This is Rebel Music: The Harvey Kubernik Interviews (Counterculture Series) - Hardcover

""This is Rebel Music is a work about kindred souls, rock 'n' roll renegades." "An entertaining and essential read for those interested in movers and shakers of classic rock and the Los Angeles rock scene." "Kubernik knows a hell of a lot of really cool people in the record business. . . "This is Rebel Music" serves up an illuminating collection of Q&A's with a number of distinguished people who love music passionately. . . This is rebel music indeed!" "This book will be a good purchase for music lovers who dote on the inside dirt that only one close to the inside can really deliver." "A mini-education in the music and pop culture of the 1960s, "This is Rebel Music: The Harvey Kubernik Innerviews," provides new info and insights from those who lived it, along with music journalist Kubernik's own observations." ""This is Rebel Music" is a work about kindred souls, rock 'n' roll renegades. . . . Kubernik penetrates far deeper than face value, luring something from each of his subjects that most likely has not been extracted previously by another journalist." "An outstanding collection of incisive interviews done with a wide array of musicians, producers and artists. What makes this book an indispensable addition to your music library is the emotional weight and compelling historical context Kubernik provides in his illuminating conversations with the subjects found within the pages. . . excellent read."

Veteran record producer and journalist Harvey Kubernik is a Los Angeles insider with ties to some of the most influential performers and producers in the music business. In this examination of the music and pop culture of the 1960s, we read Kubernik's conversations with famous people who speak very freely: Ray Manzarek, Berry Gordy, Grace Slick, Andrew Loog Oldham, Jim Keltner, Jack Nitzsche, Chrissy Hynde, Ravi Shankar, and Keith Richards. There is also an epilogue on Roger Steffens, a renowned scholar of reggae music. No matter how much you think you know about the pop culture of the 1960s, you will find new information here. Certain predictable topics -- the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan -- come up in almost every interview. Other names prominent in the interviews are Phil Spector and Sonny Bono. Reading Kubernik's interview with Marianne Faithfull, we learn that she and Mick Jagger often listened to Vivaldi and Marvin Gaye in the mornings; Steven Van Zandt reveals that he is the son of a Goldwater Republican; Allen Ginsberg discloses that Bob Dylan tried, unsuccessfully, to get Phil Spector to produce a recording by Ginsberg.