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[Craig Harris] ☆ The Band: Pioneers of Americana Music ð Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Band: Pioneers of Americana Music Through previously unpublished interviews with Robbie Robertson, Eric Andersen, Pete Seeger, and the late Rick Danko, as well as numerous other sources, Craig Harris surveys The Band's musical journey from sidemen for, among others, Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan to rock legendry in their own right. The Band: Pioneers of Americana Music touches on the evolution of rock and roll, the electrifying of folk music, unionism, the Civil Rights Movement, changes in radio formatting
| Title | : | The Band: Pioneers of Americana Music |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.41 (811 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810889048 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
It's a fascinating read, if you love the work of The Band, as I do, and it's maybe the best introduction to the group you'll find if you're aren't already familiar with them and their work.There's a lot of material out there on The Band. In doing so, he gives a succinct history of the surrounding aural terrain: Arkansas Delta Blues, singer Ronnie Hawkins, late-1950s' territory bands, Dylan's 1965 electric-acoustic schism, the rise of FM AOR (album-oriented rock) dominance in the early 1970s and essential ephemera like that. (Vintage Rock)I love simple hard won stories like this, histories of groups that reveal as much about the musicians featured as it does the times they worked in. There are not many stones left un-turned here—there&rsquo
Through previously unpublished interviews with Robbie Robertson, Eric Andersen, Pete Seeger, and the late Rick Danko, as well as numerous other sources, Craig Harris surveys The Band's musical journey from sidemen for, among others, Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan to rock legendry in their own right. The Band: Pioneers of Americana Music touches on the evolution of rock and roll, the electrifying of folk music, unionism, the Civil Rights Movement, changes in radio formatting, shifting perceptions of the American south, and the commercializing of the counter-culture, as well as drug dependency, alcoholism, suicide, greed, and the struggle against cancer.Harris takes readers from The Band's ground-breaking albums, "Music from Big Pink" and "The Band," through their final releases and solo recordings, as well as their his
Terry Weldon said Three Stars. Repetitive and derivative too often, avoids evaluating the Levon/Robbie feud.. Anna's Levon Daily said Anna's Levon Daily. Just a few short months ago, I didn't know who Craig Harris even was, let alone that he was writing a book about The Band. Only real Band fans can truly appreciate the gravity of knowing that such a thing exists. I got mine today, and I could not put it down. I thought I knew a lot ab. "A padded article, disguised as a book" according to Joe S. Cline. I've read Levon's book (This Wheel's On Fire) and one other volume on The Band (Across the Great Divide); I found both were of more use to fans of the band The Band than this very padded article trying to act as a book.There were numerous mis-statements of fact, typographical errors,
A skilled auteur, Harris has served as staff photographer of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, since its inception, in 1988, and his photographs have exhibited throughout New England. Playing drums and hand percussion since his preteens, he has appeared in concert and/or recordings with Rod MacDonald, CJ Chenier, Jonathan Edwards, Greg Brown, the Fast Folk Music Revue, Gaea Star Band, and the late Merl Saunders and Rick Danko (The Ban
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