Groove Interrupted Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans

Name: Groove Interrupted Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans
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ISBN: 9781250007643

ISBN-10: 125000764X

ISBN-13: 9781250007643

Edition: 2011

Authors: Keith Spera

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The recent history of New Orleans is fraught with tragedy and triumph. Both are reflected in the city's vibrant, idiosyncratic music community. In Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Keith Spera's intimately reported Groove Interrupted, a diverse group of musicians, promoters, and local legends reckon with life before and after the flood. From Aaron Neville's return to bury his wife of fifty years to the rescue of Fats Domino and Alex Chilton by helicopter during the storm and Platinum-selling rapper Mystikal's attempt to rekindle his career after six years in prison, Spera scores of the city in all of its joyful and elegiac tones. Groove Interrupted vividly renders the unbreakable spirit of…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 4/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Foreword


Introduction



Gatemouth Brown's Last Ride



Aaron Neville's Hardest Homecoming



Quint Davis and the 2006 Jazz Fest Revival



Allen Toussaint Comes Alive



Fats Domino's Excellent Adventure



Terence Blanchard and a Muse Named Katrina



Alex Chilton Undercover



Jeremy Davenport Makes a Record



Mystikal Versus Michael Tyler



To Hell and Back with Phil Anselmo



Mr. New Orleans: Pete Fountain



Bouncing with Juvenile



Rebirth, Now and Forever


Acknowledgments