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8%OFFPreston Lauterbach - The Chitlin´ Circuit: And the Road to Rock ´n´ Roll - 9780393342949 - V9780393342949
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The Chitlin´ Circuit: And the Road to Rock ´n´ Roll

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Description for The Chitlin´ Circuit: And the Road to Rock ´n´ Roll Paperback. "Lauterbach's tribute .. is welcome and overdue." -Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Num Pages: 368 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
For generations, "chitlin' circuit" has meant second tier—brash performers in raucous nightspots far from the big-city limelight. Now, music journalist Preston Lauterbach combines terrific firsthand reportage with deep historical research to offer a groundbreaking account of the birth of rock 'n' roll in black America.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393342949
SKU
V9780393342949
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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About Preston Lauterbach
Preston Lauterbach is the author of Bluff City, Beale Street Dynasty, The Chitlin’ Circuit, a Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe book of the year, and co-author of Brother Johnson: Growing Up with Robert Johnson. He is a former visiting scholar at Rhodes College and a Virginia Humanities Fellow. He lives in Virginia.

Reviews for The Chitlin´ Circuit: And the Road to Rock ´n´ Roll
"Lauterbach spins the tale with enormous vitality and it's terribly fun to read. He masterfully explains the complex logistics of the entertainment industry, and studs the book with fascinating, little-known characters... The reader will finish with an overwhelming urge to turn up the volume."
Kate Tuttle "A well-researched valentine to a lost world of seedy con men, promoters and ... Read more

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