The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll
The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll

Author: Richard Havers

Publisher: Book Sales Inc

Published: 2010-04

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780785826255

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Chronicles the history of blues music from its emergence in the early 1900s through the twentieth century, and describes the musical accomplishments of Leadbelly, Bessie Smith, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, B.B. King, and others. Includes an audio CD.

Sex and Drugs Before Rock 'n' Roll
Sex and Drugs Before Rock 'n' Roll

Author: Benjamin Roberts

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9089644024

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Sex and Drugs Before the Rock ’n’ Rollis a fascinating volume that presents an engaging overview of what it was like to be young and male in the Dutch Golden Age. Here, well-known cohorts of Rembrandt are examined for the ways in which they expressed themselves by defying conservative values and norms. This study reveals how these young men rebelled, breaking from previous generations: letting their hair grow long, wearing colorful clothing, drinking excessively, challenging city guards, being promiscuous, smoking, and singing lewd songs. Cogently argued, this study paints a compelling portrait of the youth culture of the Dutch Golden Age, at a time when the rising popularity of print made dissemination of new cultural ideas possible, while rising incomes and liberal attitudes created a generation of men behaving badly.

Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom

Author: Nik Cohn

Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

Published: 2016-06-13

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0802189830

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From the rise of Bill Haley to the death of Jimi Hendrix, this account of music in the 1950s and 1960s is “the definitive history of rock ‘n’ roll” (Rolling Stone). This is British music journalist Nik Cohn’s classic and cogent history of an unruly era—filled with outrageous tales and vivid descriptions of the music, and covering artists from Elvis Presley to Eddie Cochran to Bob Dylan to the Beatles and beyond. From the father of what would become a new literary form—rock criticism—this is a seminal history of rock and roll’s evolution, including revisions and updates made for a new edition in the early 1970s.