1. Images Of America In Rock "n" Roll
(Scheurer) At about the same time as Ginsberg wrote the famous poem "America," rock-n-roll music was becoming the music of the lost myths of America. ... 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. ... Nearly fifty years later rock music is still the music of the working class, and along the way its history contains the his...
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- Approx Pages: 11
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- Grade Level: High School