Bibliograph

Rock concert, an oral history as told by the artists, backstage insiders, and fans who were there, Marc Myers

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Label

Rock concert, an oral history as told by the artists, backstage insiders, and fans who were there, Marc Myers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-310)

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rock concert

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Marc Myers

Sub title

an oral history as told by the artists, backstage insiders, and fans who were there

Summary

A lively, entertaining, wide-ranging oral history of the golden age of the rock concert based on over ninety interviews with musicians, promoters, stagehands, and others who contributed to the huge cultural phenomenon that is live rock. Myers combines the tales of icons like Bob Weir, Todd Rundgren, Tina Weymouth, Ian Anderson, Alice Cooper, Steve Miller, Roger Waters, and Angus Young with figures such as the disc jockeys who first began playing rock on the radio, like Alan Freed in Cleveland and New York; music journalists, like Rolling Stone's Cameron Crowe; and the promoters who organized it all, like Michael Lang, cofounder of Woodstock. The result is a rounded and vivid account of live rock's stratospheric rise

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part 1. The 1950s. Los Angeles Auditoriums ; Cleveland Theaters ; Chicago Clubs; Memphis Fairs ; Northeast Fests -- Part 2. The 1960s. Folk at the Mall ; Pop's Endless Summer ; Dylan Invents Rock ; Ballrooms and Be-Ins ; Festival Mania -- Part 3. The 1970s. Image, Media, and Branding ; Arenas, Stadiums, and Tours ; Sight and Sound ; Concert Maximus ; Rise of Exurbia -- Part 4. The 1980s. Not Just Another Brick ; Killing the Radio Star ; Computerized Ticketing ; And in the End, Live Aid -- Epilogue -- Fifty Best Live Albums, Concert Films, and Rock Docs

Target audience

adult

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