Washburn Michael (Independent Scholar Usa)
Washburn Michael (Independent Scholar Usa) - Tom Pettys Southern Accents - Paperback
Washburn Michael (Independent Scholar Usa) - Tom Pettys Southern Accents - Paperback
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Description: By 1985 Tom Petty had already obtained legendary status. He had fame. He had money. But he was restless hoping to stretch his artistry beyond the confining format of songs like The Waiting and Refugee. Petty's response to his restlessness was Southern Accents. Initially conceived as a concept album about the American South Southern Accents's marathon recording sessions were marred by aesthetic and narcotic excess. The result is a hodgepodge of classic rock songs mixed with nearly unlistenable 80s music. Then while touring for the album Petty made extensive use of the iconography of the American Confederacy something he soon came to regret. Despite its artistic failure and public controversy Southern Accents was a pivot point for Petty. Reeling from the defeat Petty reimagined himself as deeply almost mythically Californian obtaining his biggest success with Full Moon Fever. Michael Washburn explores the history of Southern Accents and how it sparked Petty's reinvention. Washburn also examines how the record both grew out of and reinforced enduring but flawed assumptions about Southern culture and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.
Title: Tom Pettys Southern Accents
Author(s): Washburn Michael (Independent Scholar Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501333446
Pages: 136 Pages
Publication Date: 4/4/2019
Series: 33 1/3
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
Description: By 1985 Tom Petty had already obtained legendary status. He had fame. He had money. But he was restless hoping to stretch his artistry beyond the confining format of songs like The Waiting and Refugee. Petty's response to his restlessness was Southern Accents. Initially conceived as a concept album about the American South Southern Accents's marathon recording sessions were marred by aesthetic and narcotic excess. The result is a hodgepodge of classic rock songs mixed with nearly unlistenable 80s music. Then while touring for the album Petty made extensive use of the iconography of the American Confederacy something he soon came to regret. Despite its artistic failure and public controversy Southern Accents was a pivot point for Petty. Reeling from the defeat Petty reimagined himself as deeply almost mythically Californian obtaining his biggest success with Full Moon Fever. Michael Washburn explores the history of Southern Accents and how it sparked Petty's reinvention. Washburn also examines how the record both grew out of and reinforced enduring but flawed assumptions about Southern culture and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.
Title: Tom Pettys Southern Accents
Author(s): Washburn Michael (Independent Scholar Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501333446
Pages: 136 Pages
Publication Date: 4/4/2019
Series: 33 1/3
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
