Cheap Trick is one of rock's most quirkiest bands with a mid career triumph that launched the band into stardom. How did that all come about, and how did they manage a career that has lasted over 50 years? It's all in the book Cheap Trick American Standard from the Bars to the Budokan and Beyond by Ross Warner.

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Can a huge Bob Dylan fan for over 40 years really give the movie A Complete Unknown a fair review? Here comes my best shot. And, I even own up to
why A Complete Unknown didn't win any of my year end awards for best documentaries of 2024.

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The Beatles have arrived in New York City! Here's a story most rock n roll fans know really well. But this doc, produced by Martin Scorcese, opens up the vaults and puts together an encompassing look at a bunch of different perspectives on the first wave of Beatlemania.

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True magic was worked in "The Name Of This Band Is R.E.M." as author Peter Ames Carlin came up with an absolutely engaging way to weave the four band members personal stories into the broader presentation about the band. His writing just made you feel like you were right there. And REM’s humble beginnings was a great way to get an up close feel for the four members of the group and their untraditional rise to crazy stardom.

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Here comes the Top 10 of 2024's best rock n roll documentaries! If you are looking for the next great doc to check out, here' my list of the best of the best. Springsteen, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Santana, Nicky Hopkins, and Stevie Van Zandt are just a few artists that released note worth docs in 2024. Which one was the best? Join me for some great viewing recommendations and the best titles of 2024.

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Join me for the countdown of 2024's best rock n roll books of the year! If you are looking for the next great rock n roll book to check out, here' my list of the best of the best. There are a wide range of great books to choose from including memoirs, oral histories, autobiography's, biographs and a top ten book that took the author 20 years to write.

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The second annual books and docs of the year award show! All the best rock n roll books and documentaries of 2024. Awards for Best Rock n Roll Book About a Band, Best Rock n Roll Book About a Band member, Best Rock n Roll Book that I Learned The Most From and Best Rock n Roll Book Not About A Band or Band Member. Plus the Best Rock n Roll Book of The Year!!
Awards for Rock n Roll Documentaries go out to Best Doc about A Band, Best Doc About A Band Member, and Best Doc Not About A Band or Band Member. And of course the Best Documentary of 2024!!
This is the culmination of all the titles reviewed in the second year of the Rock Talk Studio and a celebration of the all the great projects to come.

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Nicky Hopkins: Session Man finally exposes who was behind some of the most iconic rock 'n' roll piano lines in Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Beatles and The Who songs. Find out why Keith Richards needed Hopkin's help to complete classic Stones songs, and why a handful of other A list talent call him a genius.

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