We Wanna Boogie The Rockabilly Roots Of Sonny Burgess And The Pacers

Author : Marvin Schwartz
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781935106753

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We Wanna Boogie: The Rockabilly Roots of Sonny Burgess and the Pacers by Marvin Schwartz Pdf

Rock and roll pioneer and Newport native Sonny Burgess is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. In this book full of personal interviews and remembrances, Burgess and his band tell of their original recordings for Sun Records in the 1950s; their shows with greats such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis; and their success in the contemporary rockabilly revival. This also is the history of a once prominent and spirited Delta community of extensive agricultural wealth. Newport was home to numerous music clubs that hosted national artists as well as illicit backroom gambling. Burgess is a product of this history, and his vivacious music is shaped by his hometown and the dramatic transformation of southern rural life it witnessed.

Author : Colin Edward Woodward
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781682262085

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Country Boy by Colin Edward Woodward Pdf

"In Country Boy, Colin Woodward combines biography, social and political history, and music criticism to tell the story of Johnny Cash's time in his native Arkansas. Woodward explores how some of Cash's best songs are based on his experiences growing up in northeastern Arkansas, and he recounts that Cash often returned to his home state, where he played some of his most memorable and personal concerts"--

Author : Ben F. Johnson
Publisher : Histories of Arkansas
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682261026

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Arkansas in Modern America Since 1930 by Ben F. Johnson Pdf

"Arkansas in Modern America since 1930 represents a significant rewriting of and elaboration on the earlier Arkansas in Modern America, published in 2000. This book offers an overview of the factors that moved Arkansas from a primarily rural society to one more in step with the modern economy and perspectives of the nation as a whole. The narrative covers the roles of Bill Clinton, Daisy Bates, Sam Walton, Don Tyson, and other influential figures in the state's history, placing them in the context of women's movements, music and literature, religious influences, environmental trends, and other important cultural phenomena"--

Author : Joseph M. Thompson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469678375

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Cold War Country by Joseph M. Thompson Pdf

Country music maintains a special, decades-long relationship to American military life, but these ties didn't just happen. This readable history reveals how country music's Nashville-based business leaders on Music Row created partnerships with the Pentagon to sell their audiences on military service while selling the music to servicemembers. Beginning in the 1950s, the military flooded armed forces airwaves with the music, hosted tour dates at bases around the world, and drew on artists from Johnny Cash to Lee Greenwood to support recruitment programs. Over the last half of the twentieth century, the close connections between the Defense Department and Music Row gave an economic boost to the white-dominated sounds of country while marginalizing Black artists and fueling divisions over the meaning of patriotism. This story is filled with familiar stars like Roy Acuff, Elvis Presley, and George Strait, as well as lesser-known figures: industry executives who worked the halls of Congress, country artists who dissented from the stereotypically patriotic trappings of the genre, and more. Joseph M. Thompson argues convincingly that the relationship between Music Row and the Pentagon helped shape not only the evolution of popular music but also race relations, partisanship, and images of the United States abroad.

Author : Tim Watson and Betsy Jacoway Watson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467115858

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Newport and Jackson County by Tim Watson and Betsy Jacoway Watson Pdf

For almost 200 years, Jackson County has been a typical farming community in the Mississippi Delta. Based on timber, cotton, and freshwater pearls, its early economy produced great wealth for a small group of landowners. In the 1920s, Jackson County was the 10th-largest cotton producer in the country. However, with the arrival of the tractor in the 1950s and the departure of the laboring classes, the county's economy spiraled downward. The tensions in this social mix led to a creative fermentation that allowed Jackson County to become one of the birthplaces of rock and roll. Images of America: Newport and Jackson County tells many of the colorful stories of the history of the county, from land barons and sharecroppers to Elvis, illuminating the rich heritage of its apparently simple towns and communities.

Author : Ali Welky,Mike Keckhaver
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781935106609

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Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music by Ali Welky,Mike Keckhaver Pdf

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Author : Marvin Schwartz
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1610752112

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J. B. Hunt: The Long Haul to Success by Marvin Schwartz Pdf

Author : Max Décharné
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781847652416

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A Rocket in My Pocket by Max Décharné Pdf

Rockabilly had its roots in country, blues, folk, hillbilly, R&B, boogie-woogie and most other indigenous Deep South forms of popular song that you could strum three chords along to or howl down a cheap microphone. It was young people's music, made almost entirely by the first wave of teenagers, despised by adults in general and the country music establishment in particular. Its pioneer exponent, Elvis, eventually become respectable in the eyes of straight society but he was the exception. 1950s rockabilly was a spontaneous outburst of spirited three-chord songs, tiny record labels, primitive studios, fiercely partisan audiences and wild-eyed, driven performers who weren't even sure that their musical careers would last the week. The book charts the rise (and fall) of the original 50s wave of rockabillies. It will also follow the progress of the music, in clubs, on radio, TV and film, pinpointing the key record labels and important regional centres, showing how fashions eventually changed and left rockabilly high and dry, far too wild and primitive in an era of smoother sounds. Dcharn traces the music to its Memphis roots.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1610754395

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Tyson: from Farm to Market (c) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Greil Marcus,Peter Guralnick,Luc Sante,Robert Gordon
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781610602532

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Rockabilly: The Twang Heard 'Round the World by Greil Marcus,Peter Guralnick,Luc Sante,Robert Gordon Pdf

It was the twang heard 'round the world: Rockabilly was born out of country, bluegrass, jazz, and the blues in the 1950s, becoming rock ’n’ roll and ruling the world. Here’s the story of Elvis Presley’s first Sun records that inspired all. And here’s Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and many more rockabillies from the golden years of 1955–1959, in a book chock full of photos, collectible memorabilia, movie posters, rare records, fashion, and rebel lifestyle. Includes contributions from noted music journalists Greil Marcus, Peter Guralnick, Luc Sante, Robert Gordon, and more. The story continues today, with a rockabilly revival that began with stars, such as the Stray Cats and Robert Gordon, spreading around the globe from Europe to Japan. Today, rockabilly is better than ever, with bands like Rev. Horton Heat and others playing the music and living the life from Memphis to Helsinki to Tokyo. There’s still good rockin’ tonight!

Author : Colin Escott
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Popular music
ISBN : 0415937825

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Roadkill on the Three-chord Highway by Colin Escott Pdf

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Sheree Homer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476620466

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Dig That Beat! by Sheree Homer Pdf

Disc jockey Alan Freed coined the term "rock and roll" in the 1950s. Rooted in rockabilly, rhythm and blues, country and western, gospel, and pop, the genre was popularized by performers like Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. Rock and roll's originators and revivalists continue to entertain crowds at roots music festivals worldwide. This book presents stories about performers' lives on the road and in the studio, along with the stories behind popular songs. Informative biographical profiles are provided. Artists sharing their experiences include Dale Hawkins, Big Jay McNeely, Ace Cannon, Sleepy LaBeef, Billy Swan, Robin Luke, Rosie Flores and James Intveld. Conway Twitty, Buck Owens and Janis Martin are also featured.

Author : Ian Peddie
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 0754651142

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The Resisting Muse by Ian Peddie Pdf

This volume examines the various ways popular music has been deployed as anti-establishment and how such opposition both influences and responds to the music produced. The book's contemporary focus (largely post-1975) allows for comprehensive coverage of extremely diverse forms of popular music in relation to the creation of communities of protest. The Resisting Muse examines how the forms and aims of social protest music are contingent upon the audience's ability to invest the music with the 'appropriate' political meaning.

Author : Marvin Schwartz
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1557280053

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In Service to America by Marvin Schwartz Pdf

Author : Randy Poe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781480366923

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Buck 'Em! by Randy Poe Pdf

ÊBuck 'Em! The Autobiography of Buck OwensÊ is the life story of a country music legend. Born in Texas and raised in Arizona Buck eventually found his way to Bakersfield California. Unlike the vast majority of country singers songwriters and musicians who made their fortunes working and living in Nashville the often rebellious and always independent Owens chose to create his own brand of country music some 2 000 miles away from Music City ä racking up a remarkable twenty-one number one hits along the way. In the process he helped give birth to a new country sound and did more than any other individual to establish Bakersfield as a country music center. In the latter half of the 1990s Buck began working on his autobiography. Over the next few years he talked into the microphone of a cassette tape machine for nearly one hundred hours recording the story of his life. With his near-photographic memory Buck recalled everything from his early days wearing hand-me-down clothes in Texas to his glory years as the biggest country star of the 1960s; from his legendary Carnegie Hall concert to his multiple failed marriages; from his hilarious exploits on the road to the tragic loss of his musical partner and best friend Don Rich; from his days as the host of a local TV show in Tacoma Washington to his co-hosting the network television show ÊHee HawÊ; and from his comeback hit Streets of Bakersfield to his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In these pages Buck also shows his astute business acumen having been among the first country artists to create his own music publishing company. He also tells of negotiating the return of all of his Capitol master recordings his acquisition of numerous radio stations and of his conceiving and building the Crystal Palace one of the most venerated musical venues in the country. ÊBuck 'Em!Ê is the fascinating story of the life of country superstar Buck Owens ä from the back roads of Texas to the streets of Bakersfield.