Just around Midnight
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism, Reference, Pop & Rock, Rock
| Author: | Jack Hamilton | ISBN: | 9780674973565 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 26, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jack Hamilton |
| ISBN: | 9780674973565 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 26, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
When Jimi Hendrix died, the idea of a black man playing lead guitar in a rock band seemed exotic. Yet ten years earlier, Chuck Berry had stood among the most influential rock and roll performers. Why did rock and roll become white? Jack Hamilton challenges the racial categories that distort standard histories of rock music and the 60s revolution.
When Jimi Hendrix died, the idea of a black man playing lead guitar in a rock band seemed exotic. Yet ten years earlier, Chuck Berry had stood among the most influential rock and roll performers. Why did rock and roll become white? Jack Hamilton challenges the racial categories that distort standard histories of rock music and the 60s revolution.
