From War To Rock N Roll
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From War To Rock N Roll
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Author : Guillermo Antonio Rodiles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-07-31
From War To Rock N Roll written by Guillermo Antonio Rodiles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The material used in this book deals with Cuba before and after the revolution which placed Fidel Castro Ruz in power at the head of the government in the office of Prime Minister. The information given on the activities of the war and of the people involved was taken from my own life experiences and those of others as told to me by them. The first part of the book deals with Castro's revolution for the people to end the Batista dictatorship and the take over of the government of the island by Castro. The second part of the book tells how the Socialists Republic, constructed by the people under the authority of Fidel Castro came to be. The last part of the book is of my escape from Cuba and my life in the United States. My first introduction to the politics of Cuba came to me when I was only eight years old. My whole family was very much involved in the activities of the revolution and dedicated to the ending of Batista's dictatorship regime. Influenced by my family's convictions that what they were fighting for was right for all the people of the island, I too soon became involved in the movement. I was introduced to the war while making deliveries to the rebels in the mountains with my mother who was in charge of supplying the rebels in certain areas with the needed ammunitions, medicines, bandages, and anything that she could get to them. Later on I stayed in the mountains in the area called, Baracoa, where my father was stationed. After the victory of the revolution I voluntarily joined the governmental army but, after being in the service for three years became very disillusioned with the strict military life and the great loss of personal freedom, and regretted my enlistment. I had wanted to become a pilot in the Cuban Air Force but, was refused due to my disciplinary records from the army and so decided to make music my career because of my love of music. Since there is almost no professional music in Cuba I knew that I would have to leave the island to achieve this goal. With the idea of escaping the island in mind I joined the Merchant Marine Corps, gaining the opportunity to travel off the island. This book is a collection of my life in Cuba, growing up during a time of war, a war that took the place of my childhood. I go on to explain how I progressed in music once in the United States.
Rock And Roll War Stories
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Author : Gordon G. G. Gebert
language : en
Publisher: Pitbull Publishing
Release Date : 2004
Rock And Roll War Stories written by Gordon G. G. Gebert and has been published by Pitbull Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Rock music categories.
Collection of true stories of stories of rock and roll on the road.
Sex Thugs And Rock N Roll
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Author : Mark Fenemore
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2007
Sex Thugs And Rock N Roll written by Mark Fenemore and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Family & Relationships categories.
Living on the frontline of the Cold War, young people in East Germany were subject to a number of competing influences: the culture of their parents, the new official culture taught in schools, and new youth cultures. Fenemore presents an account of what it was like in the 1950s and 1960s.
Rock N Roll And War And Peace
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Author : David N. Townsend
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-12-11
Rock N Roll And War And Peace written by David N. Townsend and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-11 with categories.
Rock 'n' Roll and War and Peace chronicles and examines the relationship between popular music in the Rock era and the politics and ideology of war and peace throughout the past half-century. This is a topic that, while it's been touched on in a variety of ways, has never been deeply explored in a single coherent work, especially one that links the various eras and movements, from the 1960s through the 2000s. The book offers portraits of dozens of artists and insights into the meaning and impact of hundreds of songs across more than five decades. The focus of the first section, "Ending War," is the Vietnam War and the 1960s Woodstock Generation: the first time in history that popular music turned against an active American war effort. The author reviews all of the highlights of this period of vintage protest music, from Folk pioneers Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, through Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye, to John Lennon and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. The dominance of these revolutionary artists, and of similar anti-war messages from a wide variety of musicians, represented a cultural and political shift of seismic proportions that would carry across generations. The second section, "Living in Peace," then chronicles the musical and social transformation that followed the end of Vietnam hostilities starting in the mid-1970s: the rise of Folk Rock and mellow singer-songwriters, and a new introspective, detached and melancholy ethos within the growing Rock/Pop culture. The likes of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor carried forward the idealism of the '60s pacifist movements, but focused away from global geopolitics and inward on the dreams and insecurities of adulthood. A strain of peaceful Soft Rock came to dominate the post-War airwaves, which the chapter relives with insights into dozens of performers and songs of the period. Part 3 is then called "Returning to Battle," and highlights the renewed focus on anti-militarism of the next generations of Rock musicians and fans. If the Woodstock movement could help end an ill-conceived war, how would those '60s veterans' children respond when the next waves of war drums began to sound? The answers are found in a wealth of musical reactions to global events from the 1980s to the recent past: nuclear saber-rattling under Reagan and Thatcher; the unraveling of the Cold War and the Soviet empire; the first Gulf War; the 9/11 attacks; and the massive protests against the Iraq War. This latest period in particular has received relatively little attention compared with Vietnam era protest music, yet it yielded its own large body of diverse contributions: from major established stars (Springsteen, U2), highly popular newcomers (Green Day, Black-Eyed Peas), and senior veterans of the original movement (Neil Young). The story of these musical and ideological linkages, from the earliest roots of 1960s anti-war protests through the peaks of their revival in the 2000s, is one that will be of interest to a large audience of music fans, history buffs, and social activists alike.
My Rock And Roll War
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Author : Don Morrisson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-09-01
My Rock And Roll War written by Don Morrisson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09-01 with Rock musicians categories.
My Rock And Roll War
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Author : Don Morrison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
My Rock And Roll War written by Don Morrison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with categories.
What Is Rock And Roll
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Author : Jim O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-08-22
What Is Rock And Roll written by Jim O'Connor and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-22 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Put on your dancing shoes and move to the music. Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O'Connor explains what constitutes rock music, follows its history and sub-genres through famous musicians and groups, and shows how rock became so much more than just a style of music influencing fashion, language, and lifestyle. This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs.
Rock N Roll Soldier
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Author : Dean Ellis Kohler
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-08-18
Rock N Roll Soldier written by Dean Ellis Kohler and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-18 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
"During a time when none of us knew for sure if we would live or die, I came to know the true power of music." Dean Kohler is about to make it big—he's finally scored a national record deal! But his dreams are abruptly put on hold by the arrival of his draft notice. Now he's in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, serving as a military policeman. He keeps telling himself he's a musician, not a killer, and that he's lucky he's not fighting on the front lines. When Captain orders him to form a rock band, it's up to Dean to find instruments and players, pronto. Ingenuity and perseverance pay off and soon the band is traveling through treacherous jungle terrain to perform for troops in desperate need of an escape—even if it's only for three sets. And for Dean—who lives with death, violence, and the fear that anyone could be a potential spy (even his Vietnamese girlfriend)—the band becomes the one thing that gets him through the day. During one of the most controversial wars in recent American history, this incredible true story is about music and camaraderie in the midst of chaos.
Rock N Roll Plays Itself
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Author : John Scanlan
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2022-07-18
Rock N Roll Plays Itself written by John Scanlan and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-18 with Performing Arts categories.
A raucous cultural history of rock’s relationship with the moving image. When rock ’n’ roll burst into life in the 1950s, the shockwaves echoed around the world, amplified by images of untamed youth projected on cinema screens. But for the performers themselves, corporate showbusiness remained very much in control, contriving a series of cash-in movies to exploit the new musical fad. In this riveting cultural history, John Scanlan explores rock’s relationship with the moving image over seven decades in cinema, television, music videos, advertising, and YouTube. Along the way, he shows how rock was exploited, how it inspired film pioneers, and, not least, the film transformations it caused over more than half a century. From Elvis Presley to David Bowie, and from Scorpio Rising to the films of Scorsese and DIY documentarists like Don Letts, this is a unique retelling of the story of rock—from birth to old age—through its onscreen life.
Japrocksampler
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Author : Julian Cope
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-19
Japrocksampler written by Julian Cope and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-19 with Music categories.
A unique account of the Japanese rock phenomenon from a legendary rock musician with an army of fans 'The most obscenely enjoyable book of the year ... enlightening, thrilling and occasionally hilarious ... Cope is a supremely engaging writer whose aim is to entertain, educate and freak out' Telegraph 'This book's astonishing blend of seriousness and hilariousness is testament to perhaps the most remarkable mind in rock today' Word Julian Cope, eccentric and visionary rock musician, follows the runaway underground success of his book Krautrocksampler with Japrocksampler, a cult deconstruction of Japanese rock music, and reveals what really happened when East met West after World War Two. It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s, and tells of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with a penchant for plane hijacking.