Troubadours & troublemakers
Subtitle: the evolution of American protest music
By: Kevin Comtois
Publisher: [CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Published: 2014
Place of publication: United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781492392811
Subjects: Protest songs; History and criticism; English Folk songs; Music; History; Political aspects; Social aspects
Other titles: Troubadours and troublemakers; Evolution of American protest music
Description: "Troubadours & Troublemakers is an examination of American protest music from the beginning of our republic to the birth of hip hop. It begins with the protest music of the early American settlers and ends with the radical songs of Hippies and Yippies of the early seventies. In between we survey the music of Slaves, Abolitionists, Soldiers, Wobblies, Okies, Folkies and Rockers. Troubadours & Troublemakers reviews American topical songs from the first revolutionaries to the radical rockers of the late Twentieth Century""--Back cover.
Notes: Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-299)
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Protest songs in the new American republic; title: Slave songs, the root of American popular music; title: Abolitionists & soldiers, the rise of militant protest songs; title: Labor & radical politics, the music of Joe Hill and the IWW; title: Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger & the songs of radicalism; title: Pete Seeger & the 1950s, a time of transition; title: Bob Dylan & the birth of protest rock; title: Phil Ochs & the songs of American youth; title: Protest songs of rock 'n' roll; title: John Lennon, a minstrel of radical protest; title: Conclusion; title: Acknowledgments; title: Appendix: Slave song list; title: Bibliography.