How I Got the Hip Disc Jockey Blues
- ISBN-10
- 0974398500
- ISBN-13
- 9780974398501
- Category
- Disc jockeys
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-07
- Authors
- C. S. Johnson, John B. Ryland
Description
a fictional account based upon a true story, from a star-struch neil young fan in memphis,tee, to a quick-witted dj, and perceptive record promoter, john takes you on an insightful trip inside the provocative world ot the music industry. beginning as a part-time dj to a maverick dj in denver and finally to a savvy record promoter.this book picks where TOM PETTY'S "THE LAST DJ' ends.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Rhythm and Blues, Rap, and Hip-hop
By Frank W. HoffmannBy the time “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now),” featuring rapper Freedom Williams—who had previously recorded with Grace Jones and New Kids on the Block—became an international hit in 1990, they had honed their formula to ...
-
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
By Bill Brewster, Frank BroughtonProving that America's love for green can often overrule its obsession with fleshtones, radio's business model allowed many a black DJ to create an opening for himself, even in the face of appalling racism. Hal Jackson, who started ...
-
Big Beat Heat: Alan Freed and the Early Years of Rock & Roll
By John A. JacksonStory of Alan Freed the "Moondog" at Cleveland's WJW, rock & roll's first prominent spokesman and promoter.
-
The Man Who Brought a Mountain of Soul to Houston, Texas: Autobiography of a Disc Jockey
By Skipper Lee FrazierThe man who brought a mountain of soul to Houston, Texas.
-
Birth of the Detroit Sound: 1940-1964
By Marilyn Bond, S. R. BolandThis book documents the extraordinary style of music that took shape in Detroit well before Motown was a gleam in Gordy's eye.
-
Bobby Rush: "Blues Singer--Plus": An article from Southern Cultures 17:4, The Music Issue
By William FerrisI try to get the people in my hand, for them to love me, and once I get them in my hand, I can then tell them what I've come to tell them.
-
Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans
By John BrovenFor instance, sometimes playing with Dave, we had a lot of balls and we'd get the stock music that you'd go down to the store and buy, you know, ... You put music in front of [Nelson] and it didn't mean anything to him, really.
-
The Pied Pipers of Rock 'n' Roll: Radio Deejays of the 50s and 60s
By Wes SmithExamines the inflence of nine wellknown deejays of the 50s and 60s.
-
Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues
By Chip DeffaaIn this book, the author profiles Ruth Brown, the most popular female black singer of the early 1950s; Lavern Baker, who succeeded Brown; Little Jimmy Scott, who Madonna calls the only singer to make her cry; Charles Brown, master of the ...
-
It Came From Memphis
By Robert GordonExploring interwoven threads of personality, coincidence, progress, and taste--all essentially unrelated to music--a veteran journalist explains how popular culture and business intersected in Memphis to set the stage for rock and roll well ...