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Rockabilly : the twang heard 'round the world : the complete illustrated history

Title
Rockabilly : the twang heard 'round the world : the complete illustrated history / [editor], Michael Dregni ; featuring Greil Marcus [and others] ; foreword by Sonny Burgess.
Publication
Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2011.

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  • Dregni, Michael, 1961-
  • Marcus, Greil.
  • Guralnick, Peter.
  • Sante, Luc.
Description
231 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
Subject
  • Rockabilly music > History and criticism
  • Rockabilly musicians > Pictorial works
  • Popular music > 1951-1960
  • Rock music > To 1961
Note
  • "The Illustrated History with Greil Marcus, Peter Guralnick, Luc Sante, Robert Gordon, and more."--Cover.
  • Includes index.
Contents
We wanna boogie / by Sonny Burgess -- Opening riff : the birth of hillbilly bop -- Sunrise : Elvis Presley at Sun Records, 1954-1955 -- Whole lotta shakin' : Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Jerry Lee Lewis -- Sun's unsung rockabilly heroes : those who would be king -- Rockabilly far and wide : local stars, regional hits -- Gene and Eddie : Rockabilly ambassadors -- The dark ages of the 1960s : rockabilly lives on in the shadows -- Rockabilly, European style : twang with a foreign accent -- Rave on : The worldwide rockabilly revival -- Afterword : Nowheresville.
ISBN
  • 9780760340622
  • 0760340625
LCCN
99944587406
OCLC
  • 662404949
  • ocn662404949
  • SCSB-14493252
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Columbia University Libraries