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Fabulous Sylvester : The Legend, the Music, the 70s in San Francisco by Joshua Gamson (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHolt & Company, Henry

ISBN-100805072500

ISBN-139780805072501

eBay Product ID (ePID)30981386

Product Key Features

Book TitleFabulous Sylvester : the Legend, the Music, the 70s in San Francisco

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicComposers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Dance

FeaturesRevised

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorJoshua Gamson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight21.5 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-042380

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal782.42164/092 B

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisA journey back through the music, madness, and unparalleled freedom of an era of change-the '70s-as told through the life of ultra-fabulous superstar Sylvester., A journey back through the music, madness, and unparalleled freedom of an era of change-the '70s-as told through the life of ultra-fabulous superstar Sylvester Imagine a pied piper singing in a dazzling falsetto, wearing glittering sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to liberation where nothing was straight-laced or old-fashioned. And everyone, finally, was welcome-to come as themselves. This is not a fairy tale. This was real, mighty real, and disco sensation Sylvester was the piper. Joshua Gamson-a Yale-trained pop culture expert-uses him, a boy who would be fabulous, to lead us through the story of the '70s when a new era of change liberated us from conformity and boredom. Gamson captures the exuberant life, feeling, energy, and fun of a generation's wonderful, magical waking up-from the parties to the dancing and music.The story begins with a little black boy who started with nothing but a really big voice. We follow him from the Gospel chorus to the glory days in the Castro where a generation shook off its shame as Sylvester sang and began his rise as part of a now-notorious theatrical troup called the Cockettes. Celebrity, sociology, and music history mingle and merge around this endlessly entertaining story of a singer who embodied the freedom, spirit, and flamboyance of a golden moment in American culture.

LC Classification NumberML420.S9815G36 2005