Canuck Rock: A History of Canadian Popular Music

Ryan Edwardson

Published by University of Toronto Press 2009

Canuck Rock

A History of Canadian Popular Music

Ryan Edwardson

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442697492

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About this book

An invaluable resource and an absorbing read, Canuck Rock spans from the emergence of rock and roll in the 1950s through to today's international recording industry.

Author / Editor information

Edwardson Ryan :

Ryan Edwardson is a Canadian music fan with a PhD in History from Queen's University.

Reviews

Gillian Turnbull:
‘Edwardson’s book is a thoughtful commentary on the impact that nationalist discourse can have on artistic production.’

William Echard:
’Canuck Rock deserves to stand as a central text in the ongoing study of Canadian arts, identities, and cultural policy.’

Ian Dahlman:
'Canuck Rock is an indispensable resource for anyone researching Canadian popular music, the Canadian music industries, or the development of Canadian nationalism. The book demands consideration of the contextual and cultural forces that are inseparable from Canada's popular music and history. Edwardson succeeds because he convincingly explores which forces allowed music in Canada to become Canadian music.'

Carrie Schmidt, ActiveHistory.ca/book-reviews:
‘Canuck Rock is an excellent starting point for those who have yet to discover many of the bands discussed in the book, and can also serve as a nostalgic refresher for those with a stronger understanding of the Canadian music industry… A comprehensive piece of work; entertaining, and fact based, with liberal sprinkling of rock star egos, political shenanigans, and international implications.’

Rob Bowman, Department of Music, York University:

'Canuck Rock is a substantial contribution to the scant scholarly literature on Canadian popular music. Ryan Edwardson should be lauded for this original and nuanced account of the synergy between Canadian nationalism and the development of a music industry in Canada.'

Robert Wright, Department of History, Trent University:

'Canuck Rock is an impressive and important book. Ryan Edwardson takes obvious delight in exploring the minutiae of Canadian pop music and gives every indication of being a fan as well as an historian. Aficionados of Canadian pop music will take great pleasure in the literally hundreds of fascinating details of the "music biz" the author has unearthed.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction: From Rock and Roll in Canada to ‘Canadian’ Rock and Roll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Lonely Boys and Wild Girls: Rock and Roll in Canada in the 1950s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
2. Guess Who?: Beatlemania and the Race to Be British Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
3. From ‘Tom Dooley’ to ‘Mon Pays’: Folk Music and the Nation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
4. ‘California Dreamin’: Why Canadian Musicians Were Not ‘Helpless’ in the United States, 1965–70 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
5. ‘Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out’: Psychedelia, Regionalism, and How a Band from the Prairies Had Wheatfield Soul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
6. ‘Legislated Radio’: Industry, Identity, and the Canadian Content Regulations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
7. ‘Oh What a Feeling’: Canadian Content and Identity Politics in the 1970s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
8. ‘The Nation’s Music Station’: Television and the Idea of Canadian Music Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
9. ‘Takin’ Care of Business’: How Multinationals Underwrote the Canadian Music Industry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
10. ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It for You’: Bryan Adams and the Waking Up the Neighbours Controversy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 432

eBook

Published: September 5, 2009
ISBN: 9781442697492