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Desperados - The Roots of Country Rock (Paperback)
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Desperados - The Roots of Country Rock (Paperback)
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Loot Price R414
Discovery Miles 4 140
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As told by the musicians who made it happen, Desperados: The Roots
of Country Rock revisits country rock's rise to the top of the
charts. Music scholar John Einarson delves into the years from
1963, when Buck Owens and his Buckaroos brought an electric edge to
their Texas honky-tonk tunes, to 1973, when The Eagles released
their album "Desperado" on David Geffen's label. Einarson examines
how folk, rockabilly, blues, Nashville country, Tejano, bluegrass,
and other musical idioms influenced a generation of journeyman
musicians. He traces the paths taken by the songsmiths, the bands
in which they served their apprenticeships, and the songs they
wrote together, as they steadily shaped the country rock sound. The
protagonists of this story include talented but troubled Gram
Parsons, a virtuoso determined to burn out before he faded away;
the versatile and appealing Linda Ronstadt; Mike Nesmith, the
Monkee from Texas who returned to his musical roots with a trilogy
of country-rock albums; TV heartthrob turned country rocker Rick
Nelson; folkie songbird Emmylou Harris before she made it in
Nashville; and many others.
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