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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Riveting from the start.By Dean MagnussonIm a fan of Pete Frame to start out. I halfway expected to see a 50s version of the famous trees Petes known for. Instead I get a thick book that is like a novel; but it starts out with the beginning of Rock And Roll through skiffle music and how it got started by giving some people the credit; and from there; taking the lives of those he gave credit to; and sharing in 3rd person narrative how the lives were beginning from their earliest recollection of when they got interested in music; be it jazz; blues; skiffle; etc. Mostly Jazz. The narrative starts in post war time; and how the British musicians went to school; their families social; economic and geographic status; and how some have served their country in the military; some just getting involved in what they love and that is music. Ive not read too much yet; just got the book; but like what Ive read so far. It makes me think of my father who from my earliest recollection; owned a trumpet and a guitar. He taught himself how to use the guitar; and I believe he learned how to play the trumpet through school program being a member of a band of the school; probably during the days he attended school in Alaska; as well as the ski team. I can only surmise he got the interest in his trumpet first; base on the time frame; and from what Ive read so far; the genre of music being played in that day; Jazz; and nearing the time of my birth; the early onset of the roots of rock and roll. Cant wait to get back to the book to finish reading it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. From the coffee bars to the charts- the birth of British rock in the fiftiesBy Gordon Stuart WatsonAs illustrated in his series of Rock Family Trees; Pete Frames attention to detail is extraordinary. I was drawn to this book by a reference to it in Addition 111. So many 50s stories have been told by all and sundry that to read such a seemingly accurate account of events; makes a refreshing change. Rock n Roll became the focus of Frames life and as a teenager from the mid Fifties; the story of this groundbreaking decade unfurls as if he is the official commentator. Whilst he states that he began collecting interviews for the book in 89; there can be little doubt of the dates;sources; accuracy and detail. My teenage years were in the decade after the authors and; until I read this book;I had many misconceptions. I had judged; for example; the likes of Tommy Steele from his all round entertainer perspective and substantially underrated his contribution to the emergence of British Rock music. Employed by music Majors for 25 yrs from the early seventies; when UK productions were already sophisticated; it was particularly interesting and somewhat disconcerting to read how early record companies tailored their recordings to the somewhat antiquated programming policies and how programming of American music was resticted. This is a must read for all music fans and full of fascinating information. I liked it a lot.
