Women drummers : a history from rock and jazz to blues and country / Angela Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Angela, 1945- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drummers (Musicians)--United States--Biography.

Drummers (Musicians).

Musicians--United States--Biography.

Musicians.

Women drummers (Musicians)--United States--Biography.

Women drummers (Musicians).

Women musicians--United States--Biography.

Women musicians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2014.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Combining archival research with personal interviews of over 50 female drummers representing more than eight decades in music history, Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country paints a vivid picture of their struggles to overcome discrimination not only as professional musicians but in other parts of their lives. Looking back several centuries, drum historian Angela Smith outlines the evolution of the woman drummer from pre-biblical times when women held important leadership roles to their silencing by

Contents:

Contents; Permissions; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch01. A Few Beats Back in Time; Ch02. 23 Skidoo; Ch03. Bee's Knees: The Roaring '20s; Ch04. Swing Cats: The '30s; Ch05. Hep Girls: The '40s; Ch06. Called to Duty: War Years; Ch07. Hip and Diggin' It: Post-War to the '50s; Ch08. Rock 'n' Roll, Baby! The '50s and '60s; Ch09. Trippin' and Groovin': The '70s; Ch10. Bad to the Bone: The '80s; Ch11. Wicked to the Max: The '80s Continued; Ch12. Awesome Times Two; Photospread; Ch13. Bangin' and Slammin': The '90s; Ch14. Mega to the Max: The '90s Continued; Ch15. Sweet! A New Century

Ch16. And the Beat Goes On (To Be Continued)Ch17. Honky Tonk Angels; Ch18. Lady Drum the Blues; Ch19. Jazz Chicks with Chops; Ch20. Drummers of a Different Beat; Conclusion: Not by a Long Shot!; Appendix. SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY, VIDEO LINKS, AND ONLINE RESOURCES; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes discography (pages 237-238), bibliographical references (pages 240-250), and index.

Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-88-8183-151-6

0-8108-9558-7

0-8108-8835-1

OCLC:

877868162