

- Pages: 112
- Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
- Imprint: The History Press
- Publication Date: 19th October 2020
- State: Alabama
- Illustration Note: Black and White
- ISBN: 9781625858962
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
HISTORY / United States / General
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Broadway & Musicals
MUSIC / General
"In recent years, the Birmingham area produced American Idol winners Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks and American Idol runners-up Bo Bice and Diana DeGarmo. And other great performers spent at least part of their lives here, including jazz great Lionel Hampton, Broadway and TV star Nell Carter and R&B legend Eddie Kendricks.
The city also has a story to tell about its rock n' roll and punk scenes going back to the 1970s, according to local music journalist Blake Ells.
Those communities "have quietly thrived for nearly 50 years," Ells writes in his new book, Magic City Rock: Spaces and Faces of Birmingham's Scene, published by History Press in Charleston, South Carolina.
Ells shares some of the stories of the dedicated local musicians, promoters and club owners who have quietly built a strong local alternative rock scene."
- Pages: 112
- Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
- Imprint: The History Press
- Publication Date: 19th October 2020
- State: Alabama
- Illustrations Note: Black and White
- ISBN: 9781625858962
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
HISTORY / United States / General
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Broadway & Musicals
MUSIC / General
"In recent years, the Birmingham area produced American Idol winners Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks and American Idol runners-up Bo Bice and Diana DeGarmo. And other great performers spent at least part of their lives here, including jazz great Lionel Hampton, Broadway and TV star Nell Carter and R&B legend Eddie Kendricks.
The city also has a story to tell about its rock n' roll and punk scenes going back to the 1970s, according to local music journalist Blake Ells.
Those communities "have quietly thrived for nearly 50 years," Ells writes in his new book, Magic City Rock: Spaces and Faces of Birmingham's Scene, published by History Press in Charleston, South Carolina.
Ells shares some of the stories of the dedicated local musicians, promoters and club owners who have quietly built a strong local alternative rock scene."