The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1: 1920-1963 (Hardcover) by Ed Ward

from Opinionated

Excellent. Ward takes the jumbled story of the birth of rock and roll, from its roots in blues, rockabilly and country until the arrival of The Beatles on an unsuspecting America, and makes sense o...

from thosgpetri

As literature, this reads more like a list than a history, but I enjoyed it anyway. For some reason following the sequence of events was exciting, yes, exciting. But that's me. Anyway, the one thin...

from gothamajp

Any attempt to create a comprehensive chronology around the emergence of a new art form is fraught with potential traps, and unfortunately Ward falls into a few of them. There really is no clear pa...

from Opinionated

Excellent. Ward takes the jumbled story of the birth of rock and roll, from its roots in blues, rockabilly and country until the arrival of The Beatles on an unsuspecting America, and makes sense o...

from thosgpetri

As literature, this reads more like a list than a history, but I enjoyed it anyway. For some reason following the sequence of events was exciting, yes, exciting. But that's me. Anyway, the one thin...