Devil's Music, Holy Rollers and Hillbillies

How America Gave Birth to Rock and Roll

James A. Cosby (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6229-9 (ISBN)

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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.

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsviii

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

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2016
Zusatzinfo	20 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	339 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-6229-0 / 1476662290
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6229-9 / 9781476662299
Zustand	Neuware