The history of rock & roll Volume one, 1920-1963 /
"Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this ... narrative--from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first indepen...
| Main Author: | Ward, Ed, 1948- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Flatiron Books,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this ... narrative--from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an immense change in the airwaves took hold and the Beatles prepared for their first American tour"--Amazon.com. |
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes filmography and bibliographical references (pages 381-385) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781250071163 125007116X |
| Author Notes: |
Ed Ward (1948-2021) was a renowned rock music critic for such publications as Crawdaddy , Rolling Stone , Creem , and The Austin American-Statesman . As NPR's "Fresh Air" rock-and-roll historian for more than thirty years, Ward shared his musical knowledge of musicians and bands, both famous and obscure, to an audience of fourteen million listeners. |