The Road Through Motown
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (665 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1904408230 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"The studio closes but the records spin on!" according to Richard C. Beall. It is the "Road Through Motown" because Ralph takes us through the full trajectory of his career, with sizzling Motown in the middle.We start with a band called the "Glo-Worms". Ralph laughs pretty hard at the name of the first band he and his brother Russ formed. The band became the "Sunliner. "Detroit Soul" according to Bookish McGee. Great look at the era of Motown Records and Detroit soul. Terrana's narative offers an intimate recount of a unique experience.. Overrated Save your money. I got this based on a recommendation by Andrew Loog Oldham. He gets his free, we have to pay for ours, and it's terribly overpriced as well. Tough read too. Save your money.
Musician, songwriter, producer, arranger, studio manager and sound man, Ralph Terrana has done it all. This book is enriched with the flavour of the times, the music and the personalities that provided - and continue to provide - the soundtrack to billions of lives.. And here he tells it all, from the early days with the Glo-Worms and The Sunliners - red hot band that would go on to become the legendary Rare Earth - creating, owning and running the fabled Tera Shirma studios in Detroit, playing with Johnny and The Hurricanes, taking charge of Hitsville USA, home of the world-famous Motown Sound, and working with artists such as Meatloaf and Jeff Beck, producers like Andrew Loog Oldham, and music luminaries including Norman Whitfield, Harry Balk, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Frank Wilson and the Funk Brothers, to a quieter post-Motown life on the West Coast, with his new wife, Jesse