Month: March 2013

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music by Victor L. Wooten My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m actually not sure how I feel about this book yet. It is similar to one of my favorite books of all time, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which opens with “What follows […]

Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross My rating: 5 of 5 stars Because the author focuses on Hendrix’s roots and early experiences, it provides a much more humanizing perspective on the man. It’s probably a fair criticism that his later life receives an only moderately detailed treatment. However […]

When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin by Mick Wall My rating: 5 of 5 stars Great Zeppelin Bio, a balanced in treatment of history, cultural roots and impact, musical legacy, mysticism, greed, and debauchery. I thought this was very well written and well conceived. The only slight criticism would be the […]