Description: Further DetailsTitle: Everybody Had an OceanCondition: NewSubtitle: Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los AngelesEAN: 9781641605717ISBN: 9781641605717Publisher: Chicago Review PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/07/2021Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 228mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 680gAuthor: William McKeenGenre: Home Garden & PetsDescription: "Excellent social history...an indispensable account of a time of beauty and terror." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewA modern epic of the battles between innocence and cynicism, joy and terror Los Angeles in the 1960s gave the world some of the greatest music in rock ’n’ roll history: “California Dreamin’” by the Mamas and the Papas, “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds, and “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys, a song that magnificently summarized the joy and beauty of the era in three and a half minutes. But there was a dark flip side to the fun fun fun of the music, a nexus between naive young musicians and the hangers-on who exploited the decade’s peace, love, and flowers ethos, all fueled by sex, drugs, and overnight success. One surf music superstar unwittingly subsidized the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. The transplanted Texas singer Bobby Fuller might have been murdered by the Mob in what is still an unsolved case. And after hearing Charlie Manson sing, Neil Young recommended him to the president of Warner Bros. Records. Manson’s ultimate rejection by the music industry likely led to the infamous murders that shocked a nation.Everybody Had an Ocean chronicles the migration of the rock ’n’ roll business to Southern California and how the artists flourished there. The cast of characters is astonishing—Brian and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, eccentric producer Phil Spector, Cass Elliot, Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell, and scores of others—and their stories form a modern epic of the battles between innocence and cynicism, joy and terror.You’ll never hear that beautiful music in quite the same way.Topic: Music Dance & Theatre, HistoryItem Width: 27mmRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Everybody Had an Ocean
Title: Everybody Had an Ocean
Subtitle: Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles
EAN: 9781641605717
ISBN: 9781641605717
Release Date: 09/07/2021
Release Year: 2021
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Everybody Had an Ocean : Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: History & Criticism, United States / 20th Century, Genres & Styles / Rock
Item Height: 0.9 in
Genre: Music, History
Item Weight: 24 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: William Mckeen
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
