On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1619025817 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Before it's over, centuries have been traversed, opinions expressed that throw new light on everything we listen to, and appreciation created where none might have been before.The expression and inspiration are all intertwined on the road to freedom, and Dennis McNally turns on the lights in a room full of revelations and re-imaginings in a way that's never been done. Handy, Coltrane, Seeger, and Dylan--a distinctly American conversation in perpetual pursuit of cultural freedom; an unflinching legacy with reverberations felt throughout the world." -- Bill Payne, co-founder of Little Feat"This book is about cultural alchemy and the multicultural, transnational nature of artistic growth and aspirations of political freedom. Every serious fan of rock and roll, jazz or blues should read this book: It has much to say, and it says it with depth and grace." Electric Review"On Highway 61 is an essential volume for music lovers." Oakland Tribune"McNally, author of Des
"Take this Highwayand be enlightened." according to joshua carson. Dennis McNally, who has written excellent tomes about Jack Kerouac, as well as the Grateful Dead, paints his prose across an even grander canvass with On Highway 61.Indeed he traces an alternative, and more accurate history of America, vis a vis the development of music and popular culture over the last 15. "This book nails it" according to Brigid Meier. On Highway 61, Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom is a brilliant tour de force; the book is erudite, impeccably and thoroughly researched yet intimately conversational. Dennis McNally has provided the backstory for the alive, sexy, creative origins of our American (sub)culture, particularly . Read for work, or for fun and edification Husband has read this, made notes, will refer to it in one of the classes he teaches at a local university, and he even found the name of one of his university colleagues and mentioned it to him, so now colleague is going to buy the book too. Husband said this was a thrillingly crazy ride through culture/h
It was not long before these young white rebels were the masters of American pop music big band Swing.As Bop succeeded Swing, and Rhythm and Blues followed, each had white followers like the Beat writers and the first young rock and rollers. HandyBessie SmithMa RaineyCharlie PattonLouis ArmstrongBuddy BoldenJelly Roll MortonSidney BechetMamie SmithKing OliverBillie HolidayW.E.B. Maturing at the hands of Louis Armstrong, it would soon attract a cluster of young white musicians who came to be known as the Austin High Gang, who fell in love with black music and were inspired to play it themselves. While familiar, the book places them into a newly articulated historical reference that shines new light and reveals a progression that is much greater than the sum of its individual parts.As the first post-Civil War generation of black Americans came of age, they introduced into the national culture a trio of musical formsragtime, blues, and jazz that would, with their derivations, dominate popular music to this day. Du BoisJack JohnsonRobert JohnsonOriginal Dixieland Jazz BandHoagy CarmichaelBix BeiderbeckeMezz MezzrowAustin High GangPaul WhitemanCarl Van VechtenZora Neale HurstonLangston HughesDuke EllingtonCount BasieBenny GoodmanThomas DorseyJohn HammondJohn LomaxAlan LomaxLead BellyJimmie RodgersWoody GuthrieMississippi John HurtCharlie ParkerDizzy Gi