Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story

by Tony Scherman

Book Overview

There he is, drumming on "Tutti Frutti," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," and thousands of other songs. As a studio player in New Orleans and Los Angeles from the 1940s through the 1970s, Earl Palmer co-created hundreds of hits and transformed the lope of rhythm and blues into full-tilt rock and roll. He was, as a result, one of the first session men to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Palmer's distinctive voice alternates with the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030680980X
• ISBN13: 9780306809804
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"