Devil's Music, Holy Rollers and Hillbillies: How America Gave Birth to Rock and Roll

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments viii
• Preface
• Introduction: Rock in the Free World
• 1. “What Is Wrong with Us?”
• 2. Boom Time—and Cracks in the Foundation
• 3. The Oral Tradition
• 4. Being Black
• 5. The Early Blues
• 6. The Delta and the Devil—and Freedom
• 7. The American Hillbilly and Country Music
• 8. A Prelude and a Melting Pot
• 9. The Church and Rock
• 10. Memphis, Sun, and the Dawn of Rock
• 11. Mr. Presley
• 12. Mr. Berry and the First Wave of Rock
• 13. A Changed World
• Conclusion
• Chapter Notes
• Bibliography
• Index