Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City
Mike Katz, Crispin Kott
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Add to basketFrom the churches and street corners of Harlem and The Bronx to the underground clubs of the East Village, New York City has been a musical mecca for generations, and Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City is the definitive story of its development throughout the five boroughs.Plug in and walk the same streets a young Bob Dylan walked. See where Patti Smith, the Ramones, Beastie Boys, and Jeff Buckley played. Visit on foot the places Lou Reed mentions in his songs or where Paul Simon grew up; where the Strokes drowned their sorrows, Grizzly Bear cut their teeth and Jimi Hendrix found his vision. Rock and Roll Explorer Guide gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at how bands came together, scenes developed, and classic songs were written. Artists come and go, neighborhoods change, venues open and close, but the music lives on. Contents Upper Manhattan and HarlemUpper West SideThe Velvet UndergroundUpper East SideThe BeatlesJohn and YokoCentral ParkPatti SmithMidtown WestBeastie BoysMidtown EastMadonnaChelsea and Hudson YardsJimi Hendrix and Electric LadyUnion Square and Madison SquareNew York DollsWest VillageBob DylanEast Village BlondieSoho and TriBeCaSonic YouthLower East SideThe StrokesBrooklynTalking HeadsQueensRamonesSimon and GarfunkelThe BronxKissStaten IslandRock and roll may not have been born in New York, but this is one of the places it grew up and blew up and presented itself to the world. From the churches and street corners of Harlem and the Bronx to the underground clubs of the East Village, New York City has been a musical Mecca for generations, and The Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City is an historical journey through its development across all five boroughs.The Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City restores a sense of time and place to music history by identifying and documenting critical points of interest spanning genres and eras, and delineating the places in New York City critical to its musical development and ultimate triumphs and tragedies. Through this lens, we can see and understand how bands came together, scenes developed, and classic songs were written. In some cases, the buildings are still there, in others only the address remains, but you still get a sense of the history that happened there.Among the many locations in this book are addresses musicians and other key rock and roll figures once called home. In a very few instances we've included current addresses, but only when the location is historically significant and widely known; otherwise, we consciously left current residences out. The Rock and Roll Explorer Guide to New York City is intended as a fun travel guide through music history rather than a means of locating famous musicians. Most New Yorkers understand that everyone has a right to privacy. That's one of the reasons many of these artists live here.Because of the city's rich history, this book cannot be a comprehensive encyclopedia of music, rock venues, or the music industry;
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