James A Cosby

Devil's Music, Holy Rollers and Hillbillies

How America Gave Birth to Rock and Roll

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rock music today is universal and its popular history is well known. Yet few know how and why it really came about. Taking a fresh look at events long overlooked or misunderstood, this book tells how some of the most disenfranchised people in a free and prosperous nation strove to make themselves heard--and changed the world. Describing the genesis of rock and roll, the author covers everything from its deep roots in the Mississippi Delta, key early figures, like deejay -Daddy-O- Dewey Phillips and gospel star Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and the influence of so-called -holy rollers- of the Pentecostal church who became crucial performers--Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781476662299
• ISBN-10: 1476662290
• Artikelnr.: 44476977

Autorenporträt

Attorney James A. Cosby is a regular contributor on pop culture matters for PopMatters.com and other outlets. He lives in Philadelphia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface Introduction: Rock in the Free World 1.
"What Is Wrong with Us?" 2.
Boom Time-and Cracks in the Foundation 3.
The Oral Tradition 4.
Being Black 5.
The Early Blues 6.
The Delta and the Devil-and Freedom 7.
The American Hillbilly and Country Music 8.
A Prelude and a Melting Pot 9.
The Church and Rock 10.
Memphis, Sun, and the Dawn of Rock 11.
Mr. Presley 12.
Mr. Berry and the First Wave of Rock 13.
A Changed World Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index