Waiting for the Sun: A Rock & Roll History of Los Angeles

Auteur

Barney Hoskyns (London, England) is the cofounder and editorial director of the online library Rock's Backpages (www.rocksbackpages.com). A former U.S. correspondent for MOJO, Hoskyns writes for Uncut, The Observer Music Monthly, and other UK publications, and has contributed to Rolling Stone, GQ, Spin, and Harper's Bazaar. His biography of Tom Waits, Lowside of the Road, will be published in 2009 by Doubleday.

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A classic, finally back in print! British rock historian Barney Hoskyns (Hotel California, Across the Great Divide: The Band in America) examines the long and twisted rock 'n' roll history of Los Angeles in its glamorous and debauched glory. The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, the Doors, Little Feat, the Eagles, Steely Dan, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, and others (from Charlie Parker right up to Black Flag, the Minutemen, Jane's Addiction, Ice Cube, and Guns N' Roses) populate the pages of this comprehensive and extensively illustrated book.