From Bakersfield to Beale Street : a regional history of American rock 'n' roll / 2nd ed.

Table Of Contents:
Preface vii

Chapter 1 Rock Basics 1(22)

Instruments---Musical Elements 2(14)

Instruments Used in Rock 2(1)

Electrical Musical Instruments 2(5)

Electronic Musical Instruments 7(2)

Digital Musical Instruments 9(2)

Amplification and Effects Equipment 11(3)

Drums and Percussion 14(2)

Musical Elements in Rock---Rhythm, Melody, Harmony 16(6)

Rhythm 16(1)

Pitch and Melody 17(3)

Melody Characteristics 20(1)

Harmony 21(1)

Questions for Further Discussion 22(1)

Chapter 2 Rock `n' Roll Roots 23(26)

Origins---Song Forms 24(9)

How Elements Combine 24(1)

Comparing the Use of Musical Instruments in Songs 24(9)

Rock `n' Roll's Ancestry---Song Forms 33(15)

The Blues Tradition 33(5)

Folk and Country Music Tradition 38(5)

The Pop Tradition 43(5)

Questions for Further Discussion 48(1)

Chapter 3 Expansion 49(25)

Blues and R&B: Race Music 50(9)

Regional Blues Centers 50(2)

Important Regional Blues Innovators 52(4)

The Development of R&B 56(3)

Nashville: The Grand Ole Opry and the "Countrypolitan" Sound 59(6)

The Grand Ole Opry 60(1)

The Nashville Sound: "Countrypolitan" 60(1)

The Nashville Sound---The Men 61(1)

The Nashville Sound---The Women 62(3)

West Coast: Jump Blues and Latin Rock 65(4)

Jump Blues 65(1)

Latin Rock 66(3)

East Coast---West Coast: Early Surf Guitar Sound 69(4)

East Coast 69(1)

West Coast 70(3)

Questions for Further Discussion 73(1)

Chapter 4 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' on: Regional Styles in Rockabilly Music 74(33)

Western Swing 75(2)

Southern Gospel 77(1)

The Bakersfield Sound 78(1)

Traditional Country and Bluegrass 79(4)

Bluegrass 80(3)

Billy Haley and Comets---Rockabilly Emerges 83(3)

Memphis---Sam Phillips and Sun Records 86(1)

Sun Records and the Million Dollar Quartet 87(6)

West Texas and Clovis 93(3)

Other Rockabilly Artists 96(10)

Questions for Further Discussion 106(1)

Chapter 5 What'd I Say?: Regional Influences of Classic Soul 107(28)

Early Soul 108(3)

The Motown Sound---The Sound of Young America 111(8)

Motown---The Guys 112(2)

Motown---The Girls 114(1)

Additional Motown Artists 115(4)

Memphis: Stax and Muscle Shoals 119(6)

Stax 119(1)

Muscle Shoals 120(5)

Chicago Soul 125(4)

The Philadelphia Sound 129(4)

James Brown and the Move Toward Funk 133(1)

Questions for Further Discussion 134(1)

Chapter 6 Be my Baby: 1960s Pop Music---East Meets West 135(19)

Philadelphia and American Bandstand 136(1)

Chubby Checker and the Dance Craze 137(2)

Brill Building (Aldon Music)---Al Nevins and Don Kirschner 139(4)

Phil Spector and the Wall of Sound 143(4)

West Coast Surf Music 147(6)

One-Hit Surf bands 151(2)

Questions for Further Discussion 153(1)

Chapter 7 Turn, Turn, Turn, Folk-Rock, Country-Rock, Psychedelic-Rock 154(20)

Folk Rock 156(5)

Country Rock 161(3)

Psychedelic Rock---Acid-Rock 164(9)

The San Francisco Sound 164(6)

Acid-Rock and Jimi Hendrix 170(3)

Questions for Further Discussion 173(1)

Chapter 8 You've Got a Friend: Singer-Songwriters 174(22)

East Coast 177(10)

West Coast 187(8)

Questions for Further Discussion 195(1)

Chapter 9 Dixie Chicken: Southern-Rock and Jazz-Rock 196(18)

Southern-Rock 197(7)

Other Southern-Rock Bands 204(2)

Jazz-Rock 206(7)

Fusion 207(1)

Horn Bands 208(5)

Questions for Further Discussion 213(1)

Chapter 10 Now I want to Snuff Some Glue: Funk, Disco and Early American Punk 214(23)

Funk 215(5)

Earth, Wind and Fire and the Move to Disco 220(1)

Disco 221(4)

American Punk 225(11)

Detroit 226(3)

Boston 229(1)

New York 229(7)

Questions for Further Discussion 236(1)

Chapter 11 Rock Diversifies: Punk Branches Out---New Wave, Pop-Rock, Metal, Roots-Rock 237(30)

New Wave and Pop Punk 238(1)

West Coast Girl Groups 239(2)

Pop is King (and Queen) 241(4)

Hard Rock/Metal 245(10)

East Coast 245(2)

Midwest 247(2)

West Coast 249(6)

Roots Rock and Blues Revival 255(5)

Roots Rock---South, Midwest, West Coast 255(3)

Texas Blues Revival---Austin Scene 258(2)

Alternative/College Rock---Southern United States 260(1)

Questions for Further Discussion 261(2)

Epilogue 263(4)

How Did We Get Here? 264(2)

Where Are We Going? 266(1)
End Notes 267(2)
Bibliography 269(6)
About the Authors 275