Veteran songwriter, musician and all-around good guy Joe Vitale will make a book signing appearance at the Winchester Music Hall in Cleveland on January 6th starting at 9 pm.

We first got to read Joe’s book BACKSTAGE PASS back when the ink was still wet. It’s a collection of stories from his years on the rock and roll road, with tales from tours with Ted Nugent, Joe Walsh, the Eagles and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, among others. Our favorite: Joe’s foiled plan to declare Charlie the Tuna chief spokesfish for the Save the Whales campaign.

Event info via artsinohio.com.

Entertaining interview via Mr. Media with Ben Fong-Torres, author of a new book entitled Eagles: Taking It to the Limit, published earlier this month to coincide with the Eagles’ upcoming 40th anniversary.

Danny Seraphine’s autobiography comes out next week, his reflections on a twenty-some-odd-year career with Chicago back when they were “horny.”

We haven’t read the book yet, so we can’t influence your decision to do so by offering some obscure, snobby and abstract literary criticism nobody really understands but pretends to.

We’re going to read it solely based on our observation that in vintage band footage Danny always looks like he’s cranking on a toy drum kit. Cool guys don’t need to hide behind their equipment.

Eagles fans have got the untold story, Don’s version of events and as of last week, a brand-spanking new illustrated history of the band courtesy of Nashville author Andrew Vaughan.

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It’s no news that, ever since Eve’s influence on visitors to the Garden of Eden was put in writing, women have been a chief source of inspiration to authors, poets and songwriters throughout history.

Pop culture author Michael Heatley’s “The Girl in the Song” (October 2010 release) reveals the female sources of inspiration to the songwriters of rock music’s signature tunes. Who is the Hollies’ “Carrie Ann?” Which “Uptown Girl” is Billy Joel singing about? Where did “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” hang out? This handy reference should help clear up the meaning behind song lyrics you’ve probably misunderstood since day one.

If the the author doesn’t get around to it this time, perhaps volume two will shed some light on those “Bad Girls” Don immortalized back in 1983.