Download or read book San Francisco The Musical History Tour written by Joel Selvin and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1996-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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