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We developed reputations real fast. We treated our entertainers
right. We got them paid. Other agents and promoters and managers
showed them the money. We got them the money. We brought respect to
the African American artist in America. We brought them prestige.
We really cared about our artists and those who worked for us, and
it was obvious because we fought like hell for them. So when you
listen to some of that music today an Otis Redding record or Percy
Sledge or anyone from our shop you re not just hearing music but
also the sound of iron being hammered and bricks being laid for
those especially African Americans who are in the business today.
Southern Man is the memoir of a life in music during one of the
most racially turbulent times in American history. It presents the
voice of Alan Walden a remarkable, sensitive, humble, and brilliant
man; a boy from the country who, serendipitously, along with his
brother Phil and best friend Otis Redding, helped to nurture a
musical renaissance. It is the story of a son of Macon, Georgia,
and his passion for R&B and rock n roll at a time when it took
wits and a Southern persistence to overcome the obstacles on the
hard scrabble road to success the tragedy of loss, disappointment,
and betrayal, along with the joy of victory, optimism, and hope and
taking a dream right over the mountain. That dream led him to work
with and nurture the talents of a virtual who s who of Southern
music, from Sam & Dave and Percy Sledge to Boz Scaggs and
Lynyrd Skynyrd. Anyone who was alive during the golden age of
R&B and Southern rock remembers the music, but Alan s narrative
invites the reader to the centre of the story, into the studio and
on the road, to backroom deals and backroom brawls. It wasn t
always peaches and cream. The music business is tough, and Alan
Walden was one of the toughest kids on the street. He had to be, in
order to survive in a world of guitars, guts, and guns. This is
rock n roll noir the story of a few pioneers who cut the rock and
laid the pipe under the hard scrabble terrain so that the water of
creativity can more freely flow today.
Rebel Yell: An Oral History of Southern Rock presents the story of
a musical genre born in the backwoods, highways, and swamps of
Macon, Georgia, and Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 and peaking in
popularity during the 1970s. This history of Southern rock is told
by the musicians, roadies, fans, and recording industry folk who
lived it. Drawn from literally hundreds of hours of interviews with
the author, the book focuses on the ""big four""--The Allman
Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band, and The
Charlie Daniels Band--while delving into the careers of other great
bands like The Outlaws, Bonnie Bramlett, Cowboy, Wet Willie, and
Molly Hatchet. The story is enhanced by the photography of Kirk
West, Bill Thames, and others, and includes many
never-before-published images. Also included are a series of ""Top
20"" lists--including the best Southern rock vocalists, guitarists,
songs, and more.
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