From Elvis and Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash and The Beatles, to B.B. King and Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, dozens of artists across many decades are discussed in this eBook. Essay topics include how musicians pay tribute to other musicians in song lyrics, how highways in road-trip songs represent our life’s journey, how love songs can evoke both joy and heartbreak, how spoken words integrated in songs lead to great storytelling, and how music fans befriend one another and form bonds with performers they adore. Scattered throughout the text are more than 150 hyperlinks to YouTube music videos so readers can easily listen to songs as they read about them.

“I really enjoyed spending time with this book. The author’s obvious love of music is infectious and his friendly, engaging writing style buoys the interesting, informative narrative…. As a Boomer like the author, it was a ton of fun clicking the hyperlinks [to YouTube music videos] and revisiting the songs that have formed the soundtrack to my life, and also discovering… some great new songs that I hadn’t heard. So whether you’re a Boomer or an Alpha or somewhere in-between, if you’re drawn to music, you will find here a most stimulating, rewarding experience produced by a masterful interweaving of written word and sound.” — John Herlihy, Fairfield, Connecticut