Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll: Fifth Edition
by Greil Marcus
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Author: Greil MarcusEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-25
ISBN: 0452289181
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Plume
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Summary: 5 Stars
Just about the best book about artists which (with the exception of Sly & The Family Stone) I've never bothered to listen to. But Marcus' choice of performers is irrelavant. What matters is his thesis on how rock & roll has influenced American culture, and vice versa. The introduction, about Little Richard's rant on Dick Cavett's early-70's show on ABC, nicely sums up what Marcus does in this book---insisting that rock & roll is THE postwar American music, no matter what the elitists tell you.
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