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Out of Our Heads: Rock 'n' Roll Before the Drugs Wore Off
Author(s): George Case (Author)
- Publisher: Backbeat
- Publication Date: March 1, 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 269 pages
- ISBN-10: 0879309679
- ISBN-13: 9780879309671
Book Description
(Book). Take a trip through rock ‘n’ roll’s haziest, craziest period, beginning with the Beatles and Bob Dylan “turning on” in a New York hotel, and continuing on through two decades of wonderful, colorful, history-changing music. From psychedelic Woodstock warriors like Hendrix and the Jefferson Airplane to psycho-stereo adventurers Pink Floyd; from the post-hippie bliss of Neil Young and cosmic cowboy Willie Nelson to the druggy blues of Black Sabbath and the hemp-happy rhythms of Peter Tosh and Bob Marley, Out of Our Heads gleefully celebrates music’s most creative minds and their chemically induced expansion. This is the rare book that is unafraid to bask in the groovy good times of rock ‘n’ roll without the politically correct preaching that has helped stifle the party. To all those who have ever listened to Dark Side of the Moon on a pair of headphones and said “Wow”: this book is for you.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Case brings a conspicuously clear-headed discipline to this even-handed study…His summing-up chapter is a masterpiece of bleak eloquence. —Record Collector magazine (UK)
The book is definitely a page-turner and provides additional insight into the seismic shift that rock ‘n’ roll experienced in that era. —
Brent Frankenhoff, GoldmineCase’s thesis holds up to scrutiny. The “classic rock” of the 60s and 70s would have sounded different – and might not have been so classic – had it not been under the influence of drugs. —
David Luhrssen, Milwaukee ExpressCase never misses a beat as he details the trip-addled adventures of artists whose drug-inspired, drug-influenced music produced the sounds that captured the imaginations of a generation and effectively changed the world. —
Rock ‘n’ Roll (UK) Out of Our Heads unabashedly celebrates the stoned and hazy years of rock that is as entertaining as it is informative….With an impartial tongue, Case provides both sides of the story so even the most reformed can find this informative….Out of Our Heads isn’t trying to make you toke up or drop out, but it does raise some good points. — Melissa Caruso, Elmore MagazineAbout the Author
George Case is the author of Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man.
