{"product_id":"roots-radicals-and-rockers-by-billy-bragg-9780571327751","title":"Roots, Radicals and Rockers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoots, Radicals \u0026amp; Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to explore this phenomenon in depth—a meticulously researched and joyous account that explains how skiffle sparked a revolution that shaped pop music as we have come to know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a story of jazz pilgrims and blues blowers, Teddy Boys and beatnik girls, coffee-bar bohemians and refugees from the McCarthyite witch-hunts. Billy Bragg traces how the guitar came to the forefront of music in the UK and led directly to the British Invasion of the US charts in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmerging from the trad-jazz clubs of the early '50s, skiffle was adopted by kids growing up during the dreary, post-war rationing years. These were Britain's first teenagers, looking for a music of their own in a pop culture dominated by crooners and mediated by a stuffy BBC. Lonnie Donegan hit the charts in 1956 with a version of 'Rock Island Line', and soon, sales of guitars rocketed from 5,000 to 250,000 a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike punk rock that would flourish two decades later, skiffle was a do-it-yourself music. All you needed were three guitar chords and you could form a group, with mates playing tea-chest bass and washboard as a rhythm section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598078001388,"sku":"9780571327751","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/50fee7ef65639765ef00ffdc55bf4f45.jpg?v=1778038084","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/roots-radicals-and-rockers-by-billy-bragg-9780571327751","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}