Bobby Whitlock

Author : Bobby Whitlock
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078646190X
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bobby Whitlock written by Bobby Whitlock and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From early childhood singing in church to the rock 'n' roll limelight of Derek and the Dominos, Bobby Whitlock launched a musical journey still going to this day. Whitlock's life story does more than share rock gossip about stars like Keith Moon, George Harrison, and Eric Clapton, however. Whitlock candidly discusses his abusive childhood, his experiences with Delaney and Bonnie, failed marriages, and drug addiction, and how the star-studded lifestyle evolved into a peaceful partnership with his wife and musical partner.

Author : Craig Whitlock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982159014
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Afghanistan Papers written by Craig Whitlock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 ​The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America’s longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan, by Washington Post reporter and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig Whitlock. Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11. Yet soon after the United States and its allies removed the Taliban from power, the mission veered off course and US officials lost sight of their original objectives. Distracted by the war in Iraq, the US military become mired in an unwinnable guerrilla conflict in a country it did not understand. But no president wanted to admit failure, especially in a war that began as a just cause. Instead, the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations sent more and more troops to Afghanistan and repeatedly said they were making progress, even though they knew there was no realistic prospect for an outright victory. Just as the Pentagon Papers changed the public’s understanding of Vietnam, The Afghanistan Papers contains “fast-paced and vivid” (The New York Times Book Review) revelation after revelation from people who played a direct role in the war from leaders in the White House and the Pentagon to soldiers and aid workers on the front lines. In unvarnished language, they admit that the US government’s strategies were a mess, that the nation-building project was a colossal failure, and that drugs and corruption gained a stranglehold over their allies in the Afghan government. All told, the account is based on interviews with more than 1,000 people who knew that the US government was presenting a distorted, and sometimes entirely fabricated, version of the facts on the ground. Documents unearthed by The Washington Post reveal that President Bush didn’t know the name of his Afghanistan war commander—and didn’t want to meet with him. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted that he had “no visibility into who the bad guys are.” His successor, Robert Gates, said: “We didn’t know jack shit about al-Qaeda.” The Afghanistan Papers is a “searing indictment of the deceit, blunders, and hubris of senior military and civilian officials” (Tom Bowman, NRP Pentagon Correspondent) that will supercharge a long-overdue reckoning over what went wrong and forever change the way the conflict is remembered.

Author : Rita Hiltenbrand Hall
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738591285
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Millington written by Rita Hiltenbrand Hall and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1878, George Millington donated property for the first train depot connecting Memphis to Northern markets. By 1903, the town of Millington was incorporated. World War I pilots trained at Millington's Park Field, and nearby, Chickasaw Ordnance Works and the world's largest inland navy base greatly aided World War II efforts. Educators and activists Ida B. Wells and National Education Association president Charl Williams began their careers in area schools. Many talented individuals, including musicians Justin Timberlake, Myla Smith, Bobby Whitlock, and Rev. Al Green, as well as a number of college and professional athletes, have called Millington home. Images of America: Millington, the town's first photographic history, presents people, places, and events--great and small--that have contributed to the community's success.

Author : Scott B. Bomar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493064703
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southbound: written by Scott B. Bomar and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the architects of rock and roll in the 1950s, including Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard, were Southerners who were rooted in the distinctive regional traditions of country, blues, and R&B. As the impact of the British Invasion and the psychedelic era faded at the end of the following decade, such performers as Bob Dylan and the Band returned to the simplicity of American roots music, paving the way for Southern groups to reclaim their region's rock-and-roll heritage. Embracing both Southern musical traditions and a long-haired countercultural aesthetic, such artists as the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd forged a new musical community that Charlie Daniels called “a genre of people more than a genre of music.” Focusing primarily on the music's golden age of the 1970s, Southbound profiles the musicians, producers, record labels, and movers and shakers that defined Southern rock, including the Allmans, Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie, the Charlie Daniels Band, Elvin Bishop, the Outlaws, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, .38 Special, ZZ Top, and many others. From the rise and fall of the mighty Capricorn Records to the music's role in helping Jimmy Carter win the White House and to its continuing legacy and influence, this is the story of Southern rock.

Author : Bill Janovitz
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826416735
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street written by Bill Janovitz and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-02-19 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the making of the Rolling Stones' album "Exile on Main Street" and also examines the technical and creative aspects of each individual recording.

Author : Harry Murray
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558215344
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass written by Harry Murray and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murray discusses all aspects of fly fishing for smallmouth, from topwater flies, bugs, poppers, and tactics, to new brands of streamer, nymph, and "strymph" fishing that he and others have developed over the years.

Author : Simon Leng
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781423406099
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book While My Guitar Gently Weeps written by Simon Leng and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kronologisk gennemgang af George Harrisons sange med hovedvægt på tiden efter 1968

Author : Thomas MacFarlane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042994148X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Music of George Harrison written by Thomas MacFarlane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Harrison was one of the most prolific popular music composers of the late 20th century. During his tenure with the Beatles, he caught the wave of 1960s pop culture and began channeling its pervasive influence through his music. Often described as "The Invisible Singer," his solo recordings reveal him to be an elusive, yet essential, element in the Beatles’ sound. The discussion of George Harrison’s Beatle tracks featured in the text employs a Songscape approach that blends accessible music analysis with an exploration of the virtual space created on the sound recording. This approach is then used to explore Harrison’s extensive catalog of solo works, which, due to their varied cultural sources, seem increasingly like early examples of Global Pop. In that sense, the music of George Harrison may ultimately be viewed as an important locus for pan-cultural influence in the 20th century, making this book essential reading for those interested in the history of songwriting and recording as well as the cultural study of popular music.

Author : Stu Michaels
Publisher : Lifestories
ISBN 13 : 9781935043430
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Can't Make This Up! written by Stu Michaels and published by Lifestories. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author recounts the odd and interesting events he witnessed as a police officer in New York and as a hotel security manager in Las Vegas.

Author : Tracy Daugherty
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806194308
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Shook Up the World written by Tracy Daugherty and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Harrison met Muhammad Ali in 1964, when both men were on the cusp of worldwide fame. Ten years later, the two men simultaneously staged comebacks, demonstrating just how much they embodied the promises and perils of their era. In doing so, Tracy Daugherty suggests, they revealed the scope and the limits of political courage and commitment to faith in the modern world. We Shook Up the World is the story of these two larger-than-life figures at a momentous time. A unique blend of biography and cultural history, this book goes to the very heart of the zeitgeist that each man inhabited and reinvented in profound and enduring ways. In 1974, deep in the Pennsylvania woods, thirty-two-year-old Muhammad Ali was seeking renewal, training to regain his heavyweight boxing title in a fight with George Foreman, and exploring questions about his politics, his career, and his life. Meanwhile, George Harrison was thirty-one years old. With the Beatles disbanded, his marriage ending, and the loss of his mother still fresh, he traveled to India to revitalize his faith, energy, and musical spirit, seeking renewal at the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. In contemplating how these two complex figures managed to carry the cultural rebelliousness and spiritual yearning of the 1960s into a new era of cataclysmic political, economic, and social change, We Shook Up the World offers an intimate perspective on two outsize figures in the nation’s and the world’s cultural history, and a new understanding of their unique contributions to the consciousness of their time and ours.