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Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals - Couverture souple

Livre 73 sur 85: Music in American Life

Reali, Christopher M.

 
9780252086588: Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0252086589 ISBN 13 : 9780252086588
Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2022

Synopsis

A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022

The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. Christopher M. Reali's in-depth look at the fabled musical hotbed examines the events and factors that gave the Muscle Shoals sound such a potent cultural power. Many artists trekked to FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound in search of the sound of authentic southern Black music-and at times expressed shock at the mostly white studio musicians waiting to play it for them. Others hoped to draw on the hitmaking production process that defined the scene. Reali also chronicles the overlooked history of Muscle Shoals's impact on country music and describes the region's recent transformation into a tourism destination.

Multifaceted and informed, Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals reveals the people, place, and events behind one of the most legendary recording scenes in American history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Christopher M. Reali is an assistant professor of music at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

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Éditeur
University of Illinois Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0252086589
ISBN 13 
9780252086588
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
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Personne responsable
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