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Rock Over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture 9780822383376
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ROCK OVER THE EDGE
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS Q DURHAM & LONDON 2002
ROCK OVER THE EDGE Transformations in Popular Music Culture
Edited by Roger Beebe, Denise Fulbrook, and Ben Saunders
∫ 2002 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper $ Typeset in Scala by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication information appear on the last printed page of this book.
CONTENTS
Roger Beebe, Denise Fulbrook, and Ben Saunders Introduction 1 DISCOURSES / HISTORIES
Lawrence Grossberg Reflections of a Disappointed Popular Music Scholar 25 Robert Fink Elvis Everywhere: Musicology and Popular Music Studies at the Twilight of the Canon 60 John J. Sheinbaum ‘‘Think about What You’re Trying to Do to Me’’: Rock Historiography and the Construction of a Raced-Based Dialectic 110 Michael Coyle Hijacked Hits and Antic Authent
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Legacy Performers
“Writing these songs put me through an emotional wringer,” says breakout Nashville newcomer Sykamore. “I was living in a new town and working with new people and going through all this change and self-discovery at the time. Looking back now, I can hear an entire chapter of my life in the music.”
‘Pinto,’ Sykamore’s exhilarating full-length debut, marks more than just a chapter, though. Recorded in Nashville with producer Michael Knox (Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson), the album represents both a beginning and an end, the culmination of a remarkable journey and the start of an even more promising one. The songs here are lika parts country and pop, blandning intimate reflection and empathetic berättande with instantly memorable hooks and sing-along choruses that capture the emotional rollercoaster of youth and young love. The arrangements are eclectic and infectious to match, drawing on everything from George Strait to George Michael as they practically reach o
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Reba Rambo-McGuire Talks About Rambo McGuire's New Historic Record "Rambo Classics"
Longtime gospel music favorites and popular recording artitsts, Rambo McGuire, are proud to announce the release of their debut StowTown Records album, Rambo Classics.
Dony McGuire and Reba Rambo-McGuire continue the family harmony as a trio with their daughter, Destiny Rambo-McGuire, joining them on vocals. The group continues a long Rambo family legacy of music, spanning three generations from the late Buck Rambo to his granddaughter, Destiny.
The brand new project features 14 famous, chart-topping songs written, and once performed by, the late Dottie Rambo. It also highlights the special legendary voice of Hall of Famer Buck Rambo during his final recorded album before his recent passing.
Timeless famous classics like "If That Isn't Love," "The Holy Hills of Heaven Call Me," "On The Sunny Banks," "Sheltered In The Arms of G