Devil's Music, Holy Rollers And Hillbillies: How America Gave Birth To Rock And Roll
McFarland & Company
ISBN13:
9781476662299
$27.56
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.
- | Author: James A. Cosby
- | Publisher: McFarland & Company
- | Publication Date: May 20, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 264 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Music
- | ISBN-10: 1476662290
- | ISBN-13: 9781476662299
- Author:
- James A. Cosby
- Publisher:
- McFarland & Company
- Publication Date:
- May 20, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 264 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Music
- ISBN-10:
- 1476662290
- ISBN-13:
- 9781476662299