A penetrating and entertaining exploration of New York’s music scene from Cubop through folk, punk, and hip-hop.
From Tony Fletcher, the acclaimed biographer of Keith Moon, comes an incisive history of New York’s seminal music scenes and their vast contributions to our culture. Fletcher paints a vibrant picture of mid-twentieth-century New York and the ways in which its indigenous art, theater, literature, and political movements converged to create such unique music."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Tony Fletcher is the author of six non-fiction books and one novel. His biography of drummer Keith Moon has been named in many a Best Music Book list; his biography of R.E.M., 'Remarks Remade,' has been published in over half a dozen countries; and history of the NYC music scene, 'All Hopped Up and Ready To Go: Music from the Streets of New York, 1927-77,' was widely and positively received upon publication in 2009. His latest biography, 'A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths,' was published in the UK by William Heinemann on September 6 2012, and will be published by Crown Archetype in the USA on December 4. A memoir of his South London schooldays, 'Boy About Town,' will be published by William Heinemann in July 2013. He lives with his family in the Catskill Mountains.
“In his richly detailed study of fifty years of the city’s most important musical history, music journalist Fletcher vividly recreates the birth and evolution of jazz, folk, pop, punk and hip-hop as the strains of these urban styles emerged from the urban cacophony of New York.”
- Publishers Weekly
“Fletcher’s commentary melds very different cultures to shows interrelationships and how new genres built upon the foundations of predecessors... Anyone interested in popular music and the rich cultural heritage of New York―indeed, of all of the U.S.―should read this book.”
- Booklist
“Thoroughly researched, engaging, and perceptive.”
- Library Journal
“Like Alastair Cooke’s America, All Hopped Up is an unapologetically opinionated overview of zeitgeists that sparked their own theme music.... An indispensable reference book for college students and a survival guide for modern musicians.”
- Chronogram
“In All Hopped Up and Ready To Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77, Tony Fletcher has demonstrated extraordinary depth in his research and vibrancy in his writing. Not only was I fascinated by his stories of times and styles about which I knew little, but, in those areas in which I knew a lot, he has connected all the dots for me...oh, yeah, and it’s a damned good read.”
- Mike Stoller
“Fletcher tells the story well.... His gift is enthusiasm.”
- The New York Times Book Review
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