The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll

Lauterbach, Preston

For generations, "chitlin' circuit" has meant second tier—brash performers in raucous nightspots far from the big-city limelight. Now, music journalist Preston Lauterbach combines terrific firsthand reportage with deep historical research to offer a groundbreaking account of the birth of rock 'n' roll in black America.

EAN

9780393342949

Publisher

WW Norton & Co

Published

16 July 2012

Pages

368