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Music

A list of books about music mentioned on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast

Indian Music in Performance: A Practical Introduction
by Neil Sorrell & Ram Narayan
Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record
by Marianne Faithfull

biography
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir
by Steven Tyler

biography
The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities
by Wayne Kramer

biography
Johnny Cash: The Life
by Robert Hilburn

biography
The Portable Henry Rollins
by Henry Rollins
Get In The Van: On The Road With Black Flag
by Henry Rollins
A Dull Roar: What I Did on My Summer Deracination 2006
by Henry Rollins
Life
by Keith Richards

biography
Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream
by David McGowan
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine
by Joe Hagan
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
by Daniel J. Levitin

science
Every Little Step: My Story
by Bobby Brown & Nick Chiles

biography
How Music Works
by David Byrne
Blue: The Color of Noise
by Steve Aoki

biography
Original Gangstas: Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and the Birth of West Coast Rap
by Ben Westhoff
Raw: My Journey into the Wu-Tang
by Lamont “U-God” Hawkins

biography
The Tao of Wu
by The RZA

biography
Rock Roadie: Backstage and Confidential with Hendrix, Elvis, The Animals, Tina Turner, and an All-Star Cast
by James “Tappy” Wright & Rod Weinberg
Kanye West presents Thank You and You’re Welcome
by Kanye West with J. Sakiya Sandifer
Dayglo!: The Poly Styrene Story
by Celeste Bell & Zoe Howe

biography
The Beautiful Ones
by Prince
From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan
by Raekwon with Anthony Bozza

biography