Mystery train
Subtitle: images of America in rock 'n' roll music
By: Greil Marcus
Edition: Sixth revised edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780142181584
Subjects: Rock music; Popular culture; Rock musicians; Biography; History and criticism
Description: "In 1975, Greil Marcus's Mystery train changed the way readers thought about rock 'n' roll and continues to be sought out today by music fans and anyone interested in pop culture. Looking at recordings by six key artists, Marcus offers a complex and unprecedented analysis of the relationship between rock 'n' roll and American culture. In this latest edition, Marcus provides an extensively updated and rewritten Note and Discographies section, exploring the recordings evolution and continuing impact"--
Notes: "Notes and discographies": pages 169-375.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes (general index; index of song and album titles).
Table of contents: title: Ancestors. Harmonica Frank, 1951 ; Robert Johnson, 1938; title: Inheritors. The Band : pilgrims' progress ; Sly Stone : the myth of Staggerlee ; Randy Newman : every man is free ; Elvis : Presliad.