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Country : the twisted roots of rock 'n' roll / Nick Tosches.

By: Tosches, NickMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Da Capo Press, 1996Edition: 1st Da Capo Press edDescription: xiv, 290 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 0306807130 :Subject(s): Country music -- History and criticism | Rock 'n roll -- HistoryDDC classification: 781.642 LOC classification: ML3524Summary: The author shows how rock and roll roots can be traced even as far back to 1607 when an Englishman named Laydon arrived in America with his fiddle. Other influences such as blackface minstrels, yodelling cowboys, honky-tonk and rockabilly, are also discussed, with all the scandalous details of the musicians, who include Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Originally published, Rev. ed. New York , C. Scribner's Sons, 1985, c1984.

Includes index.

The author shows how rock and roll roots can be traced even as far back to 1607 when an Englishman named Laydon arrived in America with his fiddle. Other influences such as blackface minstrels, yodelling cowboys, honky-tonk and rockabilly, are also discussed, with all the scandalous details of the musicians, who include Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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