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050 00 $aML400$b.W36 2004
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100 1 $aWerner, Craig Hansen,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81063661
245 10 $aHigher ground :$bStevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the rise and fall of American soul /$cCraig Werner.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCrown Publishers,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $axii, 337 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references, discography (p. 313-324), and index.
505 0 $aThere is a fountain filled with blood : the roots of the gospel vision -- Keep on pushing : the soul of the freedom movement -- Spirit in the dark : music and the powers of blackness -- Songs in the key of life : the gospel vision in changing times -- Who's zoomin' who? : megastars, monuments, elders.
520 1 $a"Soul music is one of America's greatest cultural achievements, and Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Curtis Mayfield are three of its most inspired practitioners. In midcentury America it was soul music - particularly the dazzling stream of recordings made by these three stars - that helped bring the gospel vision of the black church into the mainstream, energizing the era's social movements and defining a new American gospel where the sacred and the secular met. What made this gospel all the more amazing was that its most influential articulators were the sons and daughters of sharecroppers, storefront preachers, and single parents in the projects, whose genius gave voice to a new vision of American possiblity." "Higher Ground weaves the specific and intensely personal narratives of Stevie, Aretha, and Curtis's lives into the historical fabric of their times. The three shared many similarities: They were all children of the great migration and of the black church. But the gospel impulse manifested itself in different ways within the dramas of their individual lives and musical creations. In Stevie Wonder's case, it was a literally color-blind universal sense of spirituality that expresseed itself in his life and music as an urge toward transcendence, particularly in the mid-seventies when albums like Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life radically revised what a pop album could be. For Aretha Franklin, the traditional gospel vision of a beloved community anchored in the strength of women comforted her through a life littered with tragedy and found expression in propulsive pop songs like "Respect" as well as in her legendary gospel albums. And for Curtis Mayfield, the gospel notion of conscious living inspired him to create songs that served the purposes of the Civil Rights movement and the radical Black Power movement alike, from the gritty street drama of Superfly to the transcendent call of "People Get Ready."" "Werner doesn't just provide a narrative of three fascinating lives; he ties them together with a provocative thesis about American history and culture that compels us to reconsider both the music and the times. And aside from the personalities and the history, he writes beautifully about music itself, the nuts and bolts of its creation and performance, in a way that brings a new awareness and understanding to the most familiar music, forcing readers to listen to songs they've heard a thousand times with fresh ears. In Higher Ground, Werner illuminates the lives of three unparalleled American artists, reminding us why their music mattered then and still resonates with us today."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aFranklin, Aretha.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84028907
600 10 $aWonder, Stevie.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50013801
600 10 $aMayfield, Curtis.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83046997
650 0 $aSoul musicians$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010111970
650 0 $aRock musicians$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008110396
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip043/2003009187.html
852 00 $bmus$hML400$i.W36 2004