“As a person who has made my way in the world by virtue of obsessive reading of liner notes, it should come as no surprise that I am an avid reader of books about the biz. Here are five of my favorites that will help you pass a sunny summer day at the beach. Reading these books will inspire you to fill your iTunes, I promise.”
— Randall Poster

1. Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
   by Peter Guarlnick
2. Just Kids by Patti Smith
3. The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun by Robert Greenfield
4. Waiting for the Sun: A Rock & Roll History of Los Angeles by Barney Hoskyns
5. Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful
   Dead by Bill Kreutzmann with Benjy Eisen

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