| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 414 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Revolution in the air -- Party music : the story of the Lumpen -- Power to the people : Bay Area culture and the rise of the party -- The Lumpen theme : James Brown, the rhythm revolution, and Black power -- People get ready : civil rights, soul music, and Black identity -- For freedom : cultural nationalism and the Black Panther Party -- Bobby must be set free : Panther power and popular culture -- Ol' pig Nixon : the protest music tradition, soul, and Black power -- Revolution is the only solution : protest music today and the legacy of the Lumpen |
| Summary |
Examining the culture and politics of the Black Power era of the late 1960s, this book explores the relationship of soul music to the Black Power movement from the vantage point of the musicians and black revolutionaries themselves. The 1960s were a turbulent time for race relations in the United States, but no other area in the country epitomized the radical social change that was taking place more than the San Francisco Bay Areathe epicenter of the Black Panthers movement. This social history introduces fans of soul music and 20th-century U.S. history enthusiasts to the Black Panthers' own band, the Lumpen, a group comprised of rank-and-file members of the Oakland, California-based Party. During their year-long tenure, the Lumpen produced hard-driving rhythm-and-blues that asserted the revolutionary ideology of the Black Panthers. Through his rediscovery of the Lumpen, and based on new interviews with Party and band members, author Rickey Vincent provides an insider's account of Black Power politics and soul music aesthetics in an original narrative that reveals more detail about the Black Revolution than ever before |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359), discography (pages 359-361) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lumpen (Musical group)
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Black Panther Party
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| SUBJECT |
Black Panther Party fast |
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Lumpen (Musical group) fast |
| Subject |
Rhythm and blues music -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Soul music -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Soul & R 'n B.
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Black power
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013026033 |
| ISBN |
9781613744932 |
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1613744935 |
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9781613744956 |
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1613744951 |
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1306022398 |
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9781306022392 |
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