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Author:   Victor Coelho (Boston University) ,  John Covach (University of Rochester, New York)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9781107030268

ISBN 10:   1107030269
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   12 September 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I. Albums, Songs, Players, and the Core Repertory of the Rolling Stones: 1. The Rolling Stones: albums and singles, 1963–1974 John Covach; 2. Guitar slingers and hired guns: the musicians of The Rolling Stones Bill Janovitz; 3. The Rolling Stones in 1968: in defense of lingering psychedelia John Covach; 4. Exile, America, and the theater of The Rolling Stones, 1968–1972 Victor Coelho; 5. Post exile: The Rolling Stones in a disco-punk world, 1975–1983 Paul Harris; Part II. Sound, Roots, and Brian Jones: 6. The Rolling Stones's sound: at the crossroads of roots and technology Ralph Maier; 7. Driving Stones country in five songs Daniel Beller-Mckenna; 8. A 'gust of fresh air': Brian Jones, assemblage, and world music Brita Renée Heimarck; Part III. Stones on Film, Revival, and Fans: 9. Shine a light: The Rolling Stones on film Michael Brendan Baker; 10. Second life and the dynamics of revival: The Stones after 1989 Victor Coelho; Afterword: being a Rolling Stones fan is not a choice but a state of mind Philippe Puicouyoul.

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'An intriguing prospect for serious Stones fans.' Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock 'A bold attempt to up the intellectual ante around Stones criticism.' Jim Wirth, Uncut 'There's an entertaining look at a clutch of Stones country songs ... a decent reassessment of their psychedelic period ... and a welcome upgrade for Brian Jones as founder, world music maverick and the group's true dandy.' Neil Spencer, The Observer 'An intriguing prospect for serious Stones fans.' Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock 'A bold attempt to up the intellectual ante around Stones criticism.' Jim Wirth, Uncut 'There's an entertaining look at a clutch of Stones country songs ... a decent reassessment of their psychedelic period ... and a welcome upgrade for Brian Jones as founder, world music maverick and the group's true dandy.' Neil Spencer, The Observer 'There are some interesting theories as the ... [professors] examine how much psychedelia's aftershock resonated after Their Satanic Majesties, and country music infiltrated, giving songs hatched from Keith's gut level urges and relentless margination a depth even he might not have imagined.' Kris Needs, Record Collector

'An intriguing prospect for serious Stones fans.' Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock 'A bold attempt to up the intellectual ante around Stones criticism.' Jim Wirth, Uncut 'There's an entertaining look at a clutch of Stones country songs ... a decent reassessment of their psychedelic period ... and a welcome upgrade for Brian Jones as founder, world music maverick and the group's true dandy.' Neil Spencer, The Observer 'An intriguing prospect for serious Stones fans.' Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock 'A bold attempt to up the intellectual ante around Stones criticism.' Jim Wirth, Uncut 'There's an entertaining look at a clutch of Stones country songs ... a decent reassessment of their psychedelic period ... and a welcome upgrade for Brian Jones as founder, world music maverick and the group's true dandy.' Neil Spencer, The Observer

Author Information

Victor Coelho is Professor of Music and Director of the Center for Early Music Studies at Boston University, as well as a lutenist and guitarist. His previous publications include Instrumentalists and Renaissance Culture (with Keith Polk, Cambridge, 2016), The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar (Cambridge, 2003), and Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela (Cambridge, 1997). John Covach is Director of the University of Rochester Institute for Popular Music, Professor of Music in the College Music Department, and Professor of Theory at the Eastman School of Music. He is the principal author of the college textbook What's That Sound?: An Introduction to Rock Music (5th edition, 2018) and has co-edited Understanding Rock (1997), American Rock and the Classical Tradition (2000), Traditions, Institutions, and American Popular Music (2000), and Sounding Out Pop (2010).

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