When the singing is over and the talking starts, that’s when the true, unvarnished wisdom of rock ‘n’ roll comes out. Built on first-hand experience, the gorgeous, illustrated Little Book of Rock ‘n’ Roll Wisdom offers the wise words of stars past and present on a variety of topics like love, breakups, rebellion, success, feeling good, being down-and-out, and even death to offer the big-picture view of rock ‘n’ roll. Rock stars can be outrageous, funny, in your face, and sometimes even oddly humanitarian. This collection includes wisdom from such icons as Elvis, Bowie, Jimi, Dylan, Bruce, Mick, Keith, Prince, Lennon, Ozzy, Clapton, Bono, Janis, and more.

The Little Book of Rock and Roll Wisdom

History

Katz, Mike

Kott, Crispin

Americas

LYONS PRESS+

Product Description 
San Francisco’s rich and unique cultural history since its time as a gold rush frontier town has long made it a bastion of forward thinking and freedom of expression. It makes perfect sense, then, that both it and the surrounding Bay Area should prove to be a crucible for some of the most enduring and influential music of the rock and roll era.From the heady days of Haight-Ashbury in the ’60s to today, San Francisco and the Bay Area have provided a distinctive soundtrack to the American experience that has often been confrontational, controversial, enlightening, and always entertaining. Perhaps best known for the '60s psychedelic scene which included the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana, the Steve Miller Band, Sly & the Family Stone, and Janis Joplin, the Bay Area's rock and roll history twists and turns like Lombard Street itself. The first wave San Francisco punks wrought the Avengers and Dead Kennedys; punk later gripped the East Bay, giving us Green Day and Rancid. From the folk and blues eras through the chart-topping sounds of Journey and Huey Lewis & the News. The rock equivalent of Manifest Destiny carried wave upon wave of young musicians in search of fame, fortune and the great lost chord to Golden Gate City. San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area have collectively produced countless key figures in rock and roll, from musicians to journalists to entrepreneurs. The modern concept of the vast outdoor rock festival took root in and around San Francisco. The Bay Area is also where music history happened to artists from almost everywhere else: San Francisco is where the Beatles played their final concert and the Sex Pistols fell apart; where the Clash recorded much of their second album; where a drug-addled Keith Moon passed out during a concert by the Who only to be replaced behind the drum kit by an eager fan.Rock and roll is baked into the Bay Area’s culture and story to this day. A guide to the places that shaped the local scene and world-famous sound, the 
Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area 
will take you to where music makers lived, rocked, performed, recorded, met, broke up, and much, much more. 
 Review 
"I should have known better...of course San Francisco had and still has a vibrant music scene, it's just been grossly, and unfairly, overshadowed by Laurel Canyon L.A.,s music scene. I'm glad the Katz's reminded me of that! Great read about lots of great bands and their music! Kudos authors! " 
-NetGalley Reviewer\n"A great history of the often overlooked musical contributions of the San Francisco Valley area. From Etta James to the Grateful Dead, Santana to CCR to Metallica and SO many more, this great combo travel guide/music history/biography has so much information in it that I know it will be a book I will be rereading, and probably more than once. Whether you are planning a trip to the area, or are just a fan of great music, you need this book.I am extremely grateful to NetGalley and Roman & Littlefield/Globe Pequot for the opportunity to read and review The Rock And Roll Explorer’s Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area." 
-NetGalley Reviewer 
 About the Author 
Mike Katz was born in Atlanta, came of age in New Orleans, and eventually made his home in New York City. He is an obsessive music history enthusiast, voracious reader, veteran bookseller, photographer, and the father of Alison, who is (naturally) a medieval scholar. He currently splits time between New York and Monterey, CA. 
Crispin Kott was born in Chicago, raised in New York, and has called everywhere from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Atlanta home. An avid music enthusiast and failed drummer, he’s written for numerous print and online publications, and has shared with his son Ian and daughter Marguerite a love of reading, writing, and record collecting. As a longtime Brooklyn resident and recent returnee to the Bay Area, Crispin

Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area

Arts & Photography

Music

Globe Pequot

From the churches and street corners of Harlem and The Bronx to the underground clubs of the East Village, New York City has been a musical mecca for generations, and Rock &amp; Roll Explorer Guide to New York City is the definitive story of its development throughout the five boroughs. Plug in and walk the same streets a young Bob Dylan walked. See where Patti Smith, the Ramones, Beastie Boys, and Jeff Buckley played. Visit on foot the places Lou Reed mentions in his songs or where Paul Simon grew up; where the Strokes drowned their sorrows, Grizzly Bear cut their teeth and Jimi Hendrix found his vision. Rock and Roll Explorer Guide gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at how bands came together, scenes developed, and classic songs were written. Artists come and go, neighborhoods change, venues open and close, but the music lives on. 
Contents 
Upper Manhattan and Harlem 
Upper West Side 
The Velvet Underground 
Upper East Side 
The Beatles 
John &amp; Yoko 
Central Park 
Patti Smith 
Midtown West 
Beastie Boys 
Midtown East 
Madonna 
Chelsea &amp; Hudson Yards 
Jimi Hendrix &amp; Electric Lady 
Union Square &amp; Madison Square 
New York Dolls 
West Village 
Bob Dylan 
East Village 
Blondie 
Soho &amp; TriBeCa 
Sonic Youth 
Lower East Side 
The Strokes 
Brooklyn 
Talking Heads 
Queens 
Ramones 
Simon &amp; Garfunkel 
The Bronx 
Kiss 
Staten Island Rock &amp; roll may not have been born in New York, but this is one of the places it grew up and blew up and presented itself to the world. From the churches and street corners of Harlem and the Bronx to the underground clubs of the East Village, New York City has been a musical Mecca for generations, and The Rock &amp; Roll Explorer Guide to New York City is an historical journey through its development across all five boroughs.
The Rock &amp; Roll Explorer Guide to New York City restores a sense of time and place to music history by identifying and documenting critical points of interest spanning genres and eras, and delineating the places in New York City critical to its musical development and ultimate triumphs and tragedies. Through this lens, we can see and understand how bands came together, scenes developed, and classic songs were written. In some cases, the buildings are still there, in others only the address remains, but you still get a sense of the history that happened there. 
Among the many locations in this book are addresses musicians and other key rock &amp; roll figures once called home. In a very few instances we’ve included current addresses, but only when the location is historically significant and widely known; otherwise, we consciously left current residences out. The Rock &amp; Roll Explorer Guide to New York City is intended as a fun travel guide through music history rather than a means of locating famous musicians. Most New Yorkers understand that everyone has a right to privacy. That’s one of the reasons many of these artists live here. 
Because of the city’s rich history, this book cannot be a comprehensive encyclopedia of music, rock venues, or the music industry; nor do we present the definitive biographies of the musicians included. The artists and locations chosen represent a sometimes broad look at the history of rock &amp; roll in the city, with an eye on those who either grew up or spent their formative years here. But there’s so much more we couldn’t include, and we hope readers will be inspired to go even further, whether they’re hitting the streets themselves or experiencing the city vicariously from afar. Artists come and go, neighborhoods change, venues open and close, but the music lives on.

Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City

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