About the Author

Albin J. Zak III is Professor of Music at the University at Albany, State University of New York, the editor of The Velvet Underground Companion, and the author of The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records. He is also a record producer, songwriter, singer, and guitarist.

Reviews

"Mr. Zak brings a record hound's passion and expertise to his study . . . For aficionados of American popular music, this is an engrossing work of scholarship full of fresh insights."
---"Wall Street Journal"