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Things The Grandchildren Should Know
Mark Oliver Everett
4.24 average rating, · 9.5k ratings
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Actual Air
David Berman
4.39 average rating, · 4.2k ratings
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A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
Ashley Kahn
4.27 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Elijah Wald
4.02 average rating, · 1.5k ratings
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Early Work, 1970-1979
Patti Smith
4.09 average rating, · 1.2k ratings
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An American Prayer
Jim Morrison
4.23 average rating, · 958 ratings
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Starting at Zero
Jimi Hendrix
4.14 average rating, · 932 ratings
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Sonny's Blues
James Baldwin
4.25 average rating, · 893 ratings
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Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
Robert Gordon
4.31 average rating, · 791 ratings
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Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost
Erin Osmon
4.06 average rating, · 846 ratings
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So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
David Browne
4.16 average rating, · 732 ratings
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The Baritone Wore Chiffon
Mark Schweizer
4.05 average rating, · 698 ratings
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America the Beautiful: Together We Stand
Bryan Collier
4.13 average rating, · 623 ratings
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Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf
James Segrest
4.21 average rating, · 586 ratings
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It Came From Memphis
Robert Gordon
4.13 average rating, · 569 ratings
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Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America
Jesse Jarnow
4.15 average rating, · 542 ratings
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