Stephen Miller

The Million Dollar Quartet (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Million Dollar Quartet' is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an impromptu jam session among Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.The events of the session. Very few participants survive. Includes interviews with the drummer and the sound engineer.

A detailed analysis of the music played - and its relevance to subsequent popular music.

The early lives and careers of the quartet - where they were in 1956.

Relevant social and economic factors which meant that a massive audience of young people were keenly looking for a new kind of music they could call their own.

The "reunions" of surviving members of the quartet.

The emergence of the tapes, first on bootleg and then on legitimate CDs.

The genesis of the stage show and its reception - the enduring appeal of the music.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Omnibus Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857128560
• Artikelnr.: 38229612

Autorenporträt

Stephen Miller is a Scotland-based writer (with a focus on country music) who previously practiced as a lawyer. He has written a well-received study of Dolly Parton ('Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton') as well as the critically acclaimed 'Johnny Cash: The Life of an American Icon', both released by Omnibus.