Won't Back Down
Heartland Rock and the Fight for America
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2026
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
9781324051374 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
9781324051374 (ISBN)
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One of America’s leading music journalists on Heartland Rock’s glory days and its role in the populist politics of the 1980s
Erin Osmon’s rollicking Won’t Back Down tells the story of the origins, chart-topping development and tangled legacy of Heartland Rock, the 1980s music that remains instantly recognisable to millions today. Osmon delves into the making of its classic albums and songs, including Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run”, Bob Seger’s “Against the Wind”, John Mellencamp’s “Small Town” and Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down”. She demonstrates the centrality of often-overlooked women, including Melissa Etheridge, Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams. She traces the genre’s connections to country and Americana and shows how its success revitalised the careers of figures like Bob Dylan and Neil Young. And she argues that the music played a vital role in opposition to eighties conservatism, and in support of LGBTQ rights, labour issues and the environmental movement. As Osmon makes clear, Heartland Rock at its best connected with millions of overlooked people longing to be heard.
Erin Osmon’s rollicking Won’t Back Down tells the story of the origins, chart-topping development and tangled legacy of Heartland Rock, the 1980s music that remains instantly recognisable to millions today. Osmon delves into the making of its classic albums and songs, including Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run”, Bob Seger’s “Against the Wind”, John Mellencamp’s “Small Town” and Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down”. She demonstrates the centrality of often-overlooked women, including Melissa Etheridge, Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams. She traces the genre’s connections to country and Americana and shows how its success revitalised the careers of figures like Bob Dylan and Neil Young. And she argues that the music played a vital role in opposition to eighties conservatism, and in support of LGBTQ rights, labour issues and the environmental movement. As Osmon makes clear, Heartland Rock at its best connected with millions of overlooked people longing to be heard.
Erin Osmon is a music journalist, critic, and author of books on John Prine and Jason Molina. Her writing appears in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Rolling Stone, and others. She won the Deems Taylor/Virgil Thompson Award for album notes in 2023 and several LA Press Club Southern California Journalism awards. She lives in Nashville.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781324051374 / 9781324051374 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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