Music and the road : essays on the interplay of music and the popular culture of the American road / Gordon E. Slethaug.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slethaug, Gordon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--United States--History and criticism.

Popular music.

United States.

Travel in music.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2017.

Summary:

Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul Simon-these familiar figures have written road music for half a century and continue to remain highly-regarded artists. But there is so much more to say about road music. This book fills a glaring hole in scholarship about the road and music. In a collection of 13 essays, Music and the Road explores the origins of road music in the blues, country-western, and rock 'n' roll; the themes of adventure, freedom, mobility, camaraderie, and love, and much more; the contribution of music to popular road films such as Bonnie and Clyde, Easy Rider, Thelma and Louise, and On the Road; and the mystique and reality of touring as an important part of getting away from home, creating community among performers, and building audiences across the country from the '30s to the present. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Gordon E. Slethaug Slethaug, Gordon E. 1

2 The semiotics of the road / Gordon E. Slethaug Slethaug, Gordon E. 19

3 Easy riders and hard roads in the early recorded blues / Steve Knepper Knepper, Steve, James Tuten Tuten, James 39

4 Easy street on mud tires: The "heartland" and the frontier of the road in country music / Virginia Shay Shay, Virginia 57

5 The tour bus and the road / Anaia Shaw Shaw, Anaia 73

6 Band on the ruins: Meditations on music and motion / Warren Leaning Leaning, Warren 95

7 "All that road going": Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, and The Beach Boys' Smile / Dale Carter Carter, Dale 107

8 "Happiness is the road": Bob Dylan / Susan Kuyper Kuyper, Susan 129

9 "Apology and forgiveness got no place here at all": On the road to Washington D.C. with Bruce Springsteen / Chad Wriglesworth Wriglesworth, Chad 157

10 "But people are strangers": Lyric narratives and ethics on Paul Simon's roads / Alexander Hollenberg Hollenberg, Alexander 175

11 Gender is over: Transgender narrative homecomings, punk music, and the road / Evelyn Deshane Deshane, Evelyn 189

12 Knowing the score: Road movie soundtracks and cinematic verities / Kurt Jacobsen Jacobsen, Kurt 203

13 Conclusion: "The miracle of serendipity" / Gordon E. Slethaug Slethaug, Gordon E. 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Slethaug, Gordon author. Music and the road

ISBN:

9781501335266

150133526X

OCLC:

984973623