Party music
Subtitle: the inside story of the Black Panthers' band and how Black power transformed soul music
By: Rickey Vincent
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9781613744925
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Soul music; Popular music; Black power; Lumpen (Musical group); Civil rights; Rhythm and blues music; African Americans; Black Panther Party; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359), discography (pages 359-361), videography (page 361), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. "Revolution in the air"; title: "Party music" : the story of the Lumpen; title: "Power to the people" : Bay Area culture and the rise of the Party; title: "The Lumpen theme" : James Brown, the rhythm revolution, and Black power; title: "People get ready" : civil rights, soul music, and black identity; title: "For freedom" : cultural nationalism and the Black Panther Party; title: "Bobby must be set free" : Panther power and popular culture; title: "Ol' pig Nixon" : the protest music tradition, soul, and Black power; title: "Revolution is the only solution" : protest music today and the legacy of the Lumpen.