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S'està carregant… A Rocket in My Pocket: The Hipster's Guide to Rockabilly Musicde Max Décharné
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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, p No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)782.42166The arts Music Vocal music Secular Forms of vocal music Secular songs General principles and musical forms Song genres Rock songsLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (3.5)
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The author gives us the history of rockabilly, from the time Elvis and Carl started to make music to the twenty first century, and while there are some big names noted, from the aforementioned Carl and Elvis, to the Killer himself, Jerry Lee Lewis, Wanda Jackson, Johnny Cash and Billy Lee Riley, there were many so obscure that their neighbours probably weren't aware they had been musicians.
In the final pages, Decherne poignantly notes that so few of the 1950s rockabilly stars were still going, and which was magnified for me as the news of the Killer's passing occurred during my read. At least Wanda Jackson still lives.
And finally, any book that mentions Alberto Zoppe's Midgets is a must-read as far as I'm concerned. (