“A buoyant new Jimmy Buffett biography sings. . . . [White interviewed] dozens of Buffett’s fellow Key West, Florida, barflies, record producers, bandmates, friends, and business associates, and the portrait that emerges is affectionate and admiring but devoid of Parrot Head fawning—the proper key for such a bio. It helps that White’s prose bears a music of its own, vividly evoking Buffett’s formative journey from Mobile, Alabama, to New Orleans, to Nashville, and then to Key West.” — GARDEN & GUN

Ever wonder how it is Bruce Springsteen went from Jersey shore rat to American avatar? Springsteen: Album by Album (featuring a forward by my pal and best-selling author of Bruce, Peter Ames Carlin) takes you on that journey, highlighting the the songs, the stories, the influences and the moments that have defined one one of the great careers of the rock era. Originally released in 2014, it’s been recently updated to include chapters on Western Stars, Letter to You, and Only the Strong Survive.