Art&DesignSpring2025

The Atlanta Rhythm Section: The Authorized History Willie G. Moseley, Foreword by Gloria Buie. The authorized story of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, legend- ary southern rock band that created such memorable hits as "Champagne Jam," "So Into You," "Imaginary Lover," "Spooky," and "Doraville." Already seasoned studio professionals when they formed the A.R.S. in 1970, the legendary sextet forged a new direction in southern rock. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 125 b/w photos • 256 pp. • 978- 0-7643-5564-6 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD Birdland, The Jazz Corner of the World: An Illustrated Tribute, 1949–1965 Leo T. Sullivan. Birdland was a legendary nightclub in New York City and, from 1949 to 1965, was the scene for the greatest jazz music and musicians in the world. This illustrated book offers a histo- ry of this legendary jazz club and presents the greats who played its stage, in capsule biographies, vintage photos, and rare memorabilia • 8" x 8" (203 x 203 mm) • 151 color and b/w photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-5586-8 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD The Blues: A Visual History: 100 Years of Music That Changed the World Mike Evans- Consulting Editors Robert Gordon & Scott Barretta. Foreword by Marshall Chess. Charting the history of the blues from its rural roots in the American South, and focusing on the key musicians and sing- ers who brought it recognition worldwide, The Blues: A Visual History is a unique and fully illustrated account of the development of the blues. As John Lee Hooker put it: "It all comes from the Blues." • 10" x 11" (279 x 254 mm) • 350 color and b/w images • 272 pp. • 978-0-7643- 5975-0 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / $56.99 CAD Blues Hands Joseph A. Rosen. Through cap- tivating images of hands of blues musicians, this book conveys the strength, beauty, diversity, depth, and power of the Blues, the root of all American music. Includes noted music personal- ities, from ? B. King and Buddy Guy to James Brown and Gary Clark, Jr. • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206 mm) • 88 photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643- 4963-8 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD The Early Years of Rhythm & Blues Alan Govenar, Photographs by Benny Joseph. Benny Joseph made his living as a professional photographer in Houston’s black community. Joseph photographed everything from teen hops to speeches by civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr. and Thurgood Marshall, to popular recording artists of the day, including B. B. King, Mahalia Jackson, Buddy Ace, Della Reese, and more • 9"x12" (228x304 mm) • over 120 photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-1983-9 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Ghosts and Ballyhoo: Memoirs of a Failed L A Music Journalist Thomas Wictor. A chronicle of Thom- as Wictor’s ten years in the Los Angeles music industry and his quest to free himself from the past. Thomas Wictor’s experiences include multiple failures across multiple spectra and an endless series of coincidences that always returned him to the notion that there is a Plan. Written with profane humor and no self-pity, it includes previously unpublished articles, excerpts from interview transcripts, personal correspondence, and photos. • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 59 photos • 272 pp. • 978-0-7643-4338-4 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / $28.99 CAD Musical Instruments of the Southern Ap- palachian Mountains John Rice Irwin. Brings to life the distinctive “bluegrass” music made for hundreds of years with dulcimers, violins, jew harps, mouth bows, and such from the Appala- chian mountain areas • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 132 illus. • 108 pp. • 978-0-916838-80-5 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / $19.99 CAD Nashville Steeler: My Life in Country Music Don Davis, as told to Ruth B. White. Nashville Steeler: My Life in Country Music. Don Davis, as told to Ruth B. White. This true account of the rise of country music is told by a 1940s band musician, Don Davis, who became a music business executive and worked with all the Grand Ole Opry stars. View 100 photographs showing real people, places, and instruments that have become coun- try music legends. • 7" x 10" (177 x 254 mm) • 100 b/w images • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-4279-0 • PB • 978-1-5073- 0036-7 (E-book) • $19.99 / £18.99 / $28.99 CAD Paul Yandell, Second to the Best: A Sideman’s Chronicle Norm Van Maastricht. The life story of gui- tarist Paul Yandell, a sideman or “second,” is recounted through interviews and blog posts of the late musician and his family. Learn how a humble Kentucky farm boy rose to play with two legendary performers in country music’s golden era of the ’50s and ’60s • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •60 color andB/Wphotos •288pp. •978-0-7643- 5048-1 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD B B King: From Indianola to Icon: A Per- sonal Odyssey with the "King of the Blues" Photos and Text by Charles Sawyer. This book documents a great American story, that of B.B. King, the "King of the Blues," and one of Amer- ica's most important popular musicians. With fascinating images and history—most published for the first time—it traces his migration from the Chitlin' Circuit (the national network of Black theaters and road houses), to Club Ebony in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and eventually to Carnegie Hall. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 318 color and b/w photos • 256 pp. • 978-0-7643-6385-6 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD FleetwoodMac in Chicago: The Legendary Chess Blues Session, January 4, 1969 Jeff Lowenthal and Robert Schaffner, Forewords by Mike Vernon MBE, and Marshall Chess. This book showcases the legendary Fleetwood Mac blues session at Chicago’s Chess Studios in January 1969. Taken by the only photographer pres- ent, some of these photos were originally shown on the first release of the album recorded that day, Fleet- wood Mac in Chicago . • 81/2"x11" (280x215mm) • 165 color and b/wphotos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-6495- 2 • HC • $39.99 US / £36.99 / $56.99 CAD Alvarado’s All-American Girls Robert Alvarado. Pop culture phenomena from the ’80s and ’90s, hom- ages to Alberto Vargas and other classic pin-up illus- trations, and contemporary fashions and fetishes combine to form an exciting collection of modern pin-ups. Tributes to Baywatch, Rambo, Star Wars, Jessica Rabbit, and more late-20th century cultural references are included • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 151 color images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-5141-9 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD A People and Their Music: The Story Behind the Story of Country Music John Rice Irwin. Meet the Carter family, Jack Jackson, Bob Douglas, Grandpa Jones, Bashful Brother Oswald, Mac Wiseman, Earl Scruggs, Raymond Fairchild, and other greats, and learn their touching personal stories • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 190 b/w photos • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643- 0942-7 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Swing Street: The Rise and Fall of New York’s 52nd Street Jazz Scene: An Illustrat- ed Tribute, 1930–1950 Leo T. Sullivan. Swing Street was the name given to 52nd Street in mid- town Manhattan in New York City, where there were more jazz clubs and bars per square block than anywhere else in the world, all showcasing the finest jazz musicians of the era. This illustrated book offers a history and presents the greats who played the clubs there in capsulebiographies, vintage photos, and rare memorabilia. • 8" x 8" (203 x 203 mm) • 149 color and b/w photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-5973-6 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD Unstrung Heroes: Fifty Guitar Greats You Should Know Pete Braidis. There may be plenty of books on guitar players, but there are very few, if any, that delve into the guitar players who have been somewhat “under the radar” through the years. This book gives exposure and long-overdue attention to 50 players who have certainly received some accolades in their careers yet still remain outside of the mainstream • 7" x 10" (177 x 254 mm) • 50 images • 304 pp. • 978-0-7643-5088- 7 • HC • 978-1-5073-0014-5 (E-book) • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD The Who: Concert Memories from the Classic Years, 1964 to 1976 Edoardo Genzolini, Jeremy Goodwin, editor and contributor. This book offers what Pete Townshend himself describes as an "intriguing and extremely insightful take on the Who and myself." The reader will be thrown into untold stories, hundreds of previously unpublished photographs, and uncirculat- ed recordings clarifying the misinformation, myths, and legends. • 8 1/2" x 11" (219 x 279 mm) • 435 color and b/w photos • 304 pp. • 978-0-7643-6402-0 • HC • $59.99 / £54.99 / $85.00 CAD Cream: Clapton, Bruce & Baker Sitting on Top of the World: San Francisco, February– March 1968 Edoardo Genzolini, With Contribu- tions by Tony Palmer & Bill Halverson.. In the 1960s, British rock trio Cream and San Francisco paired. Live 1968 recordings at Fillmore Auditorium and Winterland captured their sound, despite archival issues. Edoardo Genzolini's book offers new per- spective, detailing Cream's performances and album recordings with rare concert photos.• 9" x 9" (228 x 228 mm) • 175 color and b/w photos • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-6592-8 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD The Beatles: Fab but True Doug Wolfberg Foreword by Tom Frangione. Examines 16 discrete stories about the Beatles that range from the merely unreal to the cosmi- cally coincidental. Unlike the countless other Beatles books that have been written over the decades, The Beatles: Fab but True does a deep dive on some of the less- er-known—but more remarkable—aspects of the lives and career of the Fab Four. • 6"x9" (152x229mm) •Over 80 color and b/w photos • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643-6683-3 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD Jazz in Available Light: Illuminating the Jazz Greats from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s Stories and Photographs by Veryl Oakland, Foreword by Quincy Jones. A captivating photojournalistic journey into the lives of scores of the world’s greatest masters of mod- ern music. Emphasizing intimate, up-close, and per- sonal interactions with major jazz stars, Veryl Oakland’s stories interweave with his engaging photography, together bringing these moments and the music to life • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) • 350 b/w photographs • 328 pp. • 978-0-7643-5483-0 • HC • $60.00 / £54.99 / $86.00 CAD Teenage Wasteland: The Who at Winterland, 1968 and 1976 Edoardo Genzolini, Foreword by Joel Selvin. This all-access look at those two shows is a glimpse of what it was like to see the Who at Bill Graham's legendary concert venue and features firsthand accounts and previously unpublished photos by fans at the shows, as well as details the band behind the scenes and onstage. • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •Over 520 color andb/wphotos •256pp. •978-0-7643-6735-9 • HC • $45.00 US / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Tommy at 50: The Mood, the Look, and the Legacy of the Who's Legendary Rock Opera, Revised and Extended Edition Chris Charlesworth and Mike McInnerney, Foreword by Pete Townshend. This updated and expanded edition of Tommy at Fifty is the definitive illustrat- ed companion to the album that made the Who one of the greatest and most influential bands of the rock era. • 9" x 9" (228 x 228 mm) • 184 color andb/wphotos •192pp. •978-0-7643-6719- 9 • PB • $29.99 US / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD PIN-UPS 110 | MUSIC & MUSICIANS • Pin-Ups