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 " The Rock 'N' Roll Age: The Music, the Culture, the Generation" (Hardcover). By Mike Evans, Reader's Digest, Pub.
REVIEW: Mike Evans is a Brit who's been a musician & broadcaster as well as a writer. In this volume he starts with "the roots of rock" spawned in the 40's, carries its history to the time of the "British Invasion" of 1964, and ends it at "The Summer Of Love" in 1967.
This is a veritable "Who's Who" of those who made the music we've listened to for decades ! From Jackie Brenston's seminal "Rocket 88", through Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Clyde McPhatter, Bill Haley, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Stones, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Jimi Hendrix...well, you get the picture. If they're a part of R&R History, they're in there !
On the way, this journey takes you through not only the music, and those that made it, but also the cultural & generational progression of our society: movies, books, politics, cars, advertising, news headlines, fads...it's all covered, as well as how we sometimes connect it all through music, and how it shapes and changes the world we live in.
If you have a personal library, love music, and want to read about the History of R&R as viewed through the eyes of a knowledgeable, well-traveled Englishman, this IS a book you need for your collection ! JK
(SPECIAL NOTE: This book is available at www.amazon.com AND, be sure to see the great variety of books, magazines, posters, pictures, and many other items just like this, at all of our ST. LOUIS RECORD COLLECTOR & CD SHOWS ! You can buy 'em there and take 'em home the same day !)
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