Backbeat Books
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How to Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great!
$29.99 Add to cartFrom shopping for a first electric guitar to setting customized action, this do-it-yourself primer for owning and maintaining an electric guitar explains the ins and outs of choosing the right guitar;… [more below]
- Author: Erlewine, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: July 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0879309989
- Language: English
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Titans of Bass: The Tactics, Habits, and Routines from Over 130 of the World’s Best
$29.93 Add to cartTitans of Bass takes the experience of over 130 of the world’s top bassists to help the beginning bassist learn and play their first song.
- Author: Jensen, Kj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493062875
- Language: English
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How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course
$26.95 Add to cartSo you want to write songs, and you want to write them on guitar. This is the book that shows you exactly how. Taking tips and tricks from classic songwriters, from Bob Dylan to the Beatles to Tori Am… [more below]
- Author: Rooksby, Rikky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0879309423
- Language: English
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Magnum Opus: The Unbelievable 15-Year Saga of Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy
$29.95 Add to cartBy 1993, Guns N’ Roses had hit practically every benchmark possible for a rock n’ roll band.
Their eight-year journey had included an explosive and game-changing debut record, a self-indulgent but eve- Author: Jr, James Greene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 08 2026
- ISBN10: 1493074784
- Language: English
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When Rock Met Hip-Hop: How Run-DMC, Aerosmith, Anthrax, the Beastie Boys, and More Crossed Cultural and Musical Boundaries
$32.95 Read moreOne of the most important events in modern music remains the late 80s cross-collision of rock and hip hop.
Aerosmith/Run DMC, Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique, Public Enemy and Anthrax, Rick Rubin and Rus- Author: Blush, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 05 2026
- ISBN10: 149307802X
- Language: English
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Unfinished: The Role of the Artist in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
$29.95 Add to cartFor most of his career, the Emmy Award-winning composer and producer Lucas Cantor Santiago was a self-described luddite. Technology, he felt, was moving too fast, transforming the world and the arts w
- Author: Santiago, Lucas Cantor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 11 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765143179
- Language: English
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Positively Fourth and Mercer: The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic Music Club, the Bottom Line
$44.95 Read moreIn 1974, when young music promoters Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowsky opened their night club the Bottom Line in an industrial area of Greenwich Village that was all but deserted after 6 pm, no one c
- Author: Pepper, Allan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: December 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1493080148
- Language: English
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Moving in Stereo: Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of the Cars
$29.95 Add to cartThe sounds of new wave pop music and the early days of MTV were defined by the work of a handful of iconic musicians, and few stood taller in that era than Ric Ocasek, frontman and primary songwriter
- Author: Aaron, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1493075314
- Language: English
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The Music Lover’s Guide to North America: Museums, Historical Sites, and Other Points of Interest
$26.95 Add to cart- Author: Matyas, Josephine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1493089633
- Language: English
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Revolution: Prince, the Band, the Era
$27.95 Add to cartRevolution is a detailed exploration into the era of Prince’s most prolific and groundbreaking music made with considerable inspiration and performed by a unique cadre of musicians he gathered and rel… [more below]
- Author: Campion, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1493080849
- Language: English
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I Can’t Remember If I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy
$34.95 Read moreThe stories of rock musicians who die young are the thing of lore and legend. Accidents, drug overdoses, plane crashes–all have taken the lives of male rock stars still in their primes. But what beca
- Author: Tucker-Sullivan, Lori
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1493084143
- Language: English
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The Guitar Player Repair Guide
$52.48 Add to cartThis expanded edition for beginners to experts is a step-by-step manual to maintaining and repairing electric and acoustic guitars and basses. Players learn how to set up a guitar and keep it in top f… [more below]
- Author: Erlewine, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: December 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0879309210
- Language: English
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The Piano Handbook
$39.95 Add to cartWith clear and easy-to-understand exercises, The Piano Handbook is perfect for anyone interested in learning the piano or improving their skills. It provides fresh material and techniques in styles ra… [more below]
- Author: Humphries, Carl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: December 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0879307277
- Language: English
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Rickenbacker Electric 12-String: The Story of the Guitars, the Music, and the Great Players
$32.95 Read moreThe definitive history of the world’s most famous 12-string electric guitar. When the Byrds recorded their hit version of Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man ” they popularized a new sound in pop music: the e… [more below]
- Author: Bacon, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0879309881
- Language: English
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How to Play Rhythm Guitar: The Basics and Beyond
$25.48 Add to cartThis how-to guide offers lessons, licks, and tips drawn from the groove gurus in a wide range of classic and modern styles. Players will learn how to create their own memorable rhythm parts and emulat… [more below]
- Author: Johnston, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0879308117
- Language: English
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Room 100: Sid, Nancy, and the Night Punk Rock Died
$26.95 Add to cartRoom 100 chronicles the tragic story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, punk rock’s very own Romeo and Juliet. Through a wealth of archival material, plus new and exclusive interviews from rock luminar… [more below]
- Author: Pollack, Jesse P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 149305063X
- Language: English
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Nights at the Red Steinway: Adventures in Jazz Piano, from the Wall Street Journal and Elsewhere
$34.95 Read moreThrough curated essays, readers will experience a deeply personal and engaging survey of key figures in jazz in the book that Publishers Weekly calls “a cheerful celebration of an uniquely American mu
- Author: Friedwald, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1493084127
- Language: English
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The Gretsch Electric Guitar Book: 60 Years of White Falcons, 6120s, Jets, Gents and More
$29.99 Add to cartGretsch electric guitars have a style all their own – a glitzy, wacky, retro charm that over the years has drawn players from all kinds of popular music, from timeless stars to unknown teens. The Beat… [more below]
- Author: Bacon, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1480399248
- Language: English
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A Perfect Union of Contrary Things
$19.99 Read moreActor, performer, musician, entrepreneur, winemaker, athlete, writer, curious adventurer – Maynard James Keenan is the embodiment of the archetypal artist. Best known as the vocalist in award-winning … [more below]
- Author: Keenan, Maynard James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1617137278
- Language: English
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Howling to the Moonlight on a Hot Summer Night: The Tale of the Stray Cats
$40.43 Add to cartA comprehensive guide to the band with praise from Booklist saying “Stray Cats fans and music lovers in general will appreciate this exhaustively researched document of the group’s influential and len
- Author: McKittrick, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1493074822
- Language: English
