Chitlin' Circuit And the Road to Rock 'N' Roll

Name: Chitlin' Circuit And the Road to Rock 'N' Roll
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ISBN: 9780393342949

ISBN-10: 0393342948

ISBN-13: 9780393342949

Edition: 2012

Authors: Preston Lauterbach

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A well-researched valentine to a lost world of seedy con men, promoters and club owners, the power brokers and hustlers who made the ‘circuitry spark.’ —Eddie Dean, Wall Street JournalLauterbach spins the tale with enormous vitality and it’s terribly fun to read. He masterfully explains the complex logistics of the entertainment industry, and studs the book with fascinating, little-known characters. . . . The reader will finish with an overwhelming urge to turn up the volume.—Kate Tuttle, Boston GlobeA major achievement and an important contribution to American musical history.—Booklist, starred reviewOpens new doors in pop-music scholarship as well as American (and African-American)…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.30" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Preston Lauterbach's The Chitlin'Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Rollwas named a best book of the year bythe Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe,and NPR. He lives near Charlottesville,Virginia.



List of Illustrations


Introduction Nondescript Places



A Hundred Dollars Crooked



The Midget Maestro



The Stroll



Sunset



Rock and Stomp Opus



The Loser Goes to the Hospital, the Winner Goes to Jail



The Bronze Peacock



The Gate Swings



'Tween the Tip In Inn and the Church of God



Roy Brown's Good Rockin' Revival



Female Trouble



All Part of the Game



A Little Like Going to Heaven



Crossover



Shootin' and Cuttin' and Shit



The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business


Coda Renewal


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index