ISBN:
0571198481
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XI, 303 S.
,
Ill.
DDC:
781.640976819
Schlagwort(e):
Popular music History and criticism
;
Popmusik
;
Geschichte
;
Memphis, Tenn.
;
Memphis, Tenn.
;
Popmusik
;
Geschichte
Kurzfassung:
Delta bluesmen, a peanut vendor, a matinee cowboy, a professional wrestler, a manic deejay - these were the intersections where cultures collided in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s. It Came from Memphis documents through firsthand accounts how an audience of white teenagers, caught in the middle of this extraordinary confluence of music, entrepreneurship, and eccentricity, broke through the walls of institutional racism and helped usher in a new musical form called rock and roll
Kurzfassung:
Beginning with notorious deejay Dewey Philips and his show "Red, Hot & Blue," It Came from Memphis is a rollicking tale of street-corner jug bands, shady West Memphis, nightclubs, first bands and first hits, of hippie puppet shows and outdoor music festivals, and of learning the ropes of the music biz as the ropes were strung
Kurzfassung:
It is also the story of how a generation of Southern white kids befriended a generation of Mississippi Delta blues artists, and what happened to Memphis and the music industry when these two ostracized cultures met and found mutual inspiration on society's margin
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