Austen Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll

Conversations with Unjustly Obscure Rock 'n' Soul Eccentrics
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9337-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Refiguring American music

The best of the cult-favorite music magazine Roctobers conversations with overlooked or forgotten artists, from the Outlaw Country singer David Allan Coe to the frustrated interstellar glam act Zolar X.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Austen, Jake

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures ix

Foreword / Steve Albini xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction. Hi Yo, Silver! / Jake Austin 1

Oscar Brown Jr. / James Porter 11

David Allan Coe / Jake Austen (Interview conducted by Jake Austen, James Porter, and Bosco) 31

Guy Chookoorian / Jake Austen 63

Sugar Pie DeSanto / James Porter 113

Billy Lee Riley / Ken Burke 128

The Treniers / John Battles (Interview conducted by John Battles, Jake Austen, Mike Maltese, ken Mottet, and Dan Sorenson) 190

Sam the Sham / James Porter 209

The Good Rats / Jake Austen (Interview conducted by Jake Austen, Jacqueline Stewart, and Ben Austen) 226

Zolar X / Jonathan Poletti 246

Appendix. Suggested Listening, Viewing, Surfing 277

Contributors 281

Index 283

Über Autor(innen)

Jake Austen is an independent music writer and the editor of Roctober magazine. He is the author of TV-a-Go-Go: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol, the editor of A Friendly Game of Poker: 52 Takes on the Neighborhood Game, and a founder and co-host of the cult-favorite dance show Chic-a-Go-Go, which airs on Chicago Access Network Television (CAN-TV).