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Rock music today is universal and its popular history is well known. Yet few know how and why it really came about. Taking a fresh look at events long overlooked or misunderstood, this book tells how some of the most disenfranchised people in a free and prosperous nation strove to make themselves heard--and changed the world. Describing the genesis of rock and roll, the author covers everything from its deep roots in the Mississippi Delta, key early figures, like deejay Daddy-O Dewey Phillips and gospel star Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and the influence of so-called holy rollers of the Pentecostal church who became crucial performers--Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

Devils Music Holy Rollers and Hillbillies

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 1/30/2016 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476662299, 978-1476662299
      ISBN10: 1476662290

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      Book Synopsis

      Rock music today is universal and its popular history is well known. Yet few know how and why it really came about. Taking a fresh look at events long overlooked or misunderstood, this book tells how some of the most disenfranchised people in a free and prosperous nation strove to make themselves heard--and changed the world. Describing the genesis of rock and roll, the author covers everything from its deep roots in the Mississippi Delta, key early figures, like deejay Daddy-O Dewey Phillips and gospel star Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and the influence of so-called holy rollers of the Pentecostal church who became crucial performers--Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

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