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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Two iconic bands. An unforgettable life. One of the most dynamic groups of the '70s and '80s, Talking Heads, founded by drummer Chris Frantz, his girlfriend Tina Weymouth, and lead singer David Byrne, burst onto the music scene, playing at CBGBs, touring Europe with the Ramones, and creating hits like "Psycho Killer" and "Burning Down the House" that captured the post-baby boom generation's intense, affectless style. In Remain in Love, Frantz writes...
22) Skeleton cat
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Emerging from his grave, a skeleton cat learns about auditions to be a drummer in a band and, despite the discouragement of his fellow phantoms and trouble along the way, he fulfills his dream of nine lifetimes.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When attorney Jami Dillon strides into the conference foom to meet her new client, she's stopped in her tracks by an all-too-familiar figure. Jackson Paige was, in fact, Jax Pain, the drummer of Manix Curse. Her tall, tattooed, and sexy-as-hell hookup from law school--who also broke her heart."--Cover, p.[4]
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Neil Peart decided to drive his BMW Z-8 automobile from L.A. to Big Bend National Park, in Southwest Texas. As he sped along "between the gas-gulping SUVs and asthmatic Japanese compacts clumping in the left lane, and the roaring, straining semis in the right," he acted as his own DJ, lining up the CDs chronologically and according to his possible moods.
“Not only did the music I listened to accompany my journey, but it also took me on side trips,...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Dottie Dodgion is a jazz drummer who played with the best. A survivor, she lived an entire lifetime before she was seventeen. Undeterred by hardships, she defied the odds and earned a seat as a woman in the exclusive men's club of jazz. Her dues-paying path as a musician took her from early work with Charles Mingus to being hired by Benny Goodman at Basin Street East on her first day in New York. From there she broke new ground as a woman who played...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The long-awaited memoir of the legendary drummer's life and times in the bands Small Faces, Faces, and The Who. From the Mod revolution and the British Invasion of the 1960s, through the psychedelic era of the 1970s, and into the exuberance and excesses of stadium rock in the 1980s, Kenney Jones helped to build rock and roll as we know it. He was the beat behind three of the world's most enduring and significant bands. He wasn't just in the right...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The singer, drummer, and percussionist traces her career through four decades of Latin and pop music, sharing details from her tours with fellow artists and her solo career while revealing how her faith has helped her heal from sexual abuse.
Publisher
Viva Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The documentary about the ailing-yet-ferocious Ginger Baker, the brilliant and wildly self-destructive drummer for Cream and Blind Faith. An almost impossible man to be around, he allows the director unprecedented access--even if he strikes him violently on the nose with his cane on the final day of filming.
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Junior Asparagus stars as The Little Drummer Boy, a lonely child who finds the true meaning of Christmas when he stumbles upon the birth of the baby Jesus. A story of generosity, hope, and love, this timeless tale will warm the hearts of children everywhere!
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
This video is a tribute to a certifiable legend of swing, the man who made the drums a solo instrument. Fourteen complete, rarely seen performances dating back over 60 years, with Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Ventura and Anita O'Day, are presented. Also included is an interview with Gene Drupa.
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An epic comedy about a mine worker named Power whose love of drums and lack of musical skill have turned him into the ridiculed 'air drummer' of his small town. But when Power's union leader father calls a strike at the mine, Power discovers an underground subculture of air drummers who just might hold the key to changing the world.
