Title: The boy who cried Freebird : rock & roll fables and sonic storytelling /
Authors: Myers, Mitch.
Publisher: HarperEntertainment,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Popular music United States; Popular culture United States History
Abstract: "Wedding the oral storytelling tradition in America with progressive music journalism, Mitch Myers presents an entertaining, instructive overview of the music and popular culture of the twentieth century"--Page 2 of cover.
Contents: Prelude : a rock & roll fable -- River deep (Phil Spector and Tina Turner) -- Hellhound on my trail (Robert Johnson) -- Nuggets (Sixties psychedelia) -- The sound and the fury (Lou Reed's metal machine music) --Endless boogie -- When Harry met Allen (Allen Ginsberg and Harry Smith) -- The power of tower (Sonic Youth) -- Who will save the world? (Black Sabbath) -- Something freaky this way comes (outsider musicians) -- The monk and the messenger (Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk) -- Captain's orders (Captain Beefheart) -- It's how you play the game (Johnny Thunders) -- Back to the Fillmore (the Grateful Dead) -- The steel-string trilogy (John Fahey, Leo Kottke) ; A man out of time ; The strength of strings ; Bundy K. Blue's dance with death -- Round about -- War all the time (Richard Meltzer) -- Erector set (Mekons) -- Classics vs. anthems -- Oh happy day (the Edwin Hawkins Singers) -- A lone star state of mind (Doug Sahm) -- Taking tiger mountain (Eno) -- The sweltering guy -- The ballad of John Henry and the wheels of steel -- Need for speed (Car Tunes) -- Respect due (Aretha Franklin) -- Closer to home (Grand Funk Railroad) -- Diminuendo and crescendo (Duke Ellington) -- World's biggest gong fan (George Jefferson) -- What can you do that's fantastic? (Frank Zappa) -- A chance encounter -- High noon (Alejandro Escovedo) -- This American life (Terry Riley) -- House of the rising son (Steve Albini) -- Requiem for a cowbell -- Tie-die! (A demonic tale of psychedelic possession) -- Almost (Famous) -- A true story (Jeff Beck) -- Spirits, ghosts, witches, and devils (Albert Ayler) -- Ohm on the brain (an electronic history lesson) -- Rock'n' roll heaven (On Earth) -- The mix-tape murder mystery -- Waiting on a train -- Afterword : how to succeed in the music business without really trying.