The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll

For generations, chitlin' circuit has meant second tier--brash performers in raucous nightspots far from the big-city limelight. Now, music journalist Preston Lauterbach combines terrific firsthand reportage with deep historical research to offer a groundbreaking account of the birth of rock 'n' roll in black America.

Author: Preston Lauterbach
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/16/2012
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780393342949

About the Author
Lauterbach, Preston: - Preston Lauterbach is the author of Bluff City, Beale Street Dynasty, The Chitlin' Circuit, a Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe book of the year, and co-author of Brother Johnson: Growing Up with Robert Johnson. He is a former visiting scholar at Rhodes College and a Virginia Humanities Fellow. He lives in Virginia.