Memphis mayhem : a story of the music that shook up the world / David A. Less.
"The definitive tale of the birthplace of rock and roll Memphis Mayhem weaves the tale of the racial collision that led to a cultural, sociological, and musical revolution. Beginning with the 1870s yellow fever epidemics that created racial imbalance as wealthy whites fled his hometown, David Less moves beyond W.C. Handy's codification of the blues in 1909 to the mid-century advent of interracial music, the birth of punk, and finally to the growth of a music tourism industry. The city's musical ecosystem included studios, high school band instructors, clubs, record companies, family bands, pressing plants, and retail record outlets, and it produced a startling array of talent, including Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Al Green, Otis Redding, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carla Thomas, Booker Little, Alex Chilton, Ann Peebles, Jim Dickinson, Furry Lewis, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Justin Timberlake. Lively and comprehensive, Memphis Mayhem is a provocative chronicle of finding common ground through music and creating a sound that would change the world."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781770415089
- ISBN: 1770415084
- Physical Description: 218 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, 2020.
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Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic formats. |
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Subject: | Popular music > Tennessee > Memphis > History and criticism. Popular music > Social aspects > Tennessee > Memphis > History. Music trade > Tennessee > Memphis > History. |
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Table of Contents
Memphis Mayhem : A Story of the Music That Shook up the World
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Foreword Peter Guralnick | p. ix | |
Introduction | p. 1 | |
Chapter 1 | Mutual Admiration | p. 7 |
Chapter 2 | Race Relations | p. 13 |
Chapter 3 | Black Neighborhood Schools | p. 26 |
Chapter 4 | The Racial Bridge | p. 34 |
Chapter 5 | That Was Just Memphis | p. 41 |
Chapter 6 | The Memphis Beat | p. 50 |
Chapter 7 | Ghosts Walked among Them | p. 60 |
Chapter 8 | City Mice and Country Mice | p. 68 |
Chapter 9 | Jazz: Teachers and Students | p. 78 |
Chapter 10 | Booker and Doughbelly | p. 88 |
Chapter 11 | Saints and Sinners | p. 93 |
Chapter 12 | Heads or Tails or ... | p. 102 |
Chapter 13 | Sam Phillips and the Birth of Rock and Roll | p. 108 |
Chapter 14 | Radio and Television | p. 120 |
Chapter 15 | Joe Cuoghi and John Novarese | p. 131 |
Chapter 16 | Hi Records: Biracial Recording | p. 138 |
Chapter 17 | Hi Records: Willie Steps Up | p. 143 |
Chapter 18 | Stax: The Torch Is Passed | p. 149 |
Chapter 19 | The End of the Sixties: Big Changes for Stax | p. 155 |
Chapter 20 | American and Ardent Studios | p. 161 |
Chapter 21 | The End of Stax, Hi, and American | p. 168 |
Chapter 22 | A New Paradigm | p. 175 |
Chapter 23 | The Dawn of Punk | p. 179 |
Chapter 24 | Music Tourism: Memphis Cashes In | p. 185 |
Epilogue | p. 191 | |
Chronology of Significant Events in Memphis Music | p. 197 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 205 | |
Notes | p. 208 |