Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound

by Andrea Swensson

Book Overview

Beginning in the year of Prince's birth, 1958, with the recording of Minnesota's first R&B record by a North Minneapolis band called the Big Ms, Got to Be Something Here traces the rise of that distinctive sound through two generations of political upheaval, rebellion, and artistic passion.

Funk and soul become a lens for exploring three decades of Minneapolis and St. Paul history as longtime music journalist Andrea Swensson takes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517911990
• ISBN13: 9781517911997
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"