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Author : David R. Shumway
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421413921
Filled with memorable photographs, Rock Star will appeal to anyone interested in modern American popular culture or music history.
Author : Robert McParland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781666915327
The music, performances, and cultural impact of some of the most enduring figures in popular music are explored in Rock Music Icons: Musical and Cultural Impacts. This collection investigates authenticity, identity, and the power of the voices and images of widely circulated and shared artists that have become the soundtrack of our lives.
Author : Scott Schinder,Andy Schwartz
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313338450
Icons of Rock offers an overview of rock's pervasive role in the United States by profiling the lives and work of the music's most legegendary artists.
Author : David R. Shumway
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781421413938
The nature and meaning of rock stardom—celebrities who embody the most important social and cultural conflicts of their era. "All stars are celebrities, but not all celebrities are stars," states David Shumway in the introduction to Rock Star, an informal history of rock stardom. This deceptively simple statement belies the complex definition and meaning of stardom and more specifically of rock icons. Shumway looks at the careers and cultural legacies of seven rock stars in the context of popular music and culture—Elvis Presley, James Brown, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, and Bruce Springsteen. Granted, there are many more names that fall into the rock icon category and that might rightfully appear on this list. Partly, that is the point: "rock star" is a familiar and desired category but also a contested one. Shumway investigates the rock star as a particular kind of cultural construction, different from mere celebrity. After the golden age of moviemaking, media exposure allowed rock stars more political sway than Hollywood's studio stars, and rock stars gradually replaced movie stars as key cultural heroes. Because of changes in American society and the media industries, rock stars have become much more explicitly political figures than were the stars of Hollywood’s studio era. Rock stars, moreover, are icons of change, though not always progressive, whose public personas read like texts produced collaboratively by the performers themselves, their managers, and record companies. These stars thrive in a variety of media, including recorded music, concert performance, dress, staging, cover art, films, television, video, print, and others. Filled with memorable photographs, Rock Star will appeal to anyone interested in modern American popular culture or music history.
Author : Robbie Robertson,Jim Guerinot,Sebastian Robertson,Jared Levine
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781101918685
Part memoir, part tribute, and all great storytelling ... Music industry veterans Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Jared Levine, and Sebastian Robertson invite young readers to share with them in celebrating twenty-seven musical legends. Short profiles chronicle personal stories and achievements of extraordinarily talented artists whose innovations changed the landscape of music for generations to come. Carefully compiled like any great playlist, the line-up features originators, rebels, and risk-takers across diverse genres. From Ray Charles to Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry to Bob Dylan, Robertson shares anecdotes about these artists and the influence they had on his own musical journey. Always respectful of their reader, the writers never shy away from speaking about the difficult challenges these recording artists faced and the very human foibles that sometimes led to their tragic end. Most of all, it's the authors' passion and insights into these personal stories of creativity and collaboration -- and the power of music to shine a light on injustice and foster change -- that will fascinate, enlighten, and inspire music fans of all ages.
Author : Hervé Guilleminot
Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786031493
Each Top 40 Famous title introduces readers to a fascinating non-fiction subject through its 40 most famous people or groups. An illustration, short biography and pull-out boxes with statistics brings each alive in a fun, accessible way. In this inspiring title, learn about Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Madonna, Beyoncé, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and many other rock and pop legends. Key aspects are pulled out for young readers, such as genre, look and famous performances.
Author : Kathleen Krull,Alessandra Balzer
Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781623347499
Twenty-four of the greatest figures of rock 'n' roll are celebrated with in-depth mini-biographies. Noted non-fiction writer Kathleen Krull has distilled the essence of each musician or band and brought them to life with behind-the-scenes stories, facts, and entertaining anecdotes. Acclaimed printmaker Stephen Alcorn takes up where words leave off with bold and graphic images.
Author : Scott Schinder,Andy Schwartz
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313338458
Icons of Rock offers an overview of rock's pervasive role in the United States by profiling the lives and work of the music's most legegendary artists.
Author : John Varvatos,Holly George-Warren
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780062284563
In John Varvatos, the legendary designer reveals his perspective on how rock & roll music and style have influenced his own designs and fashion worldwide. Varvatos’s personally curated collection of more than 250 images are some of the most provocative ever shot by top rock photographers from the late 1960s to today, from the Rolling Stones to the Kings of Leon. The featured photographers are among the world’s finest, including Mick Rock, Bob Gruen, Elliott Landy, Danny Clinch, Lynn Goldsmith, and more. Also included are select images from Varvatos’s own advertising campaigns, featuring artists such as Slash, Iggy Pop, Scott Weiland, and Miles Kane. Varvatos’s captions and incisive commentary on the artist and his or her look accompany each image. Every chapter also contains numerous quotes from the musicians themselves, including Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Iggy Pop, Jack White, Pete Townshend, Robert Plant, Steven Tyler, and Patti Smith. An extraordinary anthology of some of the finest images in rock & roll and the most influential rock looks in fashion and popular culture, this volume will delight music lovers, and fans of music photography, fashion, and fashion history.
Author : Scott Schinder,Andy Schwartz
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Rock groups
ISBN : 0313338469
Icons of Rock offers an overview of rock's pervasive role in the United States by profiling the lives and work of the music's most legegendary artists.
Author : Peter Doggett
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501183027
“A must for CSNY fans.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review The first ever biography focused on the formative and highly influential early years of “rock’s first supergroup” (Rolling Stone) Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—when they were the most successful, influential, and politically potent band in America—in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Woodstock and the formation of the band itself. 1969 to 1974 were true golden years of rock n’ roll, bookmarking an era of arguably unparalleled musical power and innovation. But even more than any of their eminent peers, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young channeled and broadcast all the radical anger, romantic idealism, and generational angst of their time. Each of the members had already made their marks in huge bands (The Hollies, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds), but together, their harmonies were transcendent. The vast emotional range of their music, from delicate acoustic confessionals to raucous counter-culture anthems, was mirrored in the turbulence of their personal lives. Their trademark may have been vocal harmony, but few—if any—of their contemporaries could match the recklessness of their hedonistic and often combative lifestyles, when the four tenacious, volatile, and prodigal songwriters pursued chemical and sexual pleasure to life-threatening extremes. Including full color photographs, CSNY chronicles these four iconic musicians and the movement they came to represent, concentrating on their prime as a collective unit and a cultural force: the years between 1969, when Woodstock telegraphed their arrival to the world, and 1974, when their arch-enemy Richard Nixon was driven from office, and the band (to quote Graham Nash himself) “lost it on the highway.” Even fifty years later, there are plenty of stories left to be told about Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—and music historian Peter Doggett is here to bring them to light in the meticulously researched CSNY, a quintessential and illuminative account of rock’s first supergroup in their golden hour for die-hard fans, nostalgic flower-children, and music history aficionados alike.
Author : Alan S. Lenhoff,David E. Robertson
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781574417869
Classic Keys is a beautifully photographed and illustrated book focusing on the signature rock keyboard sounds of the 1950s to the early 1980s. It celebrates the Hammond B-3 organ, Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, the Vox Continental and Farfisa combo organs, the Hohner Clavinet, the Mellotron, the Minimoog and other famous and collectable instruments. From the earliest days of rock music, the role of keyboards has grown dramatically. Advancements in electronics created a crescendo of musical invention. In the thirty short years between 1950 and 1980, the rock keyboard went from being whatever down-on-its-luck piano awaited a band in a bar or concert hall to a portable digital orchestra. It made keyboards a centerpiece of the sound of many top rock bands, and a handful of them became icons of both sound and design. Their sounds live on: Digitally, in the memory chips of modern keyboards, and in their original form thanks to a growing group of musicians and collectors of many ages and nationalities. Classic Keys explores the sound, lore, and technology of these iconic instruments, including their place in the historical development of keyboard instruments, music, and the international keyboard instrument industry. Twelve significant instruments are presented as the chapter foundations, together with information about and comparisons with more than thirty-six others. Included are short profiles of modern musicians, composers, and others who collect, use, and prize these instruments years after they went out of production. Both authors are avid musicians, collect and restore vintage keyboards, and are well-known and respected in the international community of web forums devoted to these instruments.
Author : Queen
Publisher : Hal Leonard
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781705121528
(Easy Piano Personality). Ten top tunes from glam rock gods Queen arranged for easy piano: Another One Bites the Dust * Bohemian Rhapsody * Crazy Little Thing Called Love * Don't Stop Me Now * Killer Queen * Somebody to Love * Under Pressure * We Are the Champions * We Will Rock You * You're My Best Friend.
Author : Robert Dimery,Bruno MacDonald
Publisher : B.E.S. Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Rock music
ISBN : 0764160907
Rock & Roll Heaven is a fascinating look at 120 of popular music's most famous fatalities, from legendary rockers who lived fast and died young to tragic and self-destructive poet-musicians. Discover whose body was washed up at the foot of Beale Street, home of the blues. Find out why country legend Gram Parsons' corpse was stolen. Read about the grisly coincidence that links Keith Moon and "Mama" Cass Elliot. Artist portraits feature career highlights along with details of their untimely demise, accompanied by stunning photographs.
Author : Robbie Robertson,Jim Guerinot,Sebastian Robertson,Jared Levine
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781101918685
Part memoir, part tribute, and all great storytelling ... Music industry veterans Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Jared Levine, and Sebastian Robertson invite young readers to share with them in celebrating twenty-seven musical legends. Short profiles chronicle personal stories and achievements of extraordinarily talented artists whose innovations changed the landscape of music for generations to come. Carefully compiled like any great playlist, the line-up features originators, rebels, and risk-takers across diverse genres. From Ray Charles to Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry to Bob Dylan, Robertson shares anecdotes about these artists and the influence they had on his own musical journey. Always respectful of their reader, the writers never shy away from speaking about the difficult challenges these recording artists faced and the very human foibles that sometimes led to their tragic end. Most of all, it's the authors' passion and insights into these personal stories of creativity and collaboration -- and the power of music to shine a light on injustice and foster change -- that will fascinate, enlighten, and inspire music fans of all ages.