Rockin' Down the Highway: The Unholy Marriage of Rock 'n' Roll and Internal Combustion

Description

In the music world, the car is more than a mode of transport, it's inspiration, a symbol of freedom and style. From the 1936 recording, "Terraplane Blues" to MTV hit show "Pimp My Ride", cars have been a constant theme in rock-n-roll. Music writer, Grushkin draws on private collections, poster artists, top private archives to present an illustrated examination of the remarkable 50+ year synergy between rock music and motoring from early RandB to metal to punk to hip-hop. It features hundreds of rare 78s, 45s, LPs, sheet music with commentary from famous musicians and dozens of pieces from prominent music photographers.

PAUL GRUSHKIN is the author of The Art of Rock," the standard work in the field of rock posters, and its bestselling followup, Art of Modern Rock." He is the author of several other books in the field of rock history and memorabilia, including Grateful Dead: The Official Book of the Deadheads" and Treasures of the Hard Rock Cafe." A former archivist for promoter Bill Graham, he has more than two decades' experience at the forefront of rock merchandising, having mounted campaigns for top acts and created his own Phantom clothing line.

"Octane "(UK), January 2007 "It's one of those books that's impossible to put down once you start leafing through it ... "Rockin' Down the Highway "is loud, thrilling and utterly engrossing." Classic & Sports Car ""A wonderful entree to a never-ending subject and it's hard to see how it might have been better executed without being a hugely expensive multiple-volume epic. Some of the illustration is simply breathtaking ... It is simply a lovely thing."Rod and Custom Magazine", "September 2007"Part encyclopedia and part scrapbook, this book is completely packed with 800 photos and descriptions of starts, cars, car culture artists, album covers, interviews and concert posters. It's about cars and rock, but what it's really about is cars as an expression of personality." "New Zealand Classic Car, "Book of the Month, July 2007 "The book is lovingly illustrated with many never-before-seen photographs ... It all makes for a convincing argument that rock 'n' roll is synonymous with car culture - easily the book of the month." "