Easy riders, Rolling Stones
Subtitle: on the road in America, from Delta blues to '70s rock
By: John Scanlan
Series: Reverb; Reverb series
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781780235295
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Rock music; Blues (Music); History and criticism; Rhythm and blues music; Travel in music
Other titles: On the road in America, from Delta blues to '70s rock
Description: Starting in the Mississippi Delta and tracking the emblematic routes and highways of road music, John Scanlan's account explores the music and the life of movement it so often represented, identifying 'the road' as the key to an existence that was uncompromising--from publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early Delta blues; title: Journeys into the past : Delta myths and realities; title: Robert Johnson's crossroads; title: Journeys into the future : from blues and rock 'n' roll to Dylan; title: Jim Morrison's highway to oblivion; title: Rolling Stones, through the looking-glass; title: Live in front of your naked eyes and ears; title: Led Zeppelin : travellers of time and space.