Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road

Contents

• 1. Introduction (Gordon E. Slethaug, University of Waterloo, Canada)
• 2. The Semiotics of the Road (Gordon E. Slethaug, University of Waterloo, Canada)
• 3. Easy Riders and Hard Roads in the Early Recorded Blues (Steve Knepper, Erksine College, USA and Jim Tuten, Juanita College, USA)
• 4. Easy Street on Mud Tires: the "Heartland" and the Frontier of the Road in Country Music (Virginia Shay, University of Waterloo, Canada)
• 5. The Tour Bus and the Road (Anaia Shaw, Independent Scholar)
• 6. Band on the Ruins: Meditations on Music and Motion (Warren Leming, Cold Chicago Productions, USA)
• 7. "All That Road Going": Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, and The Beach Boys' Smile (Dale Carter, University of Aarhus, Denmark)
• 8. "Happiness Is the Road": Bob Dylan (Susan Kuyper, Independent Scholar)
• 9. "Apology and Forgiveness Got No Place Here at All": On the Road to Washington D.C. with Bruce Springsteen Chad Wriglesworth (Chad Wrigglesworth, St. Jerome's University, Canada)
• 10. "But People Are Strangers": Lyric Narratives and Ethics on Paul Simon's Roads by (Alex Hollenberg, Sheridan College, Canada)
• 11. Gender Is Over: Transgender Narrative Homecomings, Punk Music, and the Road (Evelyn Deshane, University of Waterloo, Canada)
• 12. Knowing the Score: Road Movie Soundtracks and Cinematic Verities (Kurt Jacobsen, University of Chicago, USA) Conclusion: "The Miracle of Serendipity" Works Cited Index