10 books up for Gleason Awards
Three award winners will share $ 5,000 in cash prizes.
The winners will be announced at a March ceremony in New York.
Nominated are "A Satisfied Mind: The Country Music Life of Porter Wagoner," by Steve Eng (Rutledge Hill Press); "The Big Wheel: Rock & Roll and Roadside Attractions" by Bruce Thomas (Faber & Faber); "Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock And Out" by Bill Graham and Robert Greenfield (Doubleday); and "Bluesland: Portraits of 12 Major American Blues Masters," edited by Pete Welding and Toby Byron (Dutton).
Also, "Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams" by Nick Tosches (Doubleday); "England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond" by Jon Savage (St. Martin's); "From Cakewalks to Concert Halls: An Illustrated History of African American Popular Music from 1895 to 1930" by Thomas L. Morgan and William Barlow (Elliot & Clark); "I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol" by Glen Matlock and Pete Silverton (Faber & Faber); "Keith Richards: The Biography" by Victor Bockris (no publisher listed); and "Woman With Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues," by Paul and Beth Garon (Da Capo).
