The Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock

Dave Laing; Karl Dallas; Robin Denselow; Robert Shelton

ISBN 10: 0413318605 / ISBN 13: 9780413318602

Published by Methuen, 1975

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock
• Publisher: Methuen
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0413318605
• ISBN 13: 9780413318602
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
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Synopsis

THE ELECTRIC MUSE: The Story of Folk into Rock
Published 1975

Of all the influences on rock since its raw beginnings in the 50s, the folk tradition - in all its forms - has been the most pervasive. Stars on both sides of the Atlantic - from Seeger and Guthrie, Dylan, Baez, Paul Simon and the Byrds in America to MacColl and Lloyd, Steeleye Span, Sandy Denny, Donovan, Roy Harper and Tim Hart in Britain - have roots in the world of rags and reels, blues and ballads. The folk process lives! Here four Eminent music critics show how and why it has survived and talk about the transatlantic heroes who've carried it on from its roots to its revival to folk-rock.

Dave Laing is an editor of Let It Rock magazine and the author of three books, Buddy Holly, The Sound of Our Time and Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll.

Karl Dallas is a regular contributor to a number of publications, including the Melody Maker where he has been folk-music reviewer since 1956. He has written three books, including Singers of an Empty Day, and compiled two folk-song collections.

Robin Denselow, a BBC film director and former folk singer, is folk and rock music critic for the Guardian.

Robert Shelton was folk, country and rock critic for the New York Times from 1958 to 1968 and since 1972 has been a regular music reviewer for The Times of London. He has written five books, including The Country Music Story and the biography of Josh White, and edited Woody Guthrie's Born To Win.

This book is published simultaneously with a four-album record set released jointly by Island and Transatlantic Records and entitled The Electric Muse: The Story of Folk Into Rock.