Elijah Wald, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll
Porter Square Books, Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 7pm
Elijah Wald , How the Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music.
"I couldn't put it down. It nailed me to the wall, not bad for a grand sweeping in-depth exploration of American Music with not one mention of myself. Wald's book is suave, soulful, ebullient and will blow out your speakers."Tom Waits "A bracing, inclusive look at the dramatic transformation in the way music was produced and listened to during the 20th century...One of those rare books that aims to upend received wisdom and actually succeeds."Kirkus Reviews Elijah Wald is a musician, writer and historian, whose books include Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues; Narcocorrido, about the modern Mexican ballads of drug trafficking; The Mayor of MacDougal Street (with Dave Van Ronk), and Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music. He is currently teaching at UCLA, and contributing regular pieces to the Los Angeles Times. (booksense)… (more)
"I couldn't put it down. It nailed me to the wall, not bad for a grand sweeping in-depth exploration of American Music with not one mention of myself. Wald's book is suave, soulful, ebullient and will blow out your speakers."Tom Waits "A bracing, inclusive look at the dramatic transformation in the way music was produced and listened to during the 20th century...One of those rare books that aims to upend received wisdom and actually succeeds."Kirkus Reviews Elijah Wald is a musician, writer and historian, whose books include Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues; Narcocorrido, about the modern Mexican ballads of drug trafficking; The Mayor of MacDougal Street (with Dave Van Ronk), and Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music. He is currently teaching at UCLA, and contributing regular pieces to the Los Angeles Times. (booksense)… (more)
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