Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World - David A. Less

Descriere Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World - David A. Less

\n \nMemphis gave birth to music that changed the world -- Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how music and culture collided to change the state of music forever\n \nMusic writer Less presents a fascinating history of the music of his native Memphis ... Less brings to vivid life the music of Memphis. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review\n \nDavid Less has captured the essence of the Memphis music experience on these pages in no uncertain terms. There's truly no place like Memphis, and this is the story of why that is. HAVE MERCY -- Billy F Gibbons, ZZ Top\n \nMemphis Mayhem weaves the tale of the racial collision that led to a cultural, sociological, and musical revolution. David Less constructs a fascinating narrative of the city that has produced a startling array of talent, including Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Al Green, Otis Redding, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Justin Timberlake, and so many more.\n \nBeginning with the 1870s yellow fever epidemics that created racial imbalance as wealthy whites fled the city, David Less moves from W.C. Handy's codification of blues in 1909 to the mid-century advent of interracial musical acts like Booker T. & the M.G.'s, the birth of punk, and finally to the growth of a music tourism industry.\n \nMemphis Mayhem explores the city's entire musical ecosystem, which includes studios, high school band instructors, clubs, record companies, family bands, pressing plants, instrument factories, and retail record outlets. Lively and comprehensive, this is a provocative story of finding common ground through music and creating a sound that would change the world.\n

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Ecw Press

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9781770415089

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