Music and the road : essays on the interplay of music and the popular culture of the American road /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Slethaug, Gordon (Author)
Published: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: vi, 271 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781501335266 (hardcover : alkaline paper) :
150133526X (hardcover : alkaline paper)
Index Number: ML3477
CLC: J605.712
Call Number: J605.712/S632
Contents: Machine generated contents note:
Introduction /
The semiotics of the road /
Easy riders and hard roads in the early recorded blues /
Easy street on mud tires: The "heartland" and the frontier of the road in country music /
The tour bus and the road /
Band on the ruins: Meditations on music and motion /
"All that road going": Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, and The Beach Boys' Smile /
"Happiness is the road": Bob Dylan /
"Apology and forgiveness got no place here at all": On the road to Washington D.C. with Bruce Springsteen /
"But people are strangers": Lyric narratives and ethics on Paul Simon's roads /
Gender is over: Transgender narrative homecomings, punk music, and the road /
Knowing the score: Road movie soundtracks and cinematic verities /
Conclusion: "The miracle of serendipity" /