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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Carson, David, 1949- Grit, noise, & revolution. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2006, ©2005 (OCoLC)72763392 |
Material Type: | Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Carson |
ISBN: | 9780472026654 0472026658 |
OCLC Number: | 712044667 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Awards: | Winner of Michigan Notable Books 2006 |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 376 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Boogie and the beat -- Fame and fortune -- Freewheelin' in the Motor City -- Motown and other sounds -- The village is on fire -- On to the hideout -- So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star? -- A whole lotta soul, a whole lotta funk -- Birth of the noise -- A mythical figure -- Summer in the city -- Hippies and head shops -- Hits and misses -- Something in the air -- Seger on the rise -- A night at the Grande -- Enter the Stooges -- On the front lines with the MC5 -- Total assault : kickin' out the jams -- Up against the wall and beyond -- The Detroit Pop Festival -- Voices of the counterculture -- I wanna be your dog -- "Uncle Russ" -- First train out of town -- 1970 -- The big bust. |
Other Titles: | Grit, noise, and revolution |
Responsibility: | David A. Carson. |
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...a great blow-by-blow account of an exciting and still-legendary scene. - Marshall Crenshaw ""Carson reveals in rich and engaging detail exactly why the Motor City is world renowned as a musical mecca."" - Dennis ""Machine Gun"" Thompson, MC5 ""What the book does magnificently is provide the context and show the connections within a music scene filled with powerful DJs, club owners, label heads and - oh, yeah - an abundance of badass visionary musicians."" - Metro Times Detroit ""...[a] definitive history of Detroit's early rock scene.... Carson spends considerable space chronicling the rise of legendary bands such as the MC5, Iggy, and Alice Cooper, and he recounts the downfalls...."" - Detroit Free Press Read more...

