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| In addition to the books listed in the Grateful Dead books section and the San Francisco books section a wide range of reference material has been used when collecting and confirming information presented on this site. The list below is a summary of reference material that exists in book form and a brief list of magazines and fanzines. Further information about most of the books is available via the 'info' button. |
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General music and musical genre books (alphabetically by title)1-9 78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South, John Minton, 2008A The A-Z of Record Labels, Brian Southall, 2000 All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop and Soul, 2002 (3rd ed) All Music Guide to Rock: The Experts Guide to the Best Recordings in Rock, Pop, Soul ..., 1997 All Roots Lead to Rock: Legends of Early Rock N Roll: A Bear Family Reader, 1999 All Shook Up: How Rock 'N' Roll Changed America, Glenn Altschuler, 2003 American Ballads & Folk Songs, John A Lomax & Alan Lomax, 1934 American Folk Tales & Songs, Robert Chase, 1971 American Heartbeat: Travels From Woodstock To San Jose By Song Title, Mick Brown, 1993 America on Record : A History of Recorded Sound, Andre Millard, 1995 An American Rock History, Vol. 1: California The Golden State (1963 - 1985), 1987 An American Rock History, Vol. 2: A Southwestern Pilgrimage: Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, 1990 An American Rock History, Vol. 3: Chicago and Illinois (1960-1992), 1993 An American Rock History, Vol. 4: Indiana, Iowa and Missouri (1960-1993), 1995 An American Rock History, Vol. 5: The Midwest: Minnesota and Winsconsin (1960-1997), 1998 American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion 1900-1984, Vol 1 & 2, Ken Bloom, 1985 American Troubadours: Groundbreaking Singer Songwriters Of The 60's, Mark Brend, 2001 Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads &c, Collected by David Herd 1776, 1972 Are You Ready for the Country?, Peter Doggett, 2001 Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock, Nik Cohn, 1972B Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Eric Von Schmidt, Jim Rooney, 1979 Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll, Larry Birnbaum, 2013 Behind The Song: Stories of 100 Great Pop and Rock Classics, Heatley / Leigh, 1998 A Bibliography of North American Folklore and Folksong (2 volumes), Charles Hayward, 1961 The Billboard Book Of Number One Country Hits, Tom Roland, 1991 Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties, Joel Whitburn, 1995 Blacks, Whites and Blues, Tony Russell, 1970 Blackwell Guide To Blues Records, Ed. Paul Oliver, 1989 Blackwell Guide To Country Recordings, Ed. Bob Allen, 1992 Blackwell Guide To Soul Recordings, Ed. Robert Pruter, 1993 Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues, Chip Deffaa, 1999 Bluegrass: A History, Neil V. Rosenberg, 1993 Bluegrass : An Informal Guide, Richard D Smith, 1995 Bluegrass Breakdown, Robert Cantwell, 1992 The Bluegrass Reader, Thomas Goldsmith (Ed), 2004 Bluegrass LP Issues, 1957-1990, Compiler John L. Boothroyd, 1991 Blues: A Regional Exploration, William J. O'Neal, 2007 A Blues Bibliography, Robert Ford, 2007 Blues Fell this Morning: Meaning in the Blues, Paul Oliver, 1960 Blues Off The Record, Paul Oliver, 1984 Blues-Rock Explosion, Summer McStravick, John Roos (Eds), 2002 Blues: The British Connection, Bill Brunning, 1987 The Bristol Sessions: Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music, Charles K. Wolfe and Ted Olsen (Eds), 2005 Broadside: Songs of Our Times from the Pages of Broadside Magazine, Volume 1, 1964C California Rock, Califormia Sound, Anthony Fawcett, Henry Diltz, 1979 Carry It On!, Pete Seeger & Bob Reisner, 1986 Catalyst: The Sun Records Story, Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins, 1975 Celluloid Rock: Twenty Years of Movie Rock, Philip Jenkinson & Alan Warner, 1974 Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums Of The Seventies, Robert Christgau, 1981 Classic Country Singers, Douglas Green, 2008 The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s, 1999 Closing the Circle: Cultural History of the Rock Revolution, Herbert I London, 1984 Conversation With The Blues, Paul Oliver, 1965 Country, Nick Tosches, 1985 The Country Blues, Samuel Charters, 1959 Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost, Tony Russell, 2007 Country Music Recorded Prior To 1943: A Discography Of LP Reissues, Willie Smyth, 1984 Crossovers: Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture, John Szwed, 2006 Crying For The Carolines, Bruce Bastin, 1971 Cult Rockers, Wayne Jancik, Tad Lathrop, 1995D The Da Capo Companion to 20th Century Popular Music, 1995 The Dark Stuff, Nick Kent, 1995 The Day is So Long and the Wages So Small, Samuel Charters, 1999 Days In The Life:Voices From The English Underground 1961-1971, Jonathon Green, 1990 Desperados: The Roots Of Country Rock, John Einarson, 2001 Don't Get above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class, Bill C. Malone, 2001 Down Beat: Sixty Years Of Jazz, Frank Alkyer (Ed.), 1995 Dylan's Daemon Lover: The Tangled Tale Of A 450-Year Old Pop Ballad, Clinton Heylin, 1999E Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis, Jeff Todd Titon, 1977 Early Rockers, Howard Elson, 1982 Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music, Britta Sweers, 2004 Encyclopedia of British Beat and Solo Artists of the Sixties, 1980 Encyclopedia of Hits: The 1960's, Davis McAleer, 1996 Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul, Irwin Stambler, 1969 (final rev 1990) England is Mine: Pop Life in Albion from Wilde to Goldie, Michael Bracewell, 1997 English Folk Songs From The Southern Appalachians, Cecil Sharp, Maud Karpelis, 1966 English Folk Songs, Selected Edition, Cecil J. Sharp, 1959 Every Chart-Topper Tells A Story: The Sixties, Sharon Davis, 1997 Every Chart-Topper Tells A Story: The Seventies, Sharon Davis, 1998F Feel Like Going Home: Portraits In Blues and Rock 'N' Roll, Peter Guralnick, 1971 The Flashback: The Ultimate Psychedelic Music Guide, 1988 Folk Music: A Regional Exploration, Norm Cohen, 2005 Folk Music in Britain, Ireland and the USA, Clive D. Griffin, 1989 Folk Song In England, A.L.Lloyd, 1967 Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughn Williams, Ed. Roy Palmer, 1983 Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records, Jac Holzman, 2000 Fuzz, Acid and Flowers: A Guide to American Garage, Psychedelic and Hippie Rock (64-75), 1993G Gennett Records of Old Time Tunes: A Catalog Reprint, 197? Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records & The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll, Colin Escott, Martin Hawking, 1992 The Great Psychedelic Discography, Martin C. Strong, 1998 The Great Rock Discography, Martin C. Strong, 1996 The Green Book of Songs by Subject, Jeff Green, 2002 (5th edition) The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 1992H Halliwell Film Guide 7th Edition, 1989 The Highway Is Alive Tonight: A History of American Protest Music, Marc Leverette, 2007 The History Of The Blues: The Roots, The Music..., Francis Davis, 1995 Hollywood Rock: A Guide To Rock `N' Roll In The Movies, Marshall Crenshaw, 1994 Hollywood Song: The Complete Film & Musical Companion, Ken Bloom, 1994 Homegrown Music: Discovering Bluegrass, Stephanie P. Ledgin, 2004 Hotel California: The True-life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor...., Barney Hoskyns, 2006I Icons Of Rock: An Encyclopedia Of The Legends Who Changed Music Forever, Scott Schinder/Andy Schwartz, 2007 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, Nick Logan, Bob Woffenden, 1976 In The Country Of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff, 1997 It Came From memphis: The Unturned Roots Of Rock And Roll, Robert Gordon, 1995J Jazz Rock: A History, Stuart Nicholson, 1998L A Left Hand Like God: A History of Boogie-Woogie Piano, Peter J Silvester, 1989 The Legacy Of The Blues, Samuel Charters, 1975 Life Flows On In Endless Song: Folk Songs and American History, Robert V. Wells, 2009 Little Labels, Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music, Rick Kennedy, Randy McNutt, 1999 Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong, Norm Cohen, 1981/2000 Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians, Peter Guralnick, 1979 Louie Louie: The History And Mythology of ...., Dave Marsh, 1993M Making People's Music: Moe Asch & Folkways Records, Peter D Goldsmith, 1998 Making Tracks: The History of Atlantic Records, Charlie Gillett, 1973 The Meaning Of The Blues, Paul Oliver, 1962 Motown: The History, Sharon Davis, 1988 Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock'n'Roll Music, Greil Marcus, 1975 (Revised ed. 2000)N The Never-Ending Revival: Rounder Records and the Folk Alliance, Michael F. Scully, 2008 The New Blackwell Guide to Recorded Blues, Ed. John Cowley, Paul Oliver, 1996 The New Lost City Ramblers Songbook, Seeger / Cohen / Stephenson, 1964 The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 1983 The NME Book Of Rock, 197? No One Waved Goodbye: A Casualty Report on Rock 'N' Roll, Robert Somma, 1971 The North American Folk Music Revival: Nation And Identity in the United States And Canada, 1945-1980, Gillian Mitchell, 2007 Nothing But The Blues, Lawrence Cohn (Ed), 1993 Nowhere To Run: The Story Of Soul Music, Gerri Hirshey, 1984O Old Time String Band Songbook, Eds. Mike Seeger, John Cohen, Holly Wood Stephenson, 1976 The Oxford Dictionary Of Nursery Rhyme, Ed. Iona & Peter Opie, 1958 Ozark Folksongs, Vance Randolph, Edited & Abridged by Norm Cohen, 1982P The Parlour Song Book: A Casquet Of Vocal Gems, Ed. Michael R Turner & Antony Miall, 1972 Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 1. 1950-59, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 2. 1940-49, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 3. 1960-64, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 4. 1930-39, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 5. 1920-29, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music: An Annotated Index Of American Popular Song, Vol 6. 1965-69, Nat Shapiro, 197? Popular Music Since 1955: A Critical Guide to the Literature, Paul Taylor, 1985 Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass, Murphy Hicks Henry, 2013 Psychedelic Psounds, Alan Vorda, 1989 The Psychedelic Rock Files, Jerry Lucky, 2003R RED MusicMaster 7th Edition, 199? Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition In The Southeast, Bruce Bastin, 1986 The Resisting Muse: Popular Music and Social Protest, Ian Peddie, 2006 Rhythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South, Stanley Booth, 1991 Rip It Up!: Rock 'n' Roll Rulebreakers, Denise Sullivan, 2001 Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music, Colin Escott, 2002 Rock 100, David Dalton, Lenny Kaye, 1977 The Rock & Roll Almanac, Mark Bego, 1996 Rock 'N' Roll Heaven, Nikki Corvette, 1997 Rock File, Charlie Gillett (Ed), 1982 Rock from the Beginning, Nik Cohn, 1969 Rock Movers and Shakers: An A-Z of People Who Made Rock Happen, Luke Crampton, 1988 Rockabilly: A Forty-Year Journey, Billy Poore, 1998 The Rockin' '50s: The Decade That Transformed the Pop Music Scene, Arnold Shaw, 1974 The Rockin' '60s: The People Who Made the Music, Brock Helander, 1999 Rockspeak!: The Language of Rock and Pop, Simon Warner, 1996 The Rolling Stone Album Guide, 1992 The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock, 1997 The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 1983 (rev 2001) The Rolling Stone Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll, 1992 Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History, Robert Draper, 1990 The Rolling Stone Record Guide, Editors: Dave Marsh, John Swenson, 1979 Rolling Stone Rock Almanac: The Chronicle of Rock & Roll, Editors of Rolling Stone, 1983 Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music, Benjamin Filene, 2000 Roots and Rhythm Guide To Rock, Frank Scott. Al Ennis et al, 1993 Rock: The Rough Guide, 1999S Screening The Blues: Aspects Of The Blues Tradition, Paul Oliver, 1968 The Seventies: A Tumultuous Decade Reconsidered, 2000 She's A Rebel: The History of Women in Rock 'N' Roll, Gillian G. Gaar, 1992 Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs, Guy and Candie Carawan, 1990 Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music, Dana Jennings, 2008 Sing My Way Home: Voices of the New American Roots Rock, Keith and Kent Zimmerman, 2004 Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers: Southern Culture and the Roots of Country Music, Bill C. Malone, 1993 Sixties Rock: A Listener's Guide, Robert Santelli, 1985 Songs and Southern Breezes: Country Folk and Country Ways, Bob Copper, 1973 Songs Of The American West, Richard E Lingafelta, Richard A Dwyer, David Cohen, 1968 Songsters & Saints: Vocal Tradition On Race Records, Paul Oliver, 1984 Sonic Cool: The Life and Death of Rock N Roll, Joe Harrington, 2002 Soulsville U.S.A: The Story of Stax Records, Rob Bowman, 1997 Southern Music : American Music, Bill C. Malone, David Stricklin, 2002 Southern Mountain Folksongs, W. K. McNeil, 1993 Southern Folk Ballads, Vol II, W. K. McNeil, 1988 Southwest Shuffle: Pioneers Of Honky-Tonk, Western Swing and Country Jazz, Rich Kienzle, 2003 Spinning Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records, Nadine Cohodas, 2000 Stagolee Shot Billy, Cecil Brown, 2003 The Story Of The Blues, Paul Oliver, 1969 (revised 1999) Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm & Blues And The Southern Dream Of Freedom, Peter Guralnick, 1986T Take Me Home: The Rise Of Country And Western Music, Steven D Price, 1974 Tapestry Of Delights, Vernon Joynson, 1998 Tattooed on Their Tongues: A Journey Through the Backrooms of American Music, Colin Escott, 1996 Tennessee Strings: The Story Of Country Music In Tennessee, Charles K. Wolfe, 1977 That Old Time Rock & Roll: A Chronicle of an Era, 1954-1963, Richard Aquila, 1989 Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers and Their Times, David A Jansen, 1989 Tracks 4th Edition, Music Master, 199? The Traditional Tunes Of The Child Ballads, Vol II, Bertrand Harris Bronson, 1962 Traditional Musicians of the Central Blue Ridge, Marty McGee, 2000 Travellers' Songs From England & Scotland, Ewan McColl & Peggy Seeger, 1977 Turning Points in Rock and Roll, Hank Bordowitz, 2004U Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music, Rob Young, 2003V Very Seventies: A Cultural History Of The 1970s, From The Pages Of Crawdaddy, 1995W Waiting For The Sun, Barney Hoskins, 1996 When Rock Was Young: A Nostalgic Review of the Top Forty Era, Bruce Pollock, 1981 When the Music Mattered: Rock in the 1960's, Bruce Pollock, 1983 White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960's, Joe Boyd, 2006 Who Sang What In Rock'n'Roll, Alan Warner, 1990 Who Wrote That Song?, Dick Jacobs and Harriet Jacobs, 1994 A Whore Just Like the Rest: The Music Writings of Richard Meltzer, Richard Meltzer, 2000Y Yonder Come The Blues, Paul Oliver et al, 2001Books about specific performers or group (alphabetically by performer name)See the Grateful Dead and San Francisco books pages for the Grateful Dead and other San Francisco groups.
A Magazines and fanzinesMany magazines and fanzines have contributed to the information collected together on the pages of this site but as the majority of these were read before the site existed there is no record of what information came from what source or even what was read. The following publications contributed in one way or another.
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