The Death of Rhythm and Blues
Nelson George - Author
ISBN 9781101160213 | 256 pages | 15 Aug 2003 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
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This passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. In a fast-paced narrative, Nelson George’s book chronicles the rise and fall of “race music” and its transformation into the R&B that eventually dominated the airwaves only to find itself diluted and submerged as crossover music. Introduction: A Meditation on the Meaning of "Death"
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Photographs follow pages 80 and 144 “George has uncovered a lot of fresh information, not just on the artists themselves, but on the booking agents, arrangers, and record men.” —Newsweek “[George’s] reading of history is not only interdisciplin- ary, it has a musical score.... His accounts of the colorful characters who populate this uncharted realm are often informative and...delightful.” —The Washington Post Book World |
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