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Book SynopsisExplores New Jersey's musical heritage through stories about the musicians, listeners and fans who came together to create sounds from across the popular music spectrum. From the beginnings of recording in Thomas Edison's factories to Bruce Springsteen and beyond, the book examines the sounds, sights and textures of music in New Jersey.
Trade Review"The New Jersey music stories told in these pages are often punctuated by chance occurrences, dumb luck, unexpected brilliance, and a little magic. They also give us a view into the bigger patterns of cultural and historical change that are far more than a local matter. From MacLeod's 'scenes' come bigger shifts. Read this and be reminded of the ways in which popular (and sometimes unpopular!) music and the people who make it, listen to it, and dream through it do things out there on the margins that, finally, reshape the center." -- Warren Zanes * author of Petty: The Biography *
"Music History was Made Here" by Tom Wilk * New Jersey Monthly *
"Exploring New Jersey's Musical History" by Gary Wein * NJ Stage *
"History of Jersey music, Jersey ‘Lips,' virtual Hudson events: recommendations to pass the time" by Jim Testa
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/03/history-of-jersey-music-jersey-lips-virtual-hudson-events-recommendations-to-pass-the-time.html * NJ.com *
"In many ways, MacLeod hits his finest notes [by] providing readers with useful miniature stories about the lives and times of Jersey Shore musicians and their audiences. Chockful of new information and helpfully resourced with the fruits of countless interviews, Making the Scene in the Garden State should enjoy a large audience both for the book’s scholarly value, as well as for its engaging anecdotes about New Jersey’s role in changing American musical culture for all time." * New Jersey Studies *
"MacLeod offers a useful local cultural history that will enrich understanding of twentieth-century America for undergraduates and general-audiences alike. Meanwhile, professional scholars can add
Making the Scene in the Garden State to their list of works that shine a light into the nation's unjustly overlooked corners." * Journal of American History *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making Scenes
1. Thomas Edison and the First Recording Studio
2. The Victor Talking Machine Company and the Scene at Home
3. Jazz at the Cliffside: The Studios of Rudy Van Gelder
4. Transylvania Bandstand and Rockin’ with the Cool Ghoul
5. The Upstage Club and the Asbury Park Scene
6. “Drums Along the Hudson”: The Hoboken Sound
Conclusion: Making the Scene in the Twenty-First Century
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
