser-known cult artists. A brief profile details each performerÕs career, while insightful reviews of top recordings help define the musicianÕs artistic development and impact on rock. Expanded biographies spotlight major figures, along with complete album discographies. Also features educational essays and "music maps" that chart the evolution of rockÕs diverse subgenres at a glance.
About this product: Dig out that long lost box of vinyl records, slap on some headphones and travel back to the 1970s. Here's your definitive guide to progressive rock, with band histories, musical synopses and critical commentary, all presented in the historical context of a timeline. Album by album, we'll chart each release from the giant dinosaurs of the era and uncover eccentric Eurorock obscurities as we create the ultimate head music playlist. We'll trip through concept records, indulgent solos and epic album-side long compositions in a definitive reappraisal of rock's most cerebral and renowned genre. The candid prologue and epilogue offer one of the most coherent portraits of the progressive rock era, while the discography details offshoots, solo albums, side projects and more. From the British kings of prog, to the eclectic Italian progressives, heady German krautrock artists and European jazz fusion groups - it's all inside!
About this product: The Rock Keyboard book/CD pack in the Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series is chock full of authentic rock keyboard parts! Learn to comp or solo in any of your favorite rock styles. Listen to the 99-track CD to hear your parts fit in with the total groove of the band. Styles covered include: classic rock, pop/rock, blues rock, Southern rock, hard rock, progressive rock, alternative rock and heavy metal.
About this product: 10 for 10 Sheet Music editions are the smartest, most economical choices for building your music library. Modern Rock is loaded with great songs for keyboardists and singers who love the rock of the 1990s and beyond. Titles: Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day) * Everything Burns (Ben Moody feat. Anastacia) * Hey There Delilah (Plain White Ts) * Hot N Cold (Katy Perry) * In My Arms (Plumb) * New Soul (Yael Naim) * Photograph (Nickelback) * Smooth (Santana feat. Rob Thomas) * The Reason (Hoobastank) * You and Me (Lifehouse).
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