Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll: Conversations with Unjustly Obscure Rock 'n' Soul Eccentrics

Published by Duke University Press 2011

Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll

Conversations with Unjustly Obscure Rock 'n' Soul Eccentrics

Edited by: Jake Austen

In the series Refiguring American Music

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822393375

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About this book

The best of the cult-favorite music magazine Roctobers conversations with overlooked or forgotten artists, from the Outlaw Country singer David Allan Coe to the frustrated interstellar glam act Zolar X.

Author / Editor information

Jake Austen is an independent music writer and the editor of Roctober magazine. He is the author of TV-a-Go-Go: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol, the editor of A Friendly Game of Poker: 52 Takes on the Neighborhood Game, and a founder and co-host of the cult-favorite dance show Chic-a-Go-Go, which airs on Chicago Access Network Television (CAN-TV).

Reviews

“Jake Austen has the brains of a world-class scholar driven to illuminate previously obscure but vital arcana, the soul of a historian eager to bring the past roaring back to life, and the heart of a furious but funny rock ’n’ roll hell-raiser. As the majordomo of Roctober, fronting a posse of like-minded and equally passionate fellow travelers, he has picked up the mantle of that first-generation rock-critic giant Nick Tosches and at long last given us his answer to Unsung Heroes of Rock ’n’ Roll. Yes, Flying Saucers Rock ’n’ Roll really is a book worthy of being mentioned in that company, and it’s a must for any serious rock reader’s bookshelf.”—Jim DeRogatis, critic, author, educator, and co-host of Sound Opinions—the world’s only rock ’n’ roll talk show

“With an awe-inspiringly integrated and thoroughly unassuming knowledge of all the nooks, crannies, and hidden corners of American popular culture, there’s no more appropriate cheerleader for musical humanity than Jake Austen, a polymath force of nature who’s been amazing me for twenty years. If any of the rest of us had just a hundredth of the energy, enthusiasm, and big-heartedness that Jake seems to show with every project he undertakes, the world would be a much better place—and a lot more fun.”—Chris Ware, cartoonist and author of Jimmy Corrigan—The Smartest Kid on Earth

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Foreword Steve Albini Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction. Hi Yo, Silver! Jake Austen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Oscar Brown Jr. James Porter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
David Allan Coe Jake Austen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Guy Chookoorian Jake Austen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
The Fast Jake Austen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Sugar Pie DeSanto James Porter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Billy Lee Riley Ken Burke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
The Treniers John Battles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Sam the Sham James Porter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
The Good Rats Jake Austen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Zolar X Jonathan Poletti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
Appendix. Suggested Listening, Viewing, Surfing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Other: 74 illustrations

eBook

Published: August 31, 2011
ISBN: 9780822393375