Tell Tchaikovsky the News

Autorentext
Michael James Roberts is Associate Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University.

Zusammenfassung
Explaining the bias of union members - most of whom were classical or jazz music performers - against rock music and musicians, this book addresses issues of race and class; questions of what qualified someone as a "skilled" or professional musician.

Inhalt
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction. Union Man Blues 1
1. Solidarity Forever? The Musicians' Union Responds to Radio and Records 19
2. Have You Heard the News? There's Good Rockin' Tonight: Hepcats, Wildcats, and the Emergence of Rock 'n 'Roll 41
3. If I Had a Hammer: Union Musicians "Bop" Rock 'n ' Roll 113
4. A Working-Class Hero Is Something to Be: The Musicians' Union Attempt to Block the British Invasion 167
Epilogue. Tuned In, Turned On, and Dropped Out: Rock 'n' Roll Music Production Restructures the Music Industry along Non-Union Lines 201
Notes 209
Bibliography 233
Index 243
Photo gallery follows page 112

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