'A true testimonial and epic love letter to the soul saving power
of rock & roll . . . Read it and be inspired, as I was' Bobby
Gillespie 'Lenny Kaye has illuminated ten facets of the jewel
called rock and roll from a uniquely personal and knowledgeable
perspective. He draws from a lifetime of inspiration and
experience. A youth plugging in his first electric guitar, a fan
taking the dance floor, a propelling player, a humble guardian of
history, and the writer I have always known him to be' Patti Smith
Memphis, 1954. New Orleans 1957. Philadelphia 1959. Liverpool,
1962. San Francisco 1967. Detroit 1969. New York, 1975. London
1977. Los Angeles 1984 / Norway 1993. Seattle 1991. Rock and roll
was birthed in basements and garages, radio stations and dance
halls, in cities where unexpected gatherings of artists and
audience changed and charged the way music is heard and celebrated,
capturing lightning in a bottle. Musician and writer Lenny Kaye
explores ten crossroads of time and place that define rock and
roll, its unforgettable flashpoints, characters and visionaries,
how each generation came to be, how it was discovered by the world.
Whether Elvis Presley's Memphis, the Beatles' Liverpool, Patti
Smith's New York or Kurt Cobain's Seattle, LIGHTNING STRIKING
reveals the communal energy that creates a scene, a guided tour
inside style and performance, to see who's on stage, along with the
movers and shakers, the hustlers and hangers-on, and why everybody
is listening. Grandly sweeping and minutely detailed, informed by
Kaye's acclaimed knowledge and experience as a working musician,
LIGHTNING STRIKING is an ear-opening insight into our shared
musical and cultural history, a carpet ride of rock and roll's most
influential movements and moments.
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