Minnesota Series Book Set: Storms! Tales of Extreme Weather Events in Minnesota & Music Legends A Rewind on the Minnesota Music Scene (the Minnesota series) [Paperback]

Martin Keller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2007

Remember Minnesotas Big Storms? Inside, read about and remember: The 65 Floods, The Storm that Sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald, The Superstorm of 1987, The Halloween Blizzard of 1991, and more. Its all about how Minnesotans weathered the Storms! Music Legends remembers the innocence of the early 60s MN rock n roll scene during the Soma Records era (The Trashmen, High Spirits, Mankato's The Gestures, et al) and the raw rebirth of rock 20 years later at the dizzying height of the new wave boom ushered in by Twin/Tone Records and other indie labels. It profiles famous MN music families like The Jets, Bobby Vee and The Vees, and the incomparable Peterson family led by its 80-something matriarch Jeanne Arland Peterson. The book also touches on some of state's most powerful vocalists, "The Pavarotti of Gospel," Robert Robinson, the a cappella "vocal band," The Blenders, and multiple Grammy Award winners, The Sounds of Blackness. Plus there are chapters and memorable photographs about Bob Dylan, the influential West Bank and Dinkytown folk music scene, The Replacements and Husker Du, the storied legacy of "Funkytown" at the end of the disco era, and a fond look at the state's Rhythm and Blues legends such as Willie Murphy and The Bees, Lamont Cranston, Doug Maynard and many more.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: D Media (2007)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000OS56L6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,908,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)