Out of the vinyl deeps : Ellen Willis on rock music / Ellen Willis ; edited by Nona Willis Aronowitz ; foreword by Sasha Frere-Jones ; afterword by Daphne Carr and Evie Nagy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, Ellen.

Contributor:

Aronowitz, Nona Willis, 1984-

Frere-Jones, Sasha.

Carr, Daphne.

Nagy, Evie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--1961-1970--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Rock music--1971-1980--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis [Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1968, the New Yorker hired Ellen Willis as its first popular music critic. Her column, Rock, Etc., ran for seven years and established Willis as a leader in cultural commentary and a pioneer in the nascent and otherwise male-dominated field of rock criticism. As a writer for a magazine with a circulation of nearly half a million, Willis was also the country's most widely read rock critic. With a voice at once sharp, thoughtful, and ecstatic, she covered a wide range of artistsùBob Dylan, The Who, Van Morrison, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jon

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD: OPENING THE VAULT; INTRODUCTION: WAKE-UP CALL; BEFORE THE FLOOD; 1. THE WORLD-CLASS CRITIC; 2. THE ADORING FAN; 3. THE SIXTIES CHILD; 4. THE FEMINIST; 5. THE NAVIGATOR; 6. THE SOCIOLOGIST; AFTERWORD: RAISE YOUR HAND

Notes:

Chiefly essays originally published in The New Yorker magazine, 1968-1975.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8166-7697-6

OCLC:

713023007