Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music by Fr Barry Mazor (English) Pap

Description: Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music by Fr Barry Mazor 2015 Belmont Book Award Winner This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the revolutionary A&R man and music publisher who pioneered the recording, marketing, and publishing of blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music, and this book book tracks his role in such breakthrough events as the recording of Mamie Smiths "Crazy Blues," the first country recording sessions with Fiddlin John Carson, his discovery of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, the popularizing of Latin American music during World War II, and the postwar transformation of music on the airwaves that set the stage for the dominance of R&B, country, and rock n roll. Ralph Peer changed our very notions of what pop music can be. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Barry Mazor is a longtime music, media, and business journalist. He is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and to the online music magazine medium/cuepoint, and is the author of Connie Smith: Just for What I Am and Meeting Jimmie Rodgers. He is the former senior editor and columnist for No Depression magazine and his work has appeared in numerous publications, including American Songwriter, the Nashville Scene, the Village Voice, and the Washington Post. He was awarded the Charlie Lamb Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism in 2008. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Review "A thrill to read and wonderfully told." --The Commerical Appeal"Mazors book rolls along at a swift and radio-friendly tempo, supplying invaluable detail on Peers achievements and the vision that drove them." --Paste magazine "Mr. Mazor discusses the evolution of American music and intricacies of music publishing with equal authority. He likewise brings impressive clarity and cohesion to considering the big-picture nexus of culture, commerce and evolving technology in which Peers saga unfolds. He tells this complex, intertwined story with ample substance for serious scholars while also making his book welcoming and accessible for neophytes." --The Wall Street Journal"Musicians know who Ralph Peer was, and now his life and contributions to our nations music are made available to all of us in Barry Mazors wonderful and absorbing biography. Mazor [...] has given us a beautifully written portrait of an utterly fascinating man. One is continually astonished at how a shipping clerk from Independence, Mo., at various junctions in his life, made decisions that transformed American music by bringing new artists and forms of music -- from country, blues and bluegrass to early rock n roll -- to millions of citizens who had not yet encountered them." --New York Times "Peer finally receives his due in this excellent biography." --Booklist"Ralph Peers true importance in American music is rarely understood outside of the music business, but Barry Mazors book draws a compelling portrait of Peer as business innovator, music scout, and publishing executive, detailing his visionary pursuit of musical riches in previously unexplored rural America and Latin America--yielding a body of recorded blues, country, and pop that are the foundations of American musical culture." --Laura Cantrell Review Quote "This is an overwhelming book about an overwhelming character in the music field, a true visionary, who realized the potential power of common music long before anyone else - and who transformed the lives of many of those artists whom he recorded. We owe Barry Mazor a debt of gratitude for telling Peers incredible life story, his monumental accomplishments, putting them all in one place, and bringing them to the light." Details ISBN1613736533 Short Title RALPH PEER & THE MAKING OF POP Pages 320 Publisher Chicago Review Press Language English ISBN-10 1613736533 ISBN-13 9781613736531 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-09-01 Imprint Chicago Review Press Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified Author Fr Barry Mazor DEWEY 781.64 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136566938;

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