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Got to be something here : the rise of the Minneapolis sound /

Beginning in the year of Prince's birth, 1958, with the recording of Minnesota's first R&B record by a North Minneapolis band called the Big Ms, Got to Be Something Here traces the rise of that distinctive sound through two generations of political upheaval, rebellion, and artistic pas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swensson, Andrea (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Univ of Minnesota Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Popular music > Minnesota > Minneapolis > History and criticism.
African Americans > Minnesota > Minneapolis > Music > History and criticism.
MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory.
Table of Contents:
  • Plymouth Avenue
  • Rondo
  • The way
  • The mines
  • Black and proud
  • The flame
  • Black and white
  • The family
  • Prince and AndrĂ©
  • Funkytown
  • Epilogue.