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Get the Summary of Peter Guralnick's Last train to Memphis in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Last Train to Memphis" chronicles the early life and rise to fame of Elvis Presley, from his humble beginnings in Tupelo, Mississippi, to his induction into the U.S. Army. Born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in 1935, Elvis grew up in a loving yet financially unstable household. His musical journey began in church and continued...
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Get the Summary of Anne Wilson's My Jesus in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "My Jesus" by Anne Wilson is a poignant narrative that intertwines the author's childhood dreams, family bonds, and the tragic loss of her brother Jacob. Anne's early aspirations of becoming an astronaut are nurtured by her supportive family and her passion for space. Her meticulous nature contrasts with her siblings' free-spiritedness,...
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#1 The history of blues music is full of romantic foolishness. When did blues emerge. Popular entertainers were reborn as primitive voices from the dark and demonic Delta, and a music notable for its professionalism was recast as the heart-cry of a suffering people.
#2 The term blues has been used for a lot of different styles over the years. It has been used to...
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Get the Summary of Wille Nelson's It's a Long Story in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "It's a Long Story," Willie Nelson recounts his life from a financially troubled period in the early 1990s, owing $32 million in taxes, to his humble beginnings in Abbott, Texas, during the Great Depression. Raised by his grandparents, Nelson developed a deep love for music, which was further nurtured by his community and the...
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Get the Summary of Burt Bacharach & Robert Greenfield's Anyone Who Had a Heart in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Anyone Who Had a Heart" is the memoir of Burt Bacharach, detailing his life from his early years to his rise as a legendary composer and songwriter. The book delves into Bacharach's formative experiences, including his family's background, his struggles with fitting in due to his Jewish heritage, and...
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#1 I started a new diary to record my life alone. I had no friends left, so I could read back and remember what I did the day before. I wanted to leave a paper trail of my life if I died.
#2 I was touched by the fact that Jason came over again, even though he knows how I feel about him. He's a mooching, greasy-haired James Dean look-alike who stands by the tree and asks...
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Get the Summary of Pattie Boyd's Wonderful Tonight in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Pattie Boyd's memoir "Wonderful Tonight" recounts her life from a tumultuous childhood to her marriages with George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Born during World War II, Boyd's early years were marked by her parents' strained marriage and her stepfather's strict discipline. Her modeling career took off in the swinging London of...
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#1 Music is a vast genre that can be defined as organized sound. It can be traditional, like the great masters, or it can be avant-garde, like Francis Dhomont, Robert Normandeau, or Pierre Schaeffer.
#2 The muscial terms I'll be using are pitch, rhythm, tempo, and contour. Pitch is a purely psychological construct related to the actual frequency of a particular tone...
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Get the Summary of Jinger Vuolo's Becoming Free Indeedin 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Becoming Free Indeed" by Jinger Vuolo is a memoir that chronicles her journey from growing up in the public eye on reality television to finding her own path of faith and freedom. Jinger reflects on her life, starting from her childhood fears and her family's adherence to the conservative Christian values taught by Bill Gothard....
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#1 I have been a registered blind person for nearly three years. My final eye operation took place on 1 August. I can no longer see anything, and I am now totally blind. My dreams continue to be pictorial.
#2 I had the white cane, yet I did not have it. I could not move without a sort of substitute for the cane, yet I could see the reactions of the people around me. I had lost something...
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Get the Summary of Britney Spears's The Woman in Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears is an autobiographical account of the pop icon's life, from her Southern upbringing to her rise to stardom and the challenges she faced under a conservatorship. Spears shares intimate details of her family's history, including her grandmother's tragic suicide and her parents' tumultuous relationship....
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Get the Summary of Lol Tolhurst's Goth in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Goth" by Lol Tolhurst is a memoir that chronicles the evolution of The Cure and the Goth movement against the backdrop of Thatcher-era Britain. Tolhurst recounts the band's formation in Crawley, their early influences from punk and existential literature, and their resistance to the Goth label despite their significant impact on the genre...
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#1 John Leivers, a guide in Cusco, had been recommended to me. He had started coming to Cusco twenty years ago when he was working as an extreme-trip leader, driving fearless globe-trotters across four continents in an open-back truck. He had seen interest in serious adventure dwindle. People wanted hotels, cafés, and the Internet.
#2 Hiram Bingham III was the explorer...
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#1 When you're young, you experience everything for the first time, and because it's happening to you so matter-of-factly, it just is. In midlife, you question everything, and so much energy is wasted questioning the whys of it all. You want to find an angel of thunderstorms that will put out your internal fire.
#2 I was born at the Polyclinic Hospital in the Bronx,...
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Get the Summary of Flea's Acid for the Children in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Acid for the Children" is the memoir of Flea, where he recounts his life's journey, marked by a profound connection to music, a search for identity, and a struggle with addiction. Flea's narrative begins with his emotional trip to Ethiopia, which solidified his purpose through music. He reflects on his Australian roots, his family's...
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Get the Summary of Nicolas Carter's Music Theory in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Music Theory" by Nicolas Carter provides an in-depth exploration of the components and structures that constitute written music. The book begins by examining the music sheet, detailing the significance of each element, from the staff and its five lines representing different pitches, to the clef that sets the starting note. It discusses...
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Get the Summary of Jamie Bernstein's Famous Father Girl in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Famous Father Girl" is Jamie Bernstein's memoir, offering an intimate look at her life as the daughter of renowned composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre. Growing up in New York's Osborne apartments, Jamie and her siblings, Alexander and Nina, were immersed in a bilingual and culturally rich...
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Get the Summary of Jeff Chang's Cant stop wont stop in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Jeff Chang's "Can't Stop Won't Stop" offers a comprehensive history of hip-hop culture, set against the backdrop of racial and economic tensions in America. The book begins with the urban decay of the South Bronx in the 1970s, exacerbated by misguided policies and budget cuts, leading to rampant fires and destruction. Chang parallels...
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#1 The Doors were a young band on their way up in 1966. One night, Jim Morrison, the lead singer, jumped out of a window drunk. I didn't have much confidence in his grip.
#2 I was the youngest member of the band, and I didn't have any authority over the others. I was constantly being placed at the crossroads between rock 'n' roll stardom and scooping Jim's brains off...
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Get the Summary of Warren Zanes's Petty in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Petty" by Warren Zanes is a comprehensive biography of Tom Petty, detailing his life from his family's struggles with their Cherokee heritage to his rise as a rock and roll icon. The book explores Petty's early life in Gainesville, Florida, where he was influenced by the tensions in his household and the burgeoning local music scene. Petty's...
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