Before Seattle Rocked: A City and Its Music

by Kurt E. Armbruster

Book Overview

Seattle is a music town with rich, deep roots that have influenced the culture and identity of its civic life for decades. In a society that appreciates music but is ambivalent toward the profession of making it, the importance and contribution of Seattle's musicians have been routinely overlooked in historical accounts of the city. Kurt Armbruster fills that gap in this far-reaching and entertaining panorama of Seattle music from the 1890s to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295991135
• ISBN13: 9780295991139
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher