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reviews of some music memoirs, etc. - jazzboCR - 03-06-2014
Don't yawn just yet--craziness and sleaze exposed from both sides of the glass.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/books/review/lisa-robinsons-there-goes-gravity-and-more.html << 5 books reviewed including one on the Allmans, KISS and Earth, Wind and Fire--something for everybody.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/books/review/the-hippest-trip-in-america-and-soul-train.html << 2 books on Don Cornelius and Soul Train
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/books/review/here-comes-the-night-by-joel-selvin.html << terrific writing by a published writer (see below)
BONUS: the reviewer of Here Comes the Night has a recent book on Stax Records. Here's a review of that: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/books/review/robert-gordons-respect-yourself.html