
Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock
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Michael Butler Murray
The enduring achievement and legacy of a rock movement
The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd helped usher in a new kind of southern music from Jacksonville, Florida. Together, they and fellow bands like Blackfoot, 38 Special, and Molly Hatchet would reset the course of '70s rock. Yet Jacksonville seemed an unlikely hotbed for a new musical movement.
Michael FitzGerald blends eyewitness detail with in-depth history to tell the story of how the River City bred this generation of legendary musicians. As he profiles essential bands alongside forerunners like Gram Parsons and Cowboy, FitzGerald reveals how the powerful local AM radio station worked with newspapers and television stations to nurture talent. Media attention in turn created a public hungry for live performances by area bands. What became the southern rock elite welded relentless determination to a ferocious work ethic, honing their gifts on a testing ground that brooked no weakness and took no prisoners.
FitzGerald looks at the music as the diverse soundtrack to a neo-southern lifestyle that reconciled different segments of society in Jacksonville, and across the nation, in the late sixties and early '70s.
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Required Reading for Jacksonville Music History
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Narrator's voice was perfect for this read and the author gave an amazing lesson on Florida's role in the creation and preservation of southern rock.
One thing that truly won me over and I absolutely loved is that the author gave the credit due to Gram Parsons for his hand in turning young people onto country music and how he mixed it with rock music creating "cosmic country." Gram is a personal favorite of mine and I always believed his music should have been just as renowned as any other southern rock artist and band.
The author leaves no stone unturned with any southern rock band and this truly is the go to book for learning about how Florida was to the southern rock scene as was Detroit to the Motown scene. READ THIS BOOK!! It's easy to follow and highly informative!
Best Book on Southern Rock!!
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