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Eric Spitznagel

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Ann Arbor, MI, The United States
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Eric Spitznagel is the author and editor of ten books, most recently "Rock Stars on the Record: The Albums That Changed Their Lives" (Diversion Books, 2021) and "Old Records Never Die: One Man’s Quest for His Vinyl and His Past" (Plume 2016), a Hudson Booksellers Best Nonfiction Book of the Year.

He’s been a frequent contributor to magazines like Playboy, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Men’s Health, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and the New York Times, among many others. He lives in Chicago with his wife and a piano prodigy son, who creates songs from scratch that suggest a possible contract with the devil at the crossroads.
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3.05 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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How to Get Signed (and Personalized) Copies of My New Book

Hello, friends! Some of you have asked how you can get signed copies of my latest book, Rock Stars On the Record. Because of the stupid pandemic, I'm not doing a book tour. But I've set up a deal with Volumes Bookcafe, one of my favorite independently-owned and run bookstores in Chicago. If you order a copy through their website, I'll sign the cover page with whatever you want. You just want my si Read more of this blog post »
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“You didn’t have musical common ground with anybody in your family? The one thing my dad and I could agree on was Creedence Clearwater Revival. My dad loved Creedence. And I love Creedence. Guess what? Earthlings like Creedence! Everybody likes Creedence! Young, old, black, white, brown, Muslim! Everybody loves Creedence. They could play Creedence at the VFW hall and everybody would be happy.”
Eric Spitznagel, Rock Stars on the Record: The Albums That Changed Their Lives

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