Author: David R. Shumway
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421413922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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Filled with memorable photographs, Rock Star will appeal to anyone interested in modern American popular culture or music history.
Author: Robert McParland
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666915327
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 237
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The music, performances, and cultural impact of some of the most enduring figures in popular music are explored in Rock Music Icons: Musical and Cultural Impacts. This collection investigates authenticity, identity, and the power of the voices and images of widely circulated and shared artists that have become the soundtrack of our lives.
Author: Robbie Robertson
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1101918683
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Part memoir, part tribute, and all great storytelling ... Music industry veterans Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Jared Levine, and Sebastian Robertson invite young readers to share with them in celebrating twenty-seven musical legends. Short profiles chronicle personal stories and achievements of extraordinarily talented artists whose innovations changed the landscape of music for generations to come. Carefully compiled like any great playlist, the line-up features originators, rebels, and risk-takers across diverse genres. From Ray Charles to Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry to Bob Dylan, Robertson shares anecdotes about these artists and the influence they had on his own musical journey. Always respectful of their reader, the writers never shy away from speaking about the difficult challenges these recording artists faced and the very human foibles that sometimes led to their tragic end. Most of all, it's the authors' passion and insights into these personal stories of creativity and collaboration -- and the power of music to shine a light on injustice and foster change -- that will fascinate, enlighten, and inspire music fans of all ages.
Author: Hervé Guilleminot
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN: 9781786031495
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Each Top 40 Famous title introduces readers to a fascinating non-fiction subject through its 40 most famous people or groups. An illustration, short biography and pull-out boxes with statistics brings each alive in a fun, accessible way. In this inspiring title, learn about Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Madonna, Beyoncé, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and many other rock and pop legends. Key aspects are pulled out for young readers, such as genre, look and famous performances.
Author: David R. Shumway
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421413930
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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The nature and meaning of rock stardom—celebrities who embody the most important social and cultural conflicts of their era. "All stars are celebrities, but not all celebrities are stars," states David Shumway in the introduction to Rock Star, an informal history of rock stardom. This deceptively simple statement belies the complex definition and meaning of stardom and more specifically of rock icons. Shumway looks at the careers and cultural legacies of seven rock stars in the context of popular music and culture—Elvis Presley, James Brown, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, and Bruce Springsteen. Granted, there are many more names that fall into the rock icon category and that might rightfully appear on this list. Partly, that is the point: "rock star" is a familiar and desired category but also a contested one. Shumway investigates the rock star as a particular kind of cultural construction, different from mere celebrity. After the golden age of moviemaking, media exposure allowed rock stars more political sway than Hollywood's studio stars, and rock stars gradually replaced movie stars as key cultural heroes. Because of changes in American society and the media industries, rock stars have become much more explicitly political figures than were the stars of Hollywood’s studio era. Rock stars, moreover, are icons of change, though not always progressive, whose public personas read like texts produced collaboratively by the performers themselves, their managers, and record companies. These stars thrive in a variety of media, including recorded music, concert performance, dress, staging, cover art, films, television, video, print, and others. Filled with memorable photographs, Rock Star will appeal to anyone interested in modern American popular culture or music history.
Author: Jeb Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983471608
Category : Heavy metal (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Wright features interviews with some of the biggest rock icons and metal gods to ever take the stage.
Author: Scott Schinder
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 9780313338458
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Icons of Rock offers an overview of rock's pervasive role in the United States by profiling the lives and work of the music's most legegendary artists.
Author: Kathleen Krull
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 1623347491
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Twenty-four of the greatest figures of rock 'n' roll are celebrated with in-depth mini-biographies. Noted non-fiction writer Kathleen Krull has distilled the essence of each musician or band and brought them to life with behind-the-scenes stories, facts, and entertaining anecdotes. Acclaimed printmaker Stephen Alcorn takes up where words leave off with bold and graphic images.
Author: Michael Zagaris
Publisher: Reel Art Press
ISBN: 9781909526402
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A collection of photographer Michael Zagaris' work capturing rock musicians and rock groups on film, both on stage and off during the late 20th century, accompanied by Zagaris' own perspective and recollections of the photo shoots and their contexts.
Author: Robert Dimery
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
ISBN: 9780764160905
Category : Rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Rock & Roll Heaven is a fascinating look at 120 of popular music's most famous fatalities, from legendary rockers who lived fast and died young to tragic and self-destructive poet-musicians. Discover whose body was washed up at the foot of Beale Street, home of the blues. Find out why country legend Gram Parsons' corpse was stolen. Read about the grisly coincidence that links Keith Moon and "Mama" Cass Elliot. Artist portraits feature career highlights along with details of their untimely demise, accompanied by stunning photographs.
