Name/Title
Jacksonville and the roots of Southern rockEntry/Object ID
Library.1854Tags
Library JAMM as of June 4, 2023Description
xi, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
xi, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Jacksonville and the roots of Southern rock by Michael Ray FitzGerald.
Jacksonville & the roots of Southern rock.
JAMM
Summary: The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd helped usher in a new kind of southern music from Jacksonville, Florida. Together, they and fellow bands like Blackfoot, 38 Special, and Molly Hatchet would reset the course of seventies rock. Yet Jacksonville seemed an unlikely hotbed for a new musical movement. Michael FitzGerald blends eyewitness detail with in-depth history to tell the story of how the River City bred this generation of legendary musicians. As he profiles essential bands alongside forerunners like Gram Parsons and Cowboy, FitzGerald reveals how the powerful local AM radio station worked with newspapers and television stations to nurture talent. Media attention in turn created a public hungry for live performances by area bands. What became the southern rock elite welded relentless determination to a ferocious work ethic, honing their gifts on a testing ground that brooked no weakness and took no prisoners. FitzGerald looks at the music as the diverse soundtrack to a neo-southern lifestyle that reconciled different segments of society in Jacksonville, and across the nation, in the late sixties and early seventies. A vivid journey into a crucible of American music, Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock shines a light on the artists and songs that powered a phenomenon."--Amazon.
Contents: Gram Parsons: A walking contradiction -- Bitter ind/31st of February -- Allman Brothers band -- Cowboy -- Lynyrd Skynyrd: Bad boy chic -- Blackfoot: Southern metal -- 38 Special: Holding on loosely -- Molly Hatchet: Southern spinal tap -- Derek Trucks: Channeling Duane.
The author lives in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd helped usher in a new kind of southern music from Jacksonville, Florida. Together, they and fellow bands like Blackfoot, 38 Special, and Molly Hatchet would reset the course of seventies rock. Yet Jacksonville seemed an unlikely hotbed for a new musical movement. Michael FitzGerald blends eyewitness detail with in-depth history to tell the story of how the River City bred this generation of legendary musicians. As he profiles essential bands alongside forerunners like Gram Parsons and Cowboy, FitzGerald reveals how the powerful local AM radio station worked with newspapers and television stations to nurture talent. Media attention in turn created a public hungry for live performances by area bands. What became the southern rock elite welded relentless determination to a ferocious work ethic, honing their gifts on a testing ground that brooked no weakness and took no prisoners. FitzGerald looks at the music as the diverse soundtrack to a neo-southern lifestyle that reconciled different segments of society in Jacksonville, and across the nation, in the late sixties and early seventies. A vivid journey into a crucible of American music, Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock shines a light on the artists and songs that powered a phenomenon."--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical resources (pages 159-198) and index.Collection
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Rock music -- Southern States -- History and criticism., Popular music -- Southern States -- History and criticism., Allman Brothers Band., Music -- Florida -- History -- 20th century., .38 Special (Musical group)., Parsons, Gram, 1946-1973., Cowboy (Musical group)., Blackfoot (Musical group)., Rock music -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History and criticism., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Authors., Molly Hatchet (Musical group)., Jacksonville Area Music Museum (JAMM).Publication Details
Author
FitzGerald , Michael Ray, 1953-Publisher
University Press of FloridaPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Gainesville
GainesvilleCall No.
ML 3534 .F5 2020ISBN
9780813066653