Just around midnight rock and roll and the racial imagination Rock and roll and the racial imagination Hamilton, Jack 1979- creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Criticism, interpretation, etc. mau 2016 2016 monographic eng print 340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm "By the time Jimi Hendrix died in 1970, the idea of a black man playing lead guitar in a rock band seemed exotic. Yet a mere ten years earlier, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley had stood among the most influential rock and roll performers. Why did rock and roll become "white"? Just around Midnight reveals the interplay of popular music and racial thought that was responsible for this shift within the music industry and in the minds of fans. Rooted in rhythm-and-blues pioneered by black musicians, 1950s rock and roll was racially inclusive and attracted listeners and performers across the color line. In the 1960s, however, rock and roll gave way to rock: a new musical ideal regarded as more serious, more artistic--and the province of white musicians. Decoding the racial discourses that have distorted standard histories of rock music, Jack Hamilton underscores how ideas of 'authenticity' have blinded us to rock's inextricably interracial artistic enterprise. According to the standard storyline, the authentic white musician was guided by an individual creative vision, whereas black musicians were deemed authentic only when they stayed true to black tradition. Serious rock became white because only white musicians could be original without being accused of betraying their race. Juxtaposing Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones, and many others, Hamilton challenges the racial categories that oversimplified the Sixties revolution and provides a deeper appreciation of the twists and turns that kept the music alive"--Publisher's description. Introduction: Dreams and nightmares -- Darkness at the break of noon : Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan and the birth of Sixties music -- The White Atlantic : cultural origins of the "British Invasion" -- "Friends across the sea" : Motown, the Beatles, and sites and sounds of crossover -- "Being good isn't always easy" : Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Dusty Springfield, and the color of soul -- House burning down : race, writing, and Jimi Hendrix's war -- "Just around midnight" : the Rolling Stones and the end of the Sixties. Jack Hamilton. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- e-uk--- Rock music Social aspects Rock music 1961-1970 History and criticism Music and race United States History 20th century Music and race Great Britain History 20th century African American rock musicians Rock (Musique) Aspect social Rock (Musique) 1961-1970 Histoire et critique Musique et race États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Musique et race Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle Musiciens rock noirs américains Rock music Social aspects Rock music History and criticism 1961-1970 Music and race History United States 20th century Music and race History Great Britain 20th century African American rock musicians African American rock musicians Music and race Rock music Rock music Social aspects Great Britain United States Ethnische Identität Rockmusiker Großbritannien USA 1900-1999 fast ML3534 .H336 2016 781.6609/046 J605.1 9780674416598 0674416597 2016013926 Harvard Univ Pr, C/O Triliteral Llc 100 Maple Ridge Dr, Cumbreland, RI, USA, 02864-1769, (401)6584226 http://books.google.com/books?vid=isbn9780674416598 http://books.google.com/books?vid=isbn9780674416598 TAG TAGC MH/DLC 160323 20240807190743.4 in00004811452 eng