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Let Fury Have the Hour:

The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer

By Antonino D'Ambrosio


Joe Strummer transformed punk rock from its early associations with reactionary and nihilistic politics into a social movement. This collection of articles, interviews, essays and reviews chronicles his hard-hitting, influential life.

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A Heartbeat and a Guitar

Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears

By Antonino D'Ambrosio


A Heartbeat and a Guitar tells of the collaboration of two distinct yet connected musicians–iconoclast Johnny Cash and little known folk artist Peter LaFarge–and the album they created, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian. It also tells of the unique personal, political and cultural struggles that informed this album–especially the fight for Native people's rights–one that has influenced scores of musicians and activists. In this inimitable account, A Heartbeat and a Guitar strays out of the recording studio and into the presidential campaigns, government halls, Indian reservations, picket lines, bohemian cafes, university campuses, factory lines, civil rights marches, fish-ins and anti-war protests.



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