Music Books

This is a great product for Josh Groban fans who want to (attempt to) sing like him. Although the music itelf is simplified, it still gets the point across. I recomend it!

This music book is just what I hoped it would be. Easy to read/play, and the price was great!

This has everything I could have wanted.All the songs are complete and in the rights keys.Nothing is missing.It's magic to play Groban by yourself.Plus it has the English translations to the foreign language songs and great shots of Josh.

The sheet music here is challenging, but playable and close enough to the composition on the CD that it's amazing! the vocal is soprano, the piano moderate difficulty, it's exactly what i expected, and i would encourage it's purchase if you're looking for the sheet music to the Josh Groban Closer album, all songs are in the book.

Love the fact that the words and translations are provided. Not an expert pianist but the music works for my purposes (playing for fun and to sing along with).

Don't love the fact that when I tried to press open the book so that it would lay on the music stand of my piano, the whole cover fell off (cheap binding materials, apparently). But at least now I can use it.

COUNTERPOINT, the frank account of the varied and exciting life of Joe Harnell, pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, will be sure to appeal to anyone who's a fan of mid to late 20th century popular culture and it's major players, louis armstrong, marlene dietrich, etc.
While not always pretty (Harnell has no desire to gloss over the more unpleasent aspects of his life), it is an always honest and very revealing account of the artistic and personal development of a musician's musician. After reading this book, it is difficult not to be touched by Harnell's humanity whether or not one is aware of his work and contributions to popular and television music over the last five decades.

COUNTERPOINT, the frank account of the varied and exciting life of Joe Harnell, pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, will be sure to appeal to anyone who's a fan of mid to late 20th century popular culture and it's major players, louis armstrong, marlene dietrich, etc.
While not always pretty (Harnell has no desire to gloss over the more unpleasent aspects of his life), it is an always honest and very revealing account of the artistic and personal development of a musician's musician. After reading this book, it is difficult not to be touched by Harnell's humanity whether or not one is aware of his work and contributions to popular and television music over the last five decades.

"Counterpoint" provides the reader with a rare perspective on a rich era in American Music written by one of the industry's giants about other musical giants of the time. Not only is Joe Harnell's personal journey told with extreme honesty, it's written with the light touch of a master humorist. He and Ira Skutch choose to divide the dazzling parade of musical legends by giving each one their own chapter, which makes it easy to refer back to a particular singer and reread a funny anecdote or insightful observation. This book succeeds on several levels: as a chronicle of music history; as a story of personal triumph; and as an important musical autobiography.

Joe Harnell pulls no punches in this great journey from boyhood to the present. Not only did I love the descriptions of the places and times Joe has traveled through, but the insight into the musicians and stars he worked with was rewarding. The fact that he is so out front with his personal life only makes you like him more for his human foibles and the peaks and valleys that we all experience. I'm from a younger generation but truly enjoyed reliving this time period through the words and music of Joe Harnell.

Not only a riveting expose of the music business over the last half a century, but also a revealing glimpse into the intimate life of a man with the sensitivity and temperament of a true artist and all the color and drama that go with it. Joe invites you along on his roller coaster ride of a life with stories you will never forget.

When 10-year-old Zoe Elias sees a documentary about the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz, she is instantly hooked. She knows that she wants to play the piano like Horowitz, to be a prodigy and to appear onstage at Carnegie Hall. In Zoe's daydreams, music, fame and really fancy shoes seem to go hand in hand: "And then you lift your hands high above your head and slam them down on the keys and the first notes come crashing out and your fingers fly up and down and your foot --- in its tiny slipper with rubies at the toe --- your foot peeks out from under your gown to press lightly on the pedals. A piano is glamorous. Sophisticated. Worldly."

As usual in Zoe's life, though, her daydreams are worlds away from her everyday existence. In real life, Zoe is just a girl whose best friend has abandoned her, who is ostracized for wearing funky toe socks because, as a popular girl points out, "'Nobody wears socks. Everybody knows that.'" She's not even a girl who plays the piano, because her well-meaning father has bought her a Perfectone D-60 organ. Instead of transforming into a piano prodigy, Zoe struggles to learn the theme songs to "Gilligan's Island" and "Green Acres."

Soon enough, though, Zoe discovers that her organ playing just might be causing some unexpected transformations after all. Her lovable but anxiety-ridden and agoraphobic father, who has always spent his days earning absurd "degrees" through correspondence courses by Living Room University, loves dancing around to Zoe's music, especially when she turns on one of the bouncy rhythm accompaniments. Zoe's playing also earns her the respect of a most unexpected friend, one who might love Zoe despite (or even because of) her dorkiness and who might also help Zoe's dad at the same time. Most importantly, Zoe might just have the chance for that Carnegie Hall moment --- or something like it --- when she enters an organ-playing competition.

The theme of Linda Urban's wise, witty and utterly realistic debut novel is voiced by none other than Vladimir Horowitz himself: "Perfection itself is imperfection." In other words, when you're playing the piano, even if you get every note exactly right, you still won't be making music. In A CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT, Zoe learns that in life, as in music, it is possible to accept --- and even embrace --- the flaws in ourselves and those we love.

Zoe's family is particularly realistically drawn, warts and all. Her father, so paralyzed by anxieties that he can barely leave the house, recreates their home environment, down to the tablecloth on the table and the pictures on the wall, when they stay in a hotel. Her mother, a workaholic state controller who believes that everything in life can be reduced to a ledger sheet, breaks Zoe's heart as often as she balances a budget. And Zoe herself can be timid, worried, resentful and suspicious --- but readers will love her, and her loving family, anyway. Zoe's Horowitz daydreams might not come true --- exactly. But she discovers that holding onto those dreams --- and being willing to create new ones --- just might be what she and her family needed all along.

--- Reviewed by Norah Piehl

A Crooked Kind of Perfect is a testament to normal families everywhere. Every child has dreams of fame and Zoe Elias is pretty much perfect in that regard. However, dealing with a workaholic mother and an agoraphobic father does not necessarily make for the All American family, or does it?

Zoe does not concentrate on her father's disability nor her mother's dominant personality because in her world they are perfectly normal. In fact Zoe participates in many of her dads Living Room University courses where you can learn any trade from the privacy of your own home.

Through out the book Zoe keeps the readers informed of a variety of Living Room courses her dad takes. Everything from a Golden Gloves Boxing Coach, to the Scuba-Dooba-Do, diving lessons which required him to stay under water for half an hour. "He took the test in our bathtub breathing through a bendy straw. I timed him."

Zoe dreams of being a concert pianist but when her dad buys a Perfectone D-60 Organ which comes with six months of lessons from Mabelline Person, she resigns herself to the fact she will never be able to play at Carngie Hall as a piano prodigy.

However, when Mabelline Person insists Zoe enter the Perfectone O'Rama Organ competition things at school and at home begin taking hillarious turns.

A Crooked Kind of Perfect is a great read for middle grade youth. The chapters are short. Chapter one is two pages and chapter two is only one page. This book is not slap-on-the-knee type of humor but it is full of chuckles and an occasionall laugh out loud.

I think this would make a wonderful book club book. Zoe has the unique situation of having her dad buy her an organ when she actually wants a piano. Urban's diary-like writing style really hooks the reader into feeling empathy for Zoe.

I'm sure most students would be familiar with pianos, but I wonder how many would need to see an organ or at least a picture of one to get an idea of how it works. Much of the story and plot are dependant on at least an acquaintance with the organ, so there would need to be some background knowledge. Zoe plays several classic TV hits from the 70s and I also wondered if young readers would follow what was happening, but I suppose those parts are just funny on different levels of understanding.

Zoe interacts with boys at school and one of them "likes" her. I don't think it is at all inappropriate for 3rd grade or older students. Other complicated issues present are divorce and agoraphobia. It should make for some interesting discussion!

The fictional book, A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Lisa Urban is a wonderful and inspiring book that shows the importance of following a dream. In this book a young girl has a tough time, has much perserverence, and is very brave. I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars because when i read this book, I felt like i was a character in the book. I recommend this book for girls ages 9-15 because I think they would be able to relate to the story. In the book a girl who wants to be a pianist gets an organ that she doesn't like but plays it any way, then her friend ditches her for a new friend. So the main character makes a new friend who supports her through stage fright. If your interested in buying the book it is $16.00. I recommend it!

Ten-year-old Zoe dreams of performing at Carnegie Hall one day. She thinks pianos are glamorous, sophisticated, and worldly. She'd love to have a grand piano and be taught how to play impressive, difficult pieces by a grandfatherly maestro.

Instead, she gets a Perfectone D-60 organ and six months of free lessons from a woman named Mabelline Person. Instead of Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, or even Frere Jacques, she is given television theme songs from the sixties and seventies. Not exactly glamorous.

Zoe is an only child. Her mother is a straightforward, working professional, a controller for the state who spends a great deal of time a work. Her father enjoys earning degrees from Living Room University, learning how to scrapbook, coach boxing, and pilot a plane - all from the comfort of his own home, using objects he has around the house. After school, before or after her own lessons, Zoe helps her father with his. Sometimes, she delights in his antics, but other times, his errors - like getting her a wheezy organ! - make her cringe. Her goofy classmate named Walker befriends her father and the two bake in the background while Miss Person sets up a metronome and a Hits from the Sixties songbook for an exasperated Zoe.

Zoe's getting frustrated. She's not a prodigy. She's not a concert pianist. But she's also not a quitter. Slowly but surely, she learns how to play the organ and surprises herself with how much she likes it. When she goes on to compete at Perform-o-Rama, winning over her parents is far more important to her than winning a trophy.

With quirky characters and quick chapters, Linda Urban's debut is as close to Perfect as you can get. The humorous writing will satisfy both reluctant and avid readers. From her head to her toe socks, Zoe is a lovable little girl, and her voice rings true. If this book were a song, it would be music to my ears. One of the best books of 2007, in my opinion. Highly recommended.

Lynda is a gifted, talented, blessed artist and DMB fan. To say this book touched my life would be an understatement. Two years ago my then boyfriend purchased Lynda's original "I'll Back You Up" painting for me as a surprise birthday gift. A year after that he and Lynda planned the ultimate surprise for me. After a day long treasure hunt my boyfriend presented me with an original copy of the book, "Dave Dances". I slowly turned the pages, amazed by everything about the book. When I got to the chapter "I'll Back You Up", I froze. There on the page was a picture of my boyfriend, kneeling with a ring, and the words "Will You Marry Me?". I said "YES!" without hesitation. The proposal is now included in the final copy of the book and we will have it with us always. Such a touching gift for such a momentous event.

Two weeks ago we said, "I do" and danced our first dance to "I'll Back You Up". The book now sits on our mantle, directly beneath the painting.

This book truly comes from a place of love and honesty. Every Dave fan needs it and every Dave fan will be touched by it.

I received a copy of this from the author. She is an amazing artist, friend and, most of all, devoted fan of the subject matter. I believe this to be an accurate depiction of the epitome of what it exactly is to be a true fan. The stories on the inside of this book, including the art and the layout is completely amazing. I contributed my own inspired story to this book and I am truly touched by how it was laid out, for all to see and understand just what it is to be inspired by not only music, but a band. Lynda has understood how to depict the "inspired art" through accompanying stories shared by other fans and the flow of the book is one of a kind...I highly suggest curling up with this book, a blanket and a box of tissues because it will evoke an emotion...laughing, crying and, most of all, inspiration...

I love this book-it's so inspiring and it's written for the fans, by the fans. The photographs are awesome as well! I love it!

The art, the photos, the stories...this book is for anyone who "gets it." Lynda is a very talented Artist and Author!!! I love her work and can't wait for more!!! If you love DMB you will love this book!

I was browsing ebay one day and found this book. I contacted one of the sellers (theideaofyou) and had a great expierence. He is also on Amazon.com. I just received my book yesterday and I absolutely love it. I didn't get to read every story, but the feeling you get when you go to a Dave show, I got that just reading this book. I highly suggest to any Dave fan that they purchase this keepsake. The pictures are wonderful. I was lucky to purchase a hardcovered book that is numbered and signed by the author, I am such a sucker for that stuff. I recommend that you purchase the book from the seller : theideaofyou. He added some other little goodies that just made receiving the book even more exciting. If you are a Dave fan, like me, you are gonna love this book!!!!

If you ever found Cooper handsome, this book certain has many photos to entertain and foster this thought.

The hardcover is a must! The narrative inside is perhaps average but if you supplement the book with a bio novel on Cooper you'll certainly feel its well worth the expense. Buy, buy, buy

Well, let me start with what beautiful tribute this book is to her father. Maria Cooper's book is beautiful, but too many of the pictures look posed (Hollywood style). And the pictures that are actually not posed say more in body language about a family that clearly protects the Cooper family image. These people are beautiful, but they are too perfect: clothes, hair, makeup, you know it's all there. One picture I found fascinating, is of the three of them on a beach facing the ocean. Maria and her mom on the left, and further away is Gary Cooper and his body language is quite clear. Hmmm, that definitely was a candid shot. And if anyone is really looking, the beautiful Maria seems to be the glue that kept that family together. There is a gorgeous shot of the three of them in their ski clothes in an old house. Rocky with little makeup is quite beautiful, but Maria and her Dad are the ones in sync in this picture. I don't know, but these pictures show a definite strain in the family relationship far more than I ever realized. With friends, the pictures are happier. I am a fan of Gary Cooper's and always will be. And the fact, that he adored his beloved daughter and she adored him is clearly seen in this book. Maria Cooper shows us a Gary Cooper I have already seen in other pictures other people have taken of him. There really isn't a lot of hugging, and touching, and birthday parties, water fights, and family occasions, events, like most people and other stars have of their lives while children are growing up. I would love to have seen a picture of Mr. Cooper in his overalls in his garden (he was an avid gardener), teaching Maria to do things, showing her how to ride a horse, acting goofy.. Maria Cooper is quite lovely, and this book is wonderful to look at, but I don't really feel anything but a little sadness that she didn't show us more candid and "real" photographs about of her Dad and the family. There was a great deal more to this man than meets the eye. I didn't get too much of a glimpse into that.

The cover photograph, of Gary Cooper spoon-feeding ice-cream to his daughter on the streets of "Hadleyville," is a poignant clue to what follows. Maria Cooper was a girl who lived a very rarified life, and she lets us take a delicious peek at it.

This is a great book for initial insight into Gary Cooper by his daughter. It is very obvious she adored her father. The book is very informative about the personal life of "Coope" with many wonderful pictures, however, the book is more images than writing. The details are only touched on. If you are a Gary Cooper & you want many unseen pictures, this is the book for you...

In a day and age when the children of "the stars" write the most deplorable books about their parents, this book is a wonderfully tender tribute to a true hero. Absolutely refreshing.

This purchase was my second of this book & CD series, as I wore out the last CD. I also have, and use, the DVD available that accompanies this series. I purchased them somewhere between STICK CONTROL and Joe Porcaro's DRUM SET METHOD, and they're part of my routine now. I've only been playing for a little over 2 years, and nothing could replace the best teacher in Atlanta, JACK DUKES, but Jack was the one who showed me this Tommy Igoe course. It covers a little of everything and a lot of some of it, and it's helped me to progress at an accelerated pace and find the things I like most to play. The grooves, minus the drums, are long-playing, longer than some of the other practice CDs I've used that only have short sections. I was 51 when my husband bought me the drum set, so I have to learn fast.

Great resource for serious drummers. I found it a great resource to learn new beats and perfect the old ones. Nothing worse that having a drummer that only knows a few grooves.

I specially like the "world groove" section. I understand the chances of my band asking me to play a Mambo, Meregue, Salsa or Mozambique are slim, but I can use elements from these grooves elsewhere. Definitely recommend.

I would recommend this product but not by itself. You really need the DVD too, because the music is from the lessons but in full length. I'm diggin the variety of grooves and there's something for every drummer whether your just starting out or you think your ready to go on tour!

I've been a drummer for about 20 years now and I found this CD/Book combo to be a very useful practice tool. It starts out providing basic rudiments, fills... which increase in complexity as you move through the book. The book and exercises end with 4 or 5 "charts" which you are required to follow in order to play along with the companion CD. These are not simple songs and the exercises are quite lengthy. The CD/book combo covers a variety of musical styles, tempos and groove. I recommend it for intermediate to advanced percussionists.

This book is full of great beats for all levels. The CD has excellent tracks for developing feel with a band and leaves plenty of room for improv. I highly recommend this book for beginning players all the way to a pro that wants a chart reading challenge.

Great book. Focuses on the origins of their songs as well as the people who influenced them. Fantastic insight into the personal lives and minds. Relates what was happening in their lives and careers with how they expressed themselves in their music. Don't expect to hear much about controversial double intendres, etc. This book is based upon fact and states when conjecture is used. Much of it bears truth when compared to works written by people who spent a lot of time with them (e.g., Hunter Davies). You'll get a feel for how creative Lennon and McCartney really were, how they complimented each other psychologically and musically, and what destroyed Lennon's creativity and band leadership. A must have for any serious student of the greatest pop band in history. I recommend it as a companion book to Hunter Davies biography.

I love The Beatles and thoroughly enjoyed reading about each of their songs. I just wish there was more information! I felt as though some songs barely received any attention. I'm hoping to find a book with more detail.

Turner's book is another essential one about Beatles music. I have read a few of these "about the songs" books, and while another title, Beatle Songs, used to be my favorite, it was nudged out recently by A Hard Day's Write. It feels more substantial, is easier to read, and has some great pictures.

This is a book that focuses on the genesis of the Beatles tunes we know and love so well. It fills in a gap that the other books don't...they are more interested in the recording or instrumental aspects, while this one sticks with comments and quotes by the Beatles and other insiders that explain how and why they chose to write the songs they did. It is more about inspiration.

I love this book because it gives a peak into the minds of some creative geniuses. Reading this book is as close as you will ever come to having the Beatles over for lunch some day and getting the chance to pick their brains over BLTs. This is because the contents of the book are mostly from the Beatles themselves; this book is not just some blowhards interpretation of how Lucy in the Sky stands for LSD. The information is from the horses' mouths (not Henry's) and that is the premier source.

I like a lot of these new-fangled Beatles books. Improvements in technology have allowed new books on old subjects to be printed with more pictures, better quality, and good durability. It has a lot of the same information you can dig out of other books or interviews, but here is is collected and organized for easy access. This is another book that you can read straight though or as time allows. Pick out your favorite albums or songs, or just start from the beginning and see how the music evolved.

I purchased this book for my son-n-law and I almost kept it for myself! This book has a lot of really good photos and very interesting stories. I highly recommend this book!

This was a book that I couldn't put down reading the first time. Now, when I hear a Beatles song and have a question, it serves as a great resource book.

Readers may note that in virtually every reviewer comment, this book received 5 stars and even in the case of one lone '4' star review [the first one back in 2000], the reviewer nevertheless "highly recommended" it! As do I with 5 stars but read my reasons!

First, confession time: Although playing classical 'piano' is my first love, I have never abandoned the joys of the guitar. Besides, once you do the 'callous' thing on the fingers, who wants to repeat 'that' process all over again! So I keep the guitar up! But here's the thing, some readers 'may' be be put off by the book title when it talks of "heavy guitar" and perhaps think that it's just another recitation of the classic 'heavy rock' pentatonic scale and then fizzles out or otherwise deals only with 'heavy' and 'rock' guitar or indeed, 'metal' guitar issues and that may not be their thing preferring acoustic guitar perhaps or the whole gammut of guitar music from classical to folk to country-western to blues to light pop stuff to 'whatever' actually or others with regard to pick and finger picking [or both as I and many others do] ==but== and here's the key, no matter 'what' you play, the guitar "fret board" essentially remains the same, yes? So whether you're 'heavy' into fixed chords or barre chords or 'lead' or 'rhythm' stuff or, hey, 'whatever', a knowledge of that fret board becomes fundamental! So too using various 'shapes' where in fact there can be changes [with the barre movements] but 'knowing' these changes and how to produce them still derives from a fundamental savvy, if you will, of the original and 'untouched' fret board and what notes are located where.

As one reviewer put it, it's like a 'code' and once you learn that 'code' and thus the 'why' of it and how further sounds and shapes can be produced and "moved", it can make the process much easier. This book builds on the fundamentals and takes some of the mystery out of those folks you may know who can go up and down that fret board as if they were born to it and produce some astounding sounds . But the book does more than that because how many times have you wanted to really get into 'lead' guitar and even for no more reason than personal enjoyment of the challenge yet even though you can pick up speed with the immortal 'pentatonic' scale, well then, have you even said to yourself, 'I've got the pentatonic scale down and my speed is decent but .. now what?' You've got to be able to 'do' something with the scale [any scale for that matter] because going back and forth and developing speed is great practice, sure enough, but how to make 'music' with the thing becomes the key, yes? Otherwise, all you're doing is banging out scales but that's all you're doing until you put it together [ditto the piano, BTW] and see [and apply] how these otherwise isolated scales can be transformed into some great sounds. In effect, moving from scale exercises ... to making music! This book helps in that process.

The rest is up to you. Like 'any' instrument, you've got to apply the sweat and the motivation [and those calloused fingers!]. You read and then you apply. And build from the fundamentals to the advanced but the bottom line remains that if you want to do 60-ish Folk stuff or Classical pieces or take on the 'lead' and do barre chord shapes and power chords and all the rest, hey, you still have to know the fret board! Its total duplication of note placements after the 12th fret notwithstanding. Believe it or not, I've come across new folks to the guitar and when they're informed that everything 'duplicates' itself after the 12th fret, I've heard, "It does?" It's a revelation to them! Good! That's how they learn and some of that perceived "mystery" becomes more digestable and 'doable' to them! It's not 'easy' , true enough, but then again, it's not impossible either!


Doc Tony

Richard broke the code to playing rock guitar, I was in high school and college in the 70's so that's the Rock Music era I grew up with. I got this book when it came out and if you work the exercises you will be cranking out leads in no time. Soon after I started working on this book friends would stop me and say "how did you do that" It's all in the book and this book changed my life because playing lead guitar is some of the most fun you can ever have.

bought it in the 80's then, lost it.
now i have again.
teaches: know your fret board.

This book is truly a gold mine of information. It helped advance my playing significantly.

Since playing classical guitar for a few years and recently picking up an electric I've been diving into really "getting it" as far as a path for learning and understanding the big picture of what's involved in playing the electric guitar. It's truly a different instrument than the acoustic, and a practice regimen is a difficult challenge to plan. This book, while serving as a great practice reference will give every electric/rock guitarist a complete explanation as well as instruction on the full array of "elements" that will make up your skills not just as a player of a guitar but someone who can work towards "owning" the instrument. From scales, chords, soloing and rhythm, this gives such a clear overview of the art of electric guitar that only now after reading this cover to cover have I found a new inspiration and clear direction on what I need to do to "get there". "There" being the goal of playing with other musicians and improvising knowledgeably.

If you're looking for a book to help make you feel comfortable that you're studying the right things, get this, read it cover to cover and then go from there. Outstanding, a must have. I wish this was the first book I bought on electric. While at first the book will seem rough around the edges from a design and editing standpoint, it will soon become obvious that this is truly a labor of love for the author.

I will add though, that this book should function as the center of the wheel of your quest to learn. Perfect compliments to this volume, for the self taught guitarist, would be a good scales book such as the "Guitar Grimoire Exercise Book", a book on chords and chord theory such as "Chord Chemistry", a method book, in my case classical is enjoyable for learning to read and play music so I'm working out of Noad's "Solo Guitar Playing", and any songbooks you would like to work on songs out of. Another outstanding book I've found indespensable, as have many others is Denyer's "The Guitar Handbook", it's truly a guitar encyclopedia, and explains clearly a heavy amount of theory and technique.

Hopefully this is helpful, I felt compelled to write this review to save those following a similar path as I am the trouble of unecessary purchases or a difficulty finding laser focus on their self taught direction. Good luck!

From the lush, gorgeous photos to the restrained and respectful text, this is a fan's perfect movie book. Page after page of lushly displayed photos, a very readable and elegant type face set on rich, coated paper in a layout that can only be described as simple and most artistically planned, LANA is a visual joy. It is also a book full of the kind of information that only a daughter could provide, yet it is not, by any means, a hatchet job and that is also a joy.

Lana Turner was a glamorous icon, a symbol of the kind of extravagant Hollywood glory that no longer exists and of which this fan has fond memories. She was a better actress than most and certainly better than many remember, but her blonde beauty in the dozens of perfectly posed studio photos and in her films put the emphasis elsewhere. She was, above all, a Star. The photo portraits here are exquisite, carefully chosen by a pair who loved her: her daughter Cheryl and Lou Valentino, collector extraordinaire.

This book is a loving work of art which any fan of Lana's and of old Hollywood will surely want to own.

Lana: "The Memories, the Myths, the Movies" is without doubt the best book ever written on Lana Turner. Marvelous pictures, the complete biography, put together by her daughter who obviously loved her mother very much. Lana Turner fans will never find a better book about her.

I purchased this book last week and the verdict is that this book is such a treat and certainly a wonderful resource for Lana fans. Cheryl Crane and Cindy de la Hoz have included a multitude of photographs and information that I have not seen in previous books on LT. I am totally in love with this book, it is truly a joy to read and I would definitely recommend it. The photos are gorgeous and I think it's interesting that the book contains a synopsis of every film Lana was ever in - it even dispels the myth about her having supposedly been an extra in 1937's "A Star is Born". Her more obscure films include "The Flame and the Flesh", "Betrayed" and "the Lady Takes a Flyer" and each of them is covered in depth and many stills are featured. At the beginning of the book there are also some baby pictures of Lana (Julia Jean) and pictures of her dad that were not published in her autobiography or seen in Cheryl's TCM documentary.

I WAS EXPECTING A NORMAL HARD COVER BOOK........WHAT I GOT WAS A TABLE TOP BOOK WITH ONE OF THE MOST HONESTLY WRITTEN BOOKS I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME.
THE LAYOUT OF THE BOOK IS INCEDIBLE,AND MORE UNSEEN PHOTO'S THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE.
IT IS A SHAME LANA COULD NOT SEE HOW HONESTLY & DIRECT HER STORY WAS TOLD.
HER DAUGHTER DOES SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT...AND ANY ATTEMPT BY ANOTHER AUTHOR TO TELL HER LIFE STORY IN THE FUTUE WOULD BE IN VAIN.
THIS IS THE FINAL WORD ON AN INCEDIBLE STAR.

The quintessential book on this screen legend. Beautiful and numerous photos augmented with some interesting anecdotes.
Lana comes across as a star, but one that's been humanized by her daughter Cheryl Crane reminiscences. Highly recommended!

I frequented the Fillmore almost every Friday night for at least three years. I was looking for an extra gift for my husband (also a former FE attendee) and thought this would be perfect. When it arrived the other day, I could not wait to give it to him. I opened the box and we immediately started perusing the book cover to cover and reminiscing about times that were pure magic and joy. Amalie's photos capture the place inside and out. There were photos from my very first concert -- Santana at the Fillmore in the Fall of 1969 and from other shows that we were lucky to see. It brought back so many memories to the both of us. As an added bonus, when we got to the end of the book, we actually saw a friend in one of the pictures. It was the night of the bomb scare. Lo and behold, there is Joe standing in the crowd outside the theater. This book is a must-have for all of us who were lucky enough to be present at the FE and those of us who wish they could have been a part of it.

I'm sure I'll love this book. Once I receive it. It's been nearly 3 months since I ordered this...Amazon will no longer be the beneficiary of my internet commerce.

Kind of essential lookback to something we'll never see again. All the messiness, sloppiness & amateurism that had me and my pals going all the time to the FE (Friday Night Late Show Only please!). One of few worthwhile rock books.

I love this book. I frequented the Fillmore East 18 times between 1970 until it closed in June of 71. This book brought back so many memories. The Fillmore East was without a doubt the greatest place to see and hear a concert and I miss it. I am glad that I was able to be a part of the Fillmore East - even got to speak to Bill Graham the night of the last public concert. I am very glad this book was put together and anyone who was there will enjoy it. I sure do miss those days - Thanks Amalie!!! Got anymore tidbits - any chance of a Fillmore East Late Show edition?

This book provides a list of the bands playing each night the Fillmore was open! Great historical insight!