1. Images Of America In Rock "n" Roll
Mostly, though, rock music represented a merger between white country and black blues. In the book Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock "n" Roll Music, Greil Marcus discusses country music prior to the birth of rock. Country music was music that entire communities listened to, linking each member to the group. ... (Marcus, 133) In other words, country music was the music for white working class families. ... The music of the black working class was blues, which was more about guilt and damnation than country music was. ...
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