Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll

Memphis, 1954.New Orleans 1957.Philadelphia 1959.Liverpool, 1962.San Francisco 1967.Detroit 1969.New York, 1975.London 1977.Los Angeles 1984 / Norway 1993.Seattle 1991.

Rock and roll was birthed in basements and garages, radio stations and dance halls, in cities where unexpected gatherings of artists and audience changed and charged the way music is heard and celebrated, capturing lightning in a bottle.Musician and writer Lenny Kaye explores ten crossroads of time and place that define rock and roll, its unforgettable flashpoints, characters and visionaries, how each generation came to be, how it was discovered by the world.Whether describing Elvis Presleys Memphis, the Beatles Liverpool, Patti Smiths New York or Kurt Cobains Seattle,Lightning Strikingreveals the communal energy that creates a scene, a guided tour inside style and performance, to see whos on stage, along with the movers and shakers, the hustlers and hangers-on, and why everybody is listening.

Grandly sweeping and minutely detailed, informed by Kayes acclaimed knowledge and experience as a working musician,Lightning Strikingis an ear-opening insight into our shared musical and cultural history, a carpet ride of rock and rolls most influential movements and moments.