Chain's Toward the Blues by Peter Beilharz
Melbourne, 1971: radical counterculture, hippies, opposition to the Vietnam War and consumerism. The birth of Oz blues rock. Influenced by American blues after Robert Johnson, parallel to developments with Paul Butterfield, the Bluesbreakers and Canned Heat, Chain’s music also developed in distinct ways, taking on a style later referred to as Oz blues, or Oz indigo. The emergence of prog rock and the consolidation of blues rock globally made for interesting times. Rock shifted beyond the basics, in the direction of new musical forms and prefigurative politics. In this moment, Chain, four regional white boys with jazz cred and blues licks, recorded the classic Oz blues single Black and Blue and its bedrock LP, Toward the Blues. 50 years later, it remains a monument in Australian rock history. Based on interviews with guitarist and singer Phil Manning, scholarly research and memoirs, this book tells the story of the album’s creation and its cultural impact on the Melbourne music scene in a time of significant social change, seeking to capture the magic of that moment.-
The Avalanches' Since I Left You
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Dick Diver's Calendar Days
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Tame Impala’s Currents
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John Farnham's Whispering Jack
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The Church's Starfish
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silverchair's Frogstomp
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Liza Lim’s Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus
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Various Artists' Truckload of Sky: The Lost Songs of David McComb Vol. 1
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TISM's Machiavelli and the Four Seasons
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Soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever
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Robert Forster's Danger in the Past
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John Sangster's The Lord of the Rings, Vols. 1-3
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The Clean's Boodle Boodle Boodle
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Gary Shearston's Dingo
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The Three Out's Move
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The La De Da's The Happy Prince
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Crowded House's Together Alone
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Hilltop Hoods' The Calling
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The Front Lawn's Songs from the Front Lawn
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Ed Kuepper's Honey Steel's Gold
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Hunters & Collectors's Human Frailty
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The Dead C's Clyma Est Mort
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Alastair Riddell’s Space Waltz
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Kylie Minogue's Kylie
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Regurgitator's Unit
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Eyeliner's Buy Now
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Screamfeeder's Kitten Licks
That Peter Beilharz’s writing has an inimitable, flowing backbeat will not surprise those familiar with his writingNor does it distract from Chain’s own. In fact, you may be well advised to use the book as the score while you ‘plug in those cans and travel across time, towards the blues, close to the sun.’ -- Harry Blatterer, Macquarie University, Australia * Thesis Eleven Journal *
Peter Beilharz is Professor of Critical Theory at Sichuan University, China, and has previously held chairs at La Trobe, Harvard, Leeds and Curtin Universities. He has published thirty books including Socialism and Modernity (2009) and Intimacy in Postmodern Times (2020). He founded the journal Thesis Eleven in 1980, and played as support to Chain in 1971.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781501390135 |
| ISBN 10 | 1501390139 |
| Title | Chain's Toward the Blues |
| Author | Peter Beilharz |
| Series | 33 1 3 Oceania |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 2023-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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