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The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock and Roll

by Brett Milano

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From the G Clefs of the mid-1950s to the Dresden Dolls of today, from the down & dirty to the royalty of rock, here's what's been rockin' Boston for the past fifty years.

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Brett Milano is a Boston-based music journalist

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Published: 2007
Genres: Music, Nonfiction, History, Sociology
DDC/MDS: 781.6609744
LCC: ML3534.3 .M55

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