Título: The Bakersfield Sound
Autor: Robert E. Price
Sinopse: An immersive look at the country music sub-genre, from its 1950s origins to its heyday to the twenty-first century. In Californias Central Valley, two thousand miles away from Nashvilles country hit machine, the hard edge of the Bakersfield Sound transformed American music during the later half of the twentieth century. Fueled by the steel twang of electric guitars, explosive drumming, and powerfully aching lyrics, the Sound transformed hard times and desperation into chart-toppers. It vaulted displaced Oklahomans like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard to stardom, and even today the Sounds influence on country music is still widely felt. In this fascinating book, veteran journalist Robert E. Prince traces the Bakersfield Sounds roots from Dust Bowl and World War II migrations through the heyday of Owens, Haggard, and Hee Haw, and into the twenty-first century. Outlaw country demands good storytelling, and Price obliges; to fully understand the Sound and its musicians we dip into honky-tonks, dives, and radio stations playing the songs of sun-parched days spent on oil rigs and in cotton fields, the melodies of hardship and kinship, a soundtrack for dancing and brawling. In other words, The Bakersfield Sound immerses us in the unique cultural convergence that gave rise to a visceral and distinctly California country music. Praise for The Bakersfield Sound A savvy blend of personal anecdotes and broader historical narrative. Kirkus Reviews This book all but reads itself. Prices sense of history, his command of facts, his sense of humor, his sensitivity to class and race, and a love of the musicits all here. Greil Marcus
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Bakersfield Sound”, de Robert E. Price, publicado pela editora Heyday.ORIM, em 2018 e com 309 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Heyday.ORIM
Páginas: 309
Ano: 2018
Edição:
Linguagem: eng
ISBN: 1597144371
ISBN13: 9781597144377