Backbeat Books Archives • Ink 19

My Years with Townes Van Zandt
- Print Reviews
- November 29, 2018
Harold Eggers account of his life with Townes Van Zandt is equal parts hilarious…and haunting.
Guitar Player presents Clapton, Beck, Page
- Print Reviews
- February 15, 2011
Vintage interviews with the triumvirate of guitar gods.
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night by Night
- Print Reviews
- January 4, 2011
A coffee table book, detailing SRV’s early career with pictures, reminiscences, posters and original lyrics sheets overwhelms Carl F Gauze but is probably perfect for the obsessive fan.
Relix: The Book
- Print Reviews
- January 12, 2010
Relive the decade no one claims to remember through this retrospective of Relix, a magazine that revolved around the Grateful Dead.

By The Time We Got To Woodstock
- Print Reviews
- November 6, 2009
Veteran Rock and Roll Journalist Bruce Pollack rehashes all the significant songs and stories that led to the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Carl F Gauze is not impressed.
Woodstock Vision
- Print Reviews
- September 30, 2009
This expanded edition of Elliot Landy’s rock photography collection Woodstock Vision has Matthew Moyer thinking of heading up north to chop firewood with Garth Hudson.
Sonic Boom
- Print Reviews
- September 14, 2009
In author Pete Blecha’s new examination of the gnarled roots of Seattle rock music, he posits that it all started with the slurred words “Louie Louie.” Scott Adams obviously approves.
Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man
- Print Reviews
- September 4, 2009
Shelton Hull suspects Jimmy Page is pleased with this unabashedly unauthorized biography.

The Daily Adventures of Mixerman
- Print Reviews
- July 30, 2009
Nowhere does the line between Fantasy, Reality and Comedy blur more than in the music industry. Carl Gauze reports on the pseudonymous Mixerman’s journal of one album gone quite wrong. Or quite right, for the reader at home.
I Hate New Music
- Print Reviews
- April 17, 2009
Did rock ‘n’ roll begin and end with classic rock? Has there been a single landmark rock album since 1978? Eric J. Iannelli went looking for answers in I Hate New Music, Dave Thompson’s blustery “classic rock manifesto,” but all he found was a man with questionable beliefs shouting at him.
Children of the Blues
- Print Reviews
- June 26, 2002
The blues had a baby, and Art Tipaldi wrote a book about it. James Mann looks at the Children of the Blues.
Make Music Now!
- Print Reviews
- May 8, 2002
Ever wondered where MP3’s come from, or how to get your music online? Mitch Gallagher reveals all in Make Music Now! James Mann plugs in.

Vance Gilbert
- Music Reviews
- January 24, 2020
Good Good Man (Disismye Music). Review by James Mann.
Rebecca Turner
- Music Reviews
- January 23, 2020
The New Wrong Way. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Harry Styles
- Music Reviews
- January 22, 2020
Fine Line (Columbia Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Men on Boats
- Archikulture Digest
- January 21, 2020
John Wesley Powell lost an arm in the war, but still runs the Colorado river from Wyoming to Nevada with an all-female cast.
Silje Torsøe
- Music Reviews
- January 21, 2020
Closer. Review by Stacey Zering.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
- Archikulture Digest
- January 20, 2020
Chekov’s tale of family disintegration reappears in the late 20th century.
Grande Royale
- Music Reviews
- January 20, 2020
Take It Easy (Sign Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
A Lion in Winter
- Archikulture Digest
- January 19, 2020
Henry the Second nears the end of his life, and he sets his sons against one another for the crown.
Get Happy!
- Archikulture Digest
- January 19, 2020
Orlando’s greatest pianist breaks the comedic wall with this cabaret featuring actual Doctor Demento Hits.
Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho
- Screen Reviews
- January 17, 2020
A genius of American guitar is profiled in this highly recommended documentary.