Country
The Twisted Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll
August 1996
Trade Paperback · 304 Pages
$16.50 U.S. · $20.00 CAN
ISBN 9780306807138
Da Capo Press
Trade Paperback · 304 Pages
$16.50 U.S. · $20.00 CAN
ISBN 9780306807138
Da Capo Press
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Description
Celebrating the dark origins of our most American music, Country reveals a wild shadowland of history that encompasses blackface minstrels and yodeling cowboys; honky-tonk hell and rockabilly heaven; medieval myth and musical miscegenation; sex, drugs, murder; and rays of fierce illumination on Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and others, famous and forgotten, whose demonology is America's own. Profusely and superbly illustrated, Country stands as one of the most brilliant explorations of American musical culture ever written.
About the Author
Nick Tosches is the author of Hellfire, Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll, Power on Earth, Cut Numbers, Dino, and Trinities.