Devil's Music, Holy Rollers and Hillbillies : How America Gave Birth to Rock and Roll Paperback / softback
by James A. Cosby
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 20 photographs
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:30/05/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781476662299
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 20 photographs
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:30/05/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781476662299