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Memphis mayhem : a story of the music that shook up the world / David A. Less.

by Less, David A., author.

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2020]

Popular music -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History and criticism.

Popular music -- Social aspects -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History.

Music trade -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History.

9781770415089 (paperback) :

1770415084 (paperback)

x, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"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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