Rock n' Roll'n - The 50's and 60's (eBook)

Jim Orr (Autor)

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2019 | 1., First Edition Paperback © 2019
204 Seiten
Napa Valley Art Studio (Verlag)
978-1-64111-506-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The 50’s ushered in a period of major change. Crime was low, children played freely outside, Elvis was Rock n’ Roll’n, a home cost $14,500, a car about $2,000. Teenagers were discovering the Rock n’ Roll lifestyle spreading across the country including Motown and Rock n’ Roll music, Doo-Wop, Teen dances, Going “Steady” with your girlfriend or boyfriend, Cruisn’ on Friday and Saturday nights, Hang’n at the Drive-In Restaurant, American Bandstand Dancing Mania on TV, Classic Car Clubs, Drag racing with the boys, Twenty cent gas, Slick hairs do’s..........and more! 

This "Autobiography" chronicles the lives of a boy and his friends growing up in the small San Francisco Bay Area town of Vallejo, California during the legendary 50’s and 60’s, experiencing everything unique about the fabulous Rock n’ Roll culture sweeping across America.

Although the events in this story occurred in the Bay Area, the same Rock n' Roll frenzy was occurring all across America. The book will not only appeal to those who lived in California at the time, but to others all across the country who experienced that fabulous legendary era, awakening fond memories of bygone days. For those who weren't around during that period, the book will provide insight about how it was to live the "American Graffiti" lifestyle then....told by the author who experienced it all.  

The story begins in the winter of 1944 as the boys parents give up everything in rural upstate New York and head to California for a piece of the American Dream. Westward Ho! to the Promised Land of the Golden State! 

Step back in time. Discover what many consider to be the Best of times in America! 

Inhalt

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments…v

About the Author…x

Prelude & notes to the reader…xiii

THE EARLY YEARS

Chapters 1 & 2   Westward Ho! / Arrival in Vallejo…Pages 4 - 6

Chapters 3 & 4   Get little Jimmy in school / Gotta find a new school for the kid…7 - 10

Chapters 5 & 6   Growing up in The Projects / Playing marbles with the gang…13 - 15

Chapters 7 & 8   First TV in the Neighborhood / Fun up on “Tank Hill”…18 - 20

Chapters 9 & 10 The “Big Store” / The “Food Bus”…25 - 28

Chapters 11 & 12  At the movies / At the Roller Rink…29 - 34

Chapters 13 & 14  The gang needs a fort / Fishing up at Mrs. Holmes’ place...35 - 44

Chapters 15 & 16  Pigeons in The Projects & Frogs legs / The “Hidden Forest”….45 - 50

Chapters 17 & 18  The County Fair / Sports in the “Hood” and School…53 - 63

THE “ROCK n’ ROLL" 50’s & 60’s

Chapters 19 & 20  Rhythm & Blues: Jr. High / Favorite singers, dances, DJ’s…64 - 67

Chapters 21 & 22  Growing up in the 50’s / Pluto’s, Ping Pong, Hard Tops, Cruisn’...72 - 74

Chapters 23 & 24  Sneak’n in the movies / Being “Cool” in the 50’s…76 - 85

Chapters 24 & 25  1950’s teenage “Slang” / Being “cool” / Got my drivers license!…86 - 89

Chapters 26 & 27  Pop’s “Cool” ’55 Chevy /  Gotta get a car!…90 - 96

Chapters 28 & 29  Got the “Flathead Ford!” / Cruisn’ on Friday/ Saturday nights...101 - 111

Chapters 30 & 31  New cars, different looks / The “Accident” - Phil, Ernie. JoJo…112 -120

Chapters 32 & 33  The “Slicks” dance / Casa de Vallejo / The Party, Shotgun blast.121 - 136

THE LATER YEARS

Chapters 34 & 35  Hang’n out, no direction /  Vietnam : “Your mine Jim!”…137 - 156

Chapter 36  Westward Ho: Twenty five years later…157

EPILOGUE…161

POST SCRIPT SHORT STORIES

The “Lost mine at Long Canyon Creek”…167

The “Freedom of Forgiveness”…180

 

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.8.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Rock & Roll lifestyles - The 50's and 60's
• Reihe/Serie: Rock & Roll lifestyles - The 50's and 60's
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Schlagworte: 1950' and 1960's era • 1950's • 1950's and 1960's • 1950's and 60's Vietnam • 1958 cars • 1960's • 50's • 50'sand60's • 55 Chevy • 56 chevy • 56 Thunderbird • 58 buick • 58 lifestyle • 58 Pontiac • 60's • American Bandstand • American Graffiti • American Grafitti • ape • Appleton • Baby • Baby Boom • Bash • Beach Boys • Beatnik • Big Bopper • Big Daddy • bitchin • Blackboard Jungle • BLAST • Blob • Blues • BoP • Boss • bouffant • Bread • Buddy Holly • Bug • bug out • burn rubber • car club • carshow • Car Show • Cat • Chabot • Chabot Acres • Cherry • Chevy • Chevy. 55 Chevy • Chick • Chicken • chopped • Chubby Checker • Chuck Berry • Chuck Taylor • Classic car • Classic Cars • classic car show • Cool • cool cat • coolsville • Crazy • Cruising • cruising. cruisn' • cruis'n • cruisn' • crusin • custom • custom cars • Cut out • Cutout • çyclist • daddyo • Daddy O • dee jay • deejay • deejays • Deuce • deuce coupe • dig • Dixie Peach • DJ • doowop • Doo Wop • Doo Wop the 50's and 60's • drag • dragstrip • Drive In Restaurant • Drive-In-Restaurant • Eat n Run Drive In • Eat n' Run Drive In • Elvis • Fats Domino • Fifties • Flash Gordon • Flathead • flat top • flattop • flat top hairstyle • flicks • Ford • Forgiveness • Friday night cruise • frog legs • funky • Fuzz • Gig • God • going ape • going steady • goodies • Good Morning Vietnam • grease • greaser • Groovy • hanging out • having a blast • HEP • Hip • Hipster • HOP • Hot August nights • Hotrod • Hot Rod • jazzed • Jerry Lee Lewis • Jesus • Jimmy Reed • Jive • John Lee Hooker • Jr.high • juke box • Jukebox • juke joint • Junior high • KDIA • keen • kick the can • kookie • Ksan • lame • make out • making out • marbles • Mare Island • Mercury Car • Motown • Motown music • Napa • Napa Valley • Nowhere • nowhere man • Oldies • oldies. goodies • PAD • Patches Drive In • peel out • Pinstriping • playing marbles • Prayer • Rap • Rebel • record player • Reno Hot August nights • Rhythm and Blues • Rock and Roll • Rock and Roll culture • Rock and Roll era • Rock and Roll for adults • rock and roll history • rock and roll lifestyle • rock and roll lifestyles • Rock and Roll lifestyles the 50's and 60's • Rock and Roll the 50's and 60's • roller rink • rumble • Saturday night cruise • Scene • Sixties • Slicks • Slicks Car Club • solid • solid man • Soul Music • Sounds • Split • square • stroll • stroll dance • Tank Hill • Teen • Teenager • Teenagers • teenagers during 1950's • teenagers during 50' and 60's • teenagers during the 50's and 60's • teen dance • teen dances • The 50's and 60's • The Beach Boys • The Blob • The Chantels • The Chiffons • The Cleftones • The Coasters • The Dell Vikings • The Diamonds • The Dominoes • The Dominos • The Duprees • The El Dorados • The Flamingos • The Harptones • The Heartbeats • TheHeartbeats • The Imperials • The Marvelettes • The Marvellets • The Miracles • TheMiracles • The Moonglows • The Platters • ThePlatters • TheSherells • The Shirelles • The Supremes • the twist • Threads • tuck and roll • Twist • Ultra Sheen • vallejo • Vietnam • Weed • Wheelie • Wolfman Jack • WPLJ
• ISBN-10: 1-64111-506-8 / 1641115068
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64111-506-3 / 9781641115063