San Francisco: The Musical History Tour: A Guide to Over 200 of the Bay Area's Most Memorable Music Sites
- ISBN-10
- 0811810070
- ISBN-13
- 9780811810074
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-04
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Author
- Joel Selvin
Description
Get the real skinny on the Bay Area's most illustrious rock and-roll, jazz, and blues musicians and their favorite digs from the one cat who should know—the San Francisco Chronicle's longtime music critic Joel Selvin. Here are the stories, legends, and secrets behind the clubs, recording studios, famous homes, and final resting places of dozens of music greats, from Jimi Hendrix to Linda Ronstadt. With rare archival photographs of pivotal events and places, this lively compendium will captivate both resident and visiting music fans.
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