Resultados para "Backstage" en Biografías y memorias

An engaging collection of stories and essays by the celebrated author of the internationally bestselling Guido Brunetti series, infused with her ever-present and delightful senses of humor and irony. Donna Leon’s memoir, Wandering through Life, gave her legions of fans a colorful tour through...

Die Lebensgeschichte des sympathischen Vollblutmusikers Dieter Falk - mit wunderbaren Geschichten über das Leben, die Liebe und sinnstiftende Momente. Er entführte uns mit PUR ins "Abenteuerland", sorgte mit Pe Werner für "Kribbeln im Bauch" und trat in der Pro7-Sendung "Popstars" als Juror vor ein Millionenpublikum: Dieter Falk, einer der erfolgreichsten Musikproduzenten und Komponisten Deutschlands. Erste Erfahrungen sammelte der Keyboarder, Pianist und Arrangeur in der christlichen Musik-Szene.

In his song "You Can't Stop Rock and Roll" Ozzy Osbourne sings, "Rock and roll is my religion and my law". And that's why Raising Hell is a must-have for anyone who wants to hear about the iconoclastic culture of headbangers and the wild lives they lead. The book contains the crazy, funny, and sometimes horrifying anecdotes musicians have told about a lifestyle both invigorating and at times self-destructive.

"Die Charaktere aus der Feder guter Autoren sind wie echte Menschen, nur echter", sagt Donna Leon. Darum wohl ist ihr Leben auch so reich an Figuren, echten und erfundenen. In Backstage tritt eine bunte Truppe auf: das Rock-Genie Frank Zappa, Venedigs bekanntester Diamantenhändler, eine tollkühne Sexworkerin, ein cleverer Komponist, tragische Helden, bewunderte Kollegen und Kolleginnen. Donna Leon gestaltet diese Begegnungen zu funkelnden Geschichten.

Die Gruberin ganz persönlich. Seit Jahren begeistert Monika Gruber ihre Fans auf der Bühne, zuletzt 20.

Schauspieler Thomas Morris wurde in Wien geboren und lebte lange abwechselnd in Berlin und Los Angeles. Er spielte in Hollywood-Produktionen wie Schindlers Liste und Illuminati, in deutschen Filmen wie Sky Sharks und Pigs Will Fly, und in zahlreichen TV-Produktionen quer durch Europa. Neben Drehbüchern und Liedtexten schreibt er Kurzgeschichten, die pointiert und humorvoll seinen Weg nach Hollywood und zurück beschreiben und einen spannenden Einblick in das oft absurde Leben eines Filmschauspielers geben, der die Welt mit offenen Augen betrachtet.

Part backstage tour, part travelogue, part social commentary, Letters from Backstage recounts Michael Kostroff’s adventures touring with the road companies of The Producers and Les Miserables. Trekking through more than 20 American cities large and small, here is the story of an actor’s dream come true and the bizarre things that happened along the way—not to mention personal anecdotes about celebrities, including Mel Brooks, Susan Stroman, Jason Alexander, and Martin Short!

Who almost turned down his iconic role on The Sopranos because he could not sing? Did Katharine Hepburn really build the Uris building? How did a simple handshake with President Kennedy almost end in disaster? In his debut memoir, Too Funny for Words, Jerry Adler reveals all for the first time! In his career as a theater director, producer, and actor that has spanned over seventy years, Adler has certainly had his fair share of laughs, and is ready to take listeners on a reminiscent journey of Hollywood tales past.

Merging memoir, anecdotes, and masterclasses on guitar, songwriting, and the artist's mindset, Lay It on the Line offers insight and perspective into the many roles Rik Emmett took on. "It" was always a parboiling, psychological gumbo: and this book attempts to finally share the recipe.

The New York Times bestselling author and front man and rhythm guitarist of KISS grants fans an all-access backstage pass to his personal life and shows them how to pursue a rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle of their own, offering hard-won advice from a music legend. In this follow-up to his popular...

What’s going on behind the bravado of the ‘average Aussie bloke’? Rob Mills knows all about putting on a show. Since rising to fame on Australian Idol in 2003, Rob Mills has built a prolific career across television, film, stage and musicals, performing celebrated roles in shows such as...

David Roberts was Whitney Houston's bodyguard, the real one. Roberts was hired in 1988 for Houston's UK portion of the Moment of Truth world tour. Accustomed to working for diplomats and Fortune 500 clients, Roberts had reservations about working with a pop star. But Houston's heart of gold won...

Raw, Unvarnished, provocative, and poetically written, "The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage" is the memoir of Roxana Shirazi, who was raised during Iran's revolution within a politically active family and sent to England by her family aged ten during the Iran/Iraq war, and led far astray by the sound - and the sex appeal - of rock and roll.

Decades after the rise of rock music in the 1950s, the rock concert retains its allure and its power as a unifying experience - and as an influential multibillion-dollar industry. In Rock Concert, acclaimed interviewer Marc Myers sets out to uncover the history of this compelling phenomenon, weaving together groundbreaking accounts from the people who were there. Rock Concert provides a fascinating, immediate look at the evolution of rock 'n' roll through the lens of live performances.

One person knows David Bowie better than he knows himself--ex-wife Angela Bowie. For ten tempestuous years she traveled and lived with Bowie, overseeing his career, promoting his music, and launching him from in-crowd cult hero to rock superstar. Having outlasted the gag order that was part of their divorce settlement agreement, Angela produced this candid, scandalous, and uncompromising memoir. In Backstage Passes she recounts the jet-setting, hard-partying world they shared.

Ask anyone with a dream: The road to success can be akin to riding shotgun on the Highway to Hell, as Harvey Lee, rebel turned Vice President of Product Marketing will testify... From modest beginnings in Northern England, to the promised land of the USA, Harvey recalls how he was forced to grab life by the horns, and embarked on a 40-year white-knuckle ride through the business world, establishing himself as an MBA-level trained and renowned product marketer.

There are countless books about the great rock/pop icon of the 20th century David Bowie. But there's only one written by the woman who met him aged just 19, married him, had a child with him, and helped shape his image and the early stages of his career. In one of the great rock 'n' roll exposés, Angela Mary Hartnett Bowie gives a riveting account of her years with Bowie and his progress from aspiring young singer to international rock stardom.

Pulling back the curtain, Matt Picheny reveals the power of purposeful investing to improve life for you, your family, and even the world, one passive investment at a time. His uncommon journey from actor to real estate investor exposes the power of passive income to liberate you from necessity, setting you financially free to write your own story.

From lugging gear backstage to hustling through dead-end gigs, entertainer and author Charlie Chizona takes listeners on a laugh-out-loud, blue-collar road trip through America’s working world. A Chizona Resume is equal parts memoir, comedy, and unfiltered life lesson—proof that wisdom sometimes wears a hard hat.

If you’ve never heard of Nick Panaseiko, that’s entirely understandable. He was a backstage guy, making sure that the act onstage is playing to a full house, making sure their records were on the radio and in record stores. He was a promo man. Kelly Jay of Crowbar referred to the Canadian music industry of the era as a matter of ‘six degrees of Nick Panaseiko’. Taking off from a popular Panasonic ad campaign of the day, legendary rocker Ronnie Hawkins dubbed him, ‘Nick Panaseiko, a man slightly ahead of his time’.