ENGLISH

The chitlin' circuit: and the road to rock 'n' roll

By Preston , Lauterbach

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2011
ISBN
9780393076523, 9780393342949, 0393076520
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1283938 bytes)
Pages
320\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
African American jazz musicians;Jazz;Jazz--Historyetc;Jazz -- History and criticisminterpretation

Description

Combining firsthand reporting with historical research, a music journalist provides a musical history of the birth of rock 'n' roll in the black juke joints where James Brown and B.B. King got their start.;A hundred dollars crooked -- The midget maestro -- The stroll -- Sunset -- Rock and stomp opus -- The loser goes to the hospital, the winner goes to jail -- The bronze peacock -- The gate swings -- 'Tween the Tip In Inn and the Church of God -- Roy Brown's good rockin' revival -- Female trouble -- All part of the game -- A little like going to heaven -- Crossover -- Shootin' and cuttin' and shit -- The hardest-working man in show busines.

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