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A List of Drummer Biographies and Memoirs

​Biographies
  1. Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters - Mike Edison 
  2. It's About Time: Jeff Porcaro - The Man and His Music by Robyn Flans
  3. Let The Drums Speak (Bernard Purdie)
  4. Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr
  5. Buddy Rich: One of a Kind - The Making of the World's Greatest Drummer
  6. Traps, the Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich by Mel Tormé 
  7. Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend by Tony Fletcher
  8. Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon Tony Fletcher
  9. Full Moon: The Amazing Rock and Roll Life of the Late Keith Moon by Douglas Butler
  10. Gene Krupa: His Life & Times: Life and Times (Jazz life & times) by Bruce Crowther
  11. Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond
  12. Tales Of A Rock Star's Daughter by Nettie Baker
  13. John Bonham: The Powerhouse Behind Led Zeppelin by Mick Bonham

​Memoirs​
  1. Too Hot: Kool & the Gang & Me (George Brown)
  2. Gadd: A Life in Time coffee-table style with 82-page book of notation
  3. Remain in Love Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina By: Chris Frantz
  4. Prisoner of Woodstock by Dallas Taylor 
  5. The Doors: Unhinged by John Densmore
  6. This Wheel’s on Fire by  Levon Helm
  7. Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina by Chris Frantz
  8. Ginger Baker: Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Drummer by Ginger Baker
  9. The Beat of My Own Drum: A Memoir by Sheila E
  10. Hit So Hard: A Memoir by Patty Schemel
  11. Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss by Peter Criss
  12. Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collin
  13. Life, Billy, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Liberty DeVitto
  14. So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer’s Life by Jason Slichter (Semisonic)
  15. Street Player: My Chicago Story by Danny Seraphine
  16. The Boy Is Gonna Rock: A Drummer’s Journey from Houston to Hollywood in Search of Hair Metal Heaven by Bobby Rock
  17. Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir by Steve Gorman
  18. Johny Barbata - The Legendary Life of a Rock Star Drummer ​Johny Barbata