The reading list in Rock Music Menu’s Summer Essentials. (Courtesy of, clockwise from top left, Akashic Books, Akashic Books, Jawbone Press, Enemy Books, Motorbooks, St. Martin’s Press, Jawbone Press.

When Keith Richards was arrested for drug possession in Toronto, he called upon his friend and Canadian native, Lorne Michaels, to testify.

Becoming Led Zeppelin, which you can watch with a Netflix subscription, is a fantastic documentary. While I do admit I wish ...