Author: O'Halloran, Daragh
Edition: Illustrated
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 224
Release Date: 01-11-2006
Details: You could be forgiven for thinking that 1960s popular music in Ireland meant one thing - showbands, but you would also be very wrong. Alongside the sharp-suited, silky voiced crooners of the Royal and the Miami existed a spontaneous, vibrant and progressive alternative - groups who drew their inspiration as much from the blues and soul of the Mississippi Delta as from the likes of The Beatles, Kinks, Stones and Dylan. The Greenbeats, Bluesville, The Caravelles, The Kingbees, The Creatures, Granny's Intentions, The Few, Van Morrison and Them, Dave Lewis and The Method, Rory Gallagher and Taste, Andwella's Dream, Skid Row, Phil Lynott, Gary Moore, Sam Mahood, the original Nirvana and Eire Apparent, whose biggest fan was Jimi Hendrix: these were just some of the names to emerge during a highly charged and dynamically creative period in Irish musical history, paving the way for the international success that awaited local artists of the '70s, '80s and beyond. In this revealing work, based on exclusive interviews with those who were there, Daragh O'Halloran, die-hard beat fan, unearths the story of the now largely forgotten but vital pioneers of Irish rock and pop. Illustrated throughout and complete with a list of essential albums, this authoritative book lays bare the Ireland of the '60s: the lemonade-fuelled evenings, the tennis club gigs, the over-zealous church and police, and a music that had heart and soul.
EAN: 9781905474103
Languages: English
Binding: paperback
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood