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Download or read book Rock and Roll Toronto written by John Goddard and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 1997 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Alanis Morisette to Led Zeppelin, from the Crew Cuts to Barenaked Ladies--rock and roll history has been made in houses, apartments, hotels, clubs, public buildings, laundromats, and recording studios throughout the city of Toronto. Part guide-book, part music story collection, "Rock and Roll Toronto is a compilation of 40 fresh, revealing tales of Toronto landmarks, intimately detailing the seminal rock and roll events that took place at each one. It reveals where Bob Dylan met the Band, where Margaret Trudeau entertained the Rolling Stones, and where Joni Mitchell struggled in poverty while pregnant with a daughter she later gave up for adoption. Also featured are more than 50 photographs chronicling the Toronto appearances of such legends as the Beatles, Nirvana, Madonna, Neil Young and Teenage Head.