A review by writesdave
The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll by Preston Lauterbach

emotional informative lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

Fun ride through the predominantly rural parts of our fair country, hearing the origins of rock and roll in the rhythm and blues that shook the walls of a network of Black nightclubs and roadhouses. From the turn of the 20th century, when savvy businessmen realized people would pay money to hear live music, to the Civil Rights and Urban Renewal era, where unscrupulous politicians plowed under nearly seven decades of music history in the name of "progress," Lauterbach covers all the bases in a deeply researched and lovingly told story he spent nearly seven years writing.