{"product_id":"go-cat-go-9780252065385","title":"Go Cat Go","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first comprehensive overview of rockabilly, beginning with its crystallization as a distinct style in 1954 with Elvis Presley''s world-changing release of That''s All Right. Presenting the who, what, where, and when of the music, Craig Morrison''s lively account sparks memories of Blue Suede Shoes, Be-Bop-A-Lula, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly. Morrison traces how a genre with roots in country and country blues, R\u0026amp;B, and western swing became the sound that helped build rock and roll, profiling not just rockabilly artists and recordings but the attitude and instrumentation that made the music a phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What rockabilly really needs is more Craig Morrisons.\"--Terry Gordon, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Country Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's the first thing I would suggest to anyone who wanted to know what rockabilliy music was all about. . . . A reasonable, well-balanced, and nondogmatic account of a musical genre that has become a cult to many of its followers. Morrison's book should make rockabilly more accessible to those with broad interests in grassroots American music.\"--David Evans, Memphis State University\u003cbr\u003e\"The definitive study of rockabilly music. . . . A well-researched, insightful, and caring tribute to an oft-overlooked musical genre that was vital to the evolution of popular music and culture in the Fifties.\"--Shane K. Bernard, \u003ci\u003eLouisiana History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe name game -- Ingredients -- Origins and predecessors -- The rise and fall rockabilly in the 1950s -- Elvis Presley -- Memphis -- Country singers and Nashville rockabilly -- Rockabilly women -- Louisiana -- Texas -- California The revival -- Veterans -- Revivalists.","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400466604375,"sku":"9780252065385","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252065385.jpg?v=1730470753","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/go-cat-go-9780252065385","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}