Experiencing Rush - A Listener''s Companion

In Experiencing Rush: A Listener's Companion, music scholar Durrell Bowman guides readers through Rush's long career, explaining through the artful combination of biography, history, and musical exegesis how to listen to this unique act.

List of contents

Timeline
Series Editor Foreword
Introduction: Why Rush?
Chapter 1: "Finding My Way": From Blues-Rock to Arty Hard Rock, 1968-1975
Chapter 2: "Their Own Music"
Chapter 3: "The Universe Divided": From Progressive Hard Rock to Post-Prog, 1978-1980
Chapter 4: "Modern-Day Warrior": User-Friendly Progressive Rock and Moving Pictures, 1981
Chapter 5: "Be Cool or Be Cast Out": Fusions with Synth Rock and New Wave, 1982-1984
Chapter 6: "Against the Run of the Mill": Rock / Technology Balance, 1985-1988
Chapter 7: "It's Hard to Play It Safe": New Approaches to Being a Power Trio, 1989-1995
Chapter 8: "To the Margin of Error": Eclectic Rock, Tragedies and Sabbatical, and Return, 1996-2003
Chapter 9: "Some Will Be Rewarded": Getting to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 2004-2013
Conclusion: "In the Fullness of Time"
Selected Reading
Selected Listening

About the author

By Durrell Bowman

Summary

In Experiencing Rush: A Listener's Companion, music scholar Durrell Bowman guides readers through Rush's long career, explaining through the artful combination of biography, history, and musical exegesis how to listen to this unique act.

Product details

• Authors: Durrell Bowman, Bowman Durrell
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2014
• EAN: 9781442231306
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3130-6
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Listener's Companion; Listener's Companion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Rock, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Pop Music, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters