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The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock: Trouble Girls | 
| Author: Barbara O'dair
Publisher: Random House
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 794577
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 575
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0679768742
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.66082
EAN: 9780679768746
ASIN: 0679768742
Publication Date: September 8, 1997
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Amazon.com Review
Somewhere it must be written that women could play tambourine, acoustic guitar, or keyboards and sing vocals, but could not--yea, verily, could not--play lead guitar or drums. From blues artists Memphis Minnie and Sippie Wallace to ueber-punk Patti Smith and barbed singer/songwriter Liz Phair, many of the women chronicled in Trouble Girls turn that injunction upside down and shake it hard. The roll call is huge and draws representatives from hip-hop, gospel, R&B, country and western, girl groups, folkies, punks, indies, and so on--the list of musical categories alone is exhaustive. No doubt people will quibble about who got left out, but it's a pleasure to read about those who made it onto this ark. Solid photos accompany muscular, energetic text from a strong pool of female rock writers who clearly enjoy their subjects, but don't find it necessary to kowtow.
Product Description
Essays on the music industry, sexual politics, and more by leading music critics accompany an illustrated biographical compendium of the most important female musicians, with profiles of Bonnie Raitt, Carol King, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Madonna, and many others. 50,000 first printing.
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 Aretha, Aretha, Aretha January 30, 2007
Tom O'Leary (Los Angeles, California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is worth buying just for the wonderful essay on the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. Ann Powers writes wonderfully of the arc of Aretha's stellar career. The insights on Aretha's magic are superb. I wish this book didn't stop in '98 so that Powers could have written about Aretha's devestating take on Nessun Dorma at the Grammy's or her many appearances on Divas on VH1.
Finally! A great collection. January 4, 2000
Jackie (Indy)
I have a radio show that focuses on women in popular music. I've been doing this show for 3 years, learning about women in music, reading books about it (She Bop is really good and complete), but I love the Rolling Stone book because it gives these personal accounts of women in music (check out Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight). It's also a great book to just learn about some of these people--people you might've thought you knew about--in a new light (the articles on Janis Joplin, Janet Jackson, and Liz Phair). It's very complete and even covers lesser known artists pretty well. If you're interested in the role women have had in music during the 20th century, make sure to check this book out.
Perfect September 8, 1999
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a self proclaimed femminist and girl rocker, this book gave me a firm look at how the world of music has changed for women, and where it is going. The portraits are worth the price of the book alone, with some lovely black and whites of your favorite singers. Highly reccomended, highly impressive.
 Not enough depth of the African-American influence on music October 30, 1997
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I want to hear more influece on that ethnic woman has brought to the music. Many of the women on the cover fail to realize that the many of their style of music came from women and men of ethnic backround. If you don't belive me ask Maddona, Tina Turner, or Janis Joplin.
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