Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll

Conversations with Unjustly Obscure Rock 'n' Soul Eccentrics
Herausgeber: Austen, Jake

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Produktbeschreibung

An edited collection of interviews with rock and roll pioneers and oddballs from "Roctober" magazine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780822348498
• ISBN-10: 0822348497
• Artikelnr.: 33396127

Autorenporträt

Jake Austen is an independent music writer and the editor of Roctober magazine. He is the author of TV-a-Go-Go: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol, the editor of A Friendly Game of Poker: 52 Takes on the Neighborhood Game, and a founder and co-host of the cult-favorite dance show Chic-a-Go-Go, which airs on Chicago Access Network Television (CAN-TV).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures ix
Foreword / Steve Albini xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction. Hi Yo, Silver! / Jake Austin 1
Oscar Brown Jr. / James Porter 11
David Allan Coe / Jake Austen (Interview conducted by Jake Austen, James
Porter, and Bosco) 31
Guy Chookoorian / Jake Austen 63
Sugar Pie DeSanto / James Porter 113
Billy Lee Riley / Ken Burke 128
The Treniers / John Battles (Interview conducted by John Battles, Jake
Austen, Mike Maltese, ken Mottet, and Dan Sorenson) 190
Sam the Sham / James Porter 209
The Good Rats / Jake Austen (Interview conducted by Jake Austen, Jacqueline
Stewart, and Ben Austen) 226
Zolar X / Jonathan Poletti 246
Appendix. Suggested Listening, Viewing, Surfing 277
Contributors 281
Index 283