Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin Volume 7: Interviews and Encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words) - Hardcover

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9781613747544: Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin Volume 7: Interviews and Encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words)

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ISBN 10: 1613747543 ISBN 13: 9781613747544

Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 2014

There are lots of wild stories about Led Zeppelin--some true, some false. Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin dishes up the facts, in the band's own words, as they saw them. It shoots down the folklore and assumptions about Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham and presents the band's full history, from when Jimmy Page was playing skiffle to the day the band was honored by the Kennedy Center for their contribution to American and global culture.

Any band is an amalgam of the players, but in very special cases, those players form an entity unto itself. Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin captures the ideas of all of the band's members at the time they created classics like "Whole Lotta Love," "Stairway to Heaven," and "Kashmir" but also encapsulates the idea of the band itself as it crafted the music that changed pop culture. In the process, the book offers insight into what made Led Zeppelin tick--and what made it the most popular band in the world.

In a series of over fifty interviews from 1957 to 2012, many never before seen in print, this is the story of Led Zeppelin, as it happened, told by the people who knew it best--the members of the band.

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Review:

"Bordowitz brings CCR's complex story to life. . . . [He] never takes sides or passes judgment yet brilliantly illuminates the tragedy of CCR's lost potential." --"Library Journal" on "Bad Moon Rising"

"If "Bad Moon Rising" isn't 'the saddest story in rock 'n' roll, ' . . . it certainly comes within kissing distance." --USA Today on "Bad Moon Rising"

"Bordowitz provides evenhanded treatment of highly charged issues . . . persuasively demonstrating that CCR has earned their reputation as one of the most important bands in rock history." --"Publishers Weekly" on "Bad Moon Rising"

"A very thorough book." --"Mojo" on "Bad Moon Rising"

"A great read for casual readers and longtime fans." --"Library Journal" on "Every Little Thing Gonna Be All Right"

"An intriguing collection . . . absolutely fascinating. . . . Every entry tells the reader something of interest." --"Goldmine" on "Every Little Thing Gonna Be All Right"

"Offers a rich variety of angles on the Marley legend." --"Relix" on "Every Little Thing Gonna Be All Right"

"Often illuminating . . . never dull or boring." --"Nashville"" City"" Paper" on "Every Little Thing Gonna Be All Right"

"This is about as unvarnished a glance at the Led Zeppelin phenomenon as there can be -- it's literally Led Zeppelin talking about Led Zeppelin -- which makes it fascinating in and of itself." --Rebeat Magazine

This is about as unvarnished a glance at the Led Zeppelin phenomenon as there can be it s literally Led Zeppelin talking about Led Zeppelin whichmakes it fascinating in and of itself. Rebeat Magazine"

About the Author:

Hank Bordowitz's books include Bad Moon Rising: The Unauthorized History of Creedence Clearwater Revival; Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man; Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright: The Bob Marley Reader; The U2 Reader: A Quarter Century of Commentary, Criticism, and Reviews; Turning Points in Rock and Roll; Dirty Little Secrets of the Record Business: Why So Much Music You Hear Sucks; and The Bruce Springsteen Scrapbook. He has written for Spin, Playboy, Jazziz, and hundreds of other publications and is an itinerant professor of music, the music business, and writing

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