In 1939, a new record from a shadowy storefront on Detroit's east side starts showing up in juke boxes all over town. It quickly becomes a smash hit, sending men scrambling to cash in, by creating Detroit's first home-grown record company! Here's the story of an unlikely pair of tattooed hustlers: an ex-con, and a shell-shocked World War I vet, plus: juke boxes, the mafia, Hamtramck mamas, Highland Park girls, the first all-female western swing act on records, the first rockabilly trio - all playing parts in hilarious and torrid tales about an ancient line of 78 rpm discs that document the dawn of Detroit's recording industry!
- | Author: Craig Maki
- | Publisher: Wax Hound Press
- | Publication Date: Feb 17, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 136 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0578364425
- | ISBN-13: 9780578364421