Dixie Lullaby - A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South

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All ProductsApparelBabyBeautyBooksClassical MusicDVDDigital MusicElectronicsGourmet FoodHealth & Personal CareJewelryKitchen & HousewaresMagazinesMiscellaneousMusicMusic TracksMusical InstrumentsOffice ProductsOutdoor LivingPC HardwarePet SuppliesPhotoRestaurantsSoftwareSporting GoodsTools & HardwareToysVHSVideo (DVD & VHS)Video GamesWirelessWireless Accessories    by: Mark Kemp See Larger Image List Price: $19.95 Amazon.com's Price: $15.96 You Save: $3.99 (20%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $6.88 Third Party New Price: $7.24 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 781.660975 EAN: 9780820328720 ISBN: 0820328723 Label: University of Georgia Press Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 296 Publication Date: September 25, 2006 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Sales Rank: 849093 Studio: University of Georgia Press Editorial Review: Book Description: In Dixie Lullaby, a veteran music journalist ponders the transformative effects of rock and roll on the generation of white southerners who came of age in the 1970s-the heyday of disco, Jimmy Carter, and Saturday Night Live. Growing up in North Carolina, Mark Kemp burned with shame and anger at the attitudes of many white southerners-some in his own family-toward the recently won victories of the civil rights movement. "I loved the land that surrounded me but hated the history that haunted that land," he writes. Then the down-home, bluesy rock of the Deep South began taking the nation by storm, and Kemp had a new way of relating to the region that allowed him to see beyond its legacy of racism and stereotypes of backwardness. Although Kemp would always struggle with an ambivalence familiar to many white southerners, the seeds of redemption were planted in adolescence when he first heard Duane Allman and Ronnie Van Zant pour their feelings into their songs. In the tradition of Nick Tosches, Peter Guralnick, and other music historians, Kemp maps his own southern odyssey onto the stories of such iconic bands as the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and R.E.M., as well as influential indies like the Drive-By Truckers. In dozens of interviews with quintessential southern rockers and some of their most diehard fans, Kemp charts the course of the music that both liberated him and united him with countless others who came of age under its spell. This is a thought-provoking, searingly intimate, and utterly original journey through the South and its music from the 1960s through the 1990s. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Masterpiece I love good music and good writing. However, I would have never picked this book up if my 5 year old son had not said, "Look, Daddy, a book with a guitar on it!" I read it cover to cover in one night. Raised in the South, I was just a little younger than the characters in this book. But, I knew every one of them. I've since recommended this book to readers and non-readers. To a person, this book has been given rave reviews and passed on to the next person. Read More Rating: - No rock music history holding should miss it. New in paperback is a book not to be limited to Dixie collections, but a 'must' for any who would understand the concurrent stories of music and race in the South. DIXIE LULLABY: A STORY OF MUSIC, RACE, AND NEW BEGINNINGS IN A NEW SOUTH traces the history and rise of Southern rock, comes from a veteran journalist who considers the effects of white southern rock on future generations, and provides a survey of regional and racial influences on this music. The author's own personal involvement with the ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Music - Entertainment - Subjects - Books - General Music - Entertainment - Subjects - Books - History & Criticism Musical Genres - Music - Entertainment - Subjects - Books - Rock Musical Genres - Music - Entertainment - Subjects - Books - General State & Local - United States - Americas - History - Subjects - Books - South

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