Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock - Couverture souple

FitzGerald, Michael Ray

 
9780813080352: Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock
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ISBN 10 : 0813080355 ISBN 13 : 9780813080352
Editeur : University Press of Florida, 2023

Synopsis

The enduring achievement and legacy of a rock movement


Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction


The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd helped usher in a new kind of southern music from Jacksonville, Florida. Together, they and fellow bands like Blackfoot, 38 Special, and Molly Hatchet would reset the course of seventies rock. Yet Jacksonville seemed an unlikely hotbed for a new musical movement.


Michael FitzGerald blends eyewitness detail with in-depth history to tell the story of how the River City bred this generation of legendary musicians. As he profiles essential bands alongside forerunners like Gram Parsons and Cowboy, FitzGerald reveals how the powerful local AM radio station worked with newspapers and television stations to nurture talent. Media attention in turn created a public hungry for live performances by area bands. What became the southern rock elite welded relentless determination to a ferocious work ethic, honing their gifts on a testing ground that brooked no weakness and took no prisoners.


FitzGerald looks at the music as the diverse soundtrack to a neo-southern lifestyle that reconciled different segments of society in Jacksonville, and across the nation, in the late sixties and early seventies. A vivid journey into a crucible of American music, Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock shines a light on the artists and songs that powered a phenomenon.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Ray FitzGerald is a media historian, musician, and former journalist based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Éditeur
University Press of Florida
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813080355
ISBN 13 
9780813080352
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0813066654 ISBN 13 :  9780813066653
Editeur : University Press of Florida, 2020
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