Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock And Out
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0306813491 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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The real deal. I agree with most everyone here. This dude was the real deal. A true pioneer who started with nothing and led Rock and Roll to its day in the sun. I met Bill casually a few times at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View CA in its nascent years (1986 - 1990) during the series ticket program where he threw a small backstage gathering at the empty arena in early May just before each season started. Despite being of the previous generation, he was accessible, kind, attentive, and. Best Rock And Roll Memoir Ever In a long lifetime of mad love for Rock and Roll, I have read many, many books on the subject. I find myself astonished to say that this is the single best book relating to R'N'R I have ever read. Bill's story is told in the form of an oral history by Bill, relatives, friends, associates, those embraced and those spurned, and seemingly anyone of consequence who ever crossed his path. And the story is far broader than his life in R'N'R, as the title signifies. The story of his a. "The legend behind the legends" according to Kindle Customer. Reading this book makes me feel sad I never met BG. Just an amazing life this man had, and you'll feel that of when you read this book. If you love reading about music, musicians from the 50's on, what was involved in setting up concerts, this is the book. The stories behind the making of Filmores East and West, Wintergarden, and such are so incredible. The promoting and bringing to the publics ears and hearts bands like Santana, Grateful Dead, and so on will keep u page turnin
He grew up on the streets of New York and in the dining rooms of the hotels in the Catskills. Gritty, moving, funny, and always fascinating, Bill Graham Presents is the inside story of the explosive and unforgettable man who created the business of rock.As a child, Bill Graham fled Europe to escape Hitler's armies. He was a complex, caring, compassionate whirlwind of energy who rock stars either loved or hated.In his own voice and those of the people who knew him--Jerry Garcia, Keith Richards, Grace Slick, Ken Kesey, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Carlos Santana--we hear Bill's story as well as the scoop on the major events in rock for more than three decades, ending with his tragic death in a 1991 helicopter crash.. After failing as an actor, he headed for San Francisco right before the Summer of Love where he founded the Fillmore and launched the rock icons of a generation--Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, the Grateful Dead, and more
The book's chronological but unusual format--it consists almost entirely of freestanding quotes, without transitional narration--works well. This look at a businessman unencumbered by timidity is recommended reading as an often hilarious overview of rock 'n' roll. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Major ad/promo. He lived with a foster family in the Bronx, working as a waiter and cabbie until he found his calling as a rock impresario in 1960s San Francisco. His tale is the stuff of legends: a Jew born in Germany in 1931 and orphaned soon after, he was evacuated to France in 1939 and