Tell Tchaikovsky the News

Roberts Michael James Roberts

Description

For two decades after rock music emerged in the 1940s, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the oldest and largest labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada, refused to recognize rock 'n' roll as legitimate music or its performers as skilled musicians. The AFM never actively organized rock 'n' roll musicians, although recruiting them would have been in the union's economic interest. In Tell Tchaikovsky the News, Michael James Roberts argues that the reasons that the union failed to act in its own interest lay in its culture, in the opinions of its leadership and elite rank-and-file members. Explaining the bias of union members-most of whom were classical or jazz music performers-against rock music and musicians, Roberts addresses issues of race and class, questions of what qualified someone as a skilled or professional musician, and the threat that records, central to rock 'n' roll, posed to AFM members, who had long privileged live performances. Roberts contends that by rejecting rock 'n' rollers for two decades, the once formidable American Federation of Musicians lost their clout within the music industry.

Sujets

• Music
• États-Unis
• History of the Americas
• 20th century
• Sociology
• USA

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 05 février 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822378839
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS

TELL TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEWS

rôç ’’ rô, é àô Qûéŝô, à é mûŝçàŝ’ Uô, –

M î cH a e L Ja M e s Robe Rts

Duke University Press Durham and London 2014

© 2014 Duke University Press A ŝ éŝéé Pé  é Ué Sàéŝ ô Aéçà ô àç-éé àé ♾ Déŝé  Côûé é àé à éŝé  Aô Pô  Tŝé ïôàô Sŝéŝ, ïç.

à ô Côéŝŝ Cààô--Pûçàô Dàà rôéŝ, mçàé jàéŝ. Té Tçàôŝ é éŝ  ôç ’’ ô, é àô ûéŝô, à é ûŝçàŝ’ ûô, – / mçàé jàéŝ rôéŝ. àéŝ ç ïçûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à é. îsbn ---- (çô  à. àé) îsbn ---- (.  à. àé) . Aéçà ééàô ô mûŝçàŝŝô. . mûŝçàŝàô ûôŝUé Sàéŝ. . rôç ûŝçàŝàô ûôŝUé Sàéŝ. î. Té. ML.R  .′ç 

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contents

Péàçé  Açôééŝ 

întRoductîon. Union Man Blues 

one. Solidarity Forever?  he Mûŝçànŝ’ Unôn Reŝôndŝ tô Reçôrdŝ ànd Ràdô

two. Have You Heard the News? There’s Good Rockin’ Tonight  Wdçàtŝ, Heçàtŝ, ànd te Eergençe ô Rôçk ’n’ Rô

tHRee. If I Had a Hammer  Unôn Mûŝçànŝ “Bô” Rôçk ’n’ Rô

FouR. A Working-Class Hero Is Something to Be  he Unôn’ŝ Attet tô Bôçk te Brtŝ ïnvàŝôn Rôçk Bàndŝ

epîLogue. Tuned In, Turned On, and Dropped Out  Rôçk ’n’ Rô Mûŝç Prôdûçtôn Reŝtrûçtûreŝ te Mûŝç ïndûŝtry àông Nôn-Unôn neŝ

Nôéŝ  ôà  ïé 

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pReFace

hŝ ôô ŝ à çàŝé ŝû ô à àçûà éô  é ŝô ô é Aé- çà ééàô ô mûŝçàŝ (aFM), é àô ûô à ééŝéŝ ô- éŝŝôà ûŝçàŝ  é Ué Sàéŝ à Cààà. m éŝàô àŝ à àçûà ŝ, ŝçé  ŝ ô à çôééŝé ŝô ô é ŝûô ô é ûô ŝé û é éô ûé çôŝéàô. ràé, ŝ ôô ŝçûzéŝ é àŝ  ç é aFM éŝôé ô é éééçé ô ôç ’’ ô ûŝç. hé éàŝ ï éàé, ôû ô  ô , ŝà é éà ô é éàéŝ éçôŝ ô à ôû éçôé ôç ’’ ô ûŝç ô é éà à é ûŝçàŝ’ ûô Ià é é ôŝrôçk ’n’ rô é à éŝàé. hé çàôŝ ô ŝ ŝô ô éô é ŝûô ô é aFM ŝé éçàûŝé é aFM’ŝ éŝôŝé ô ôç ’’ ô àŝ ôé à ô à ûç àé çôlç à ŝôàŝ éé ô àŝ é çûûé àŝ ô é ŝ. ï ŝô, ŝ çàŝé ŝû ŝééŝ ô à ô ôû ûéŝà ô ô é àô ôéé é ô à éô ô éçé é  é ŝ, ûé  à ô à à ô çôéç  é çôûéçûûé à çéàé à àé é ôçŝ  é éçàéŝ à ôôé. ï ôû àé éé  é éçôôç ééŝŝ ô é ûô ô àéŝ- ŝé ôàzé ôç ’’ ô ûŝçàŝ à çûé é àŝ éûà ééŝ (ééŝ  éûà ôçà à çûûà ŝàûŝ)  é ôéàçé ô é ûô, û ô çûûà éàŝôŝ é aFM àé ô ô éé ôç ’’ ô àŝ ô éçôzé àŝ “éàé” ûŝç, à ŝ ûŝçàŝ éé àé ŝéé àŝ I ô ééŝ  é ŝ à éà ŝ. hé çàŝé ô é ûŝçàŝ’ ûô ôŝ ô é ôàçé ô çûûé àŝ à éàé ééé à-