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    Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul

    By Stuart Cosgrove

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    Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama and chaos that ripped through the city in 1967 and tore it apart in personal, political and interracial disputes. It is the story of Motown, the break-up of The Supremes and the damaging disputes at the heart of the most successful African-American music label ever. Set against a backdrop of urban riots, escalating war in Vietnam and police corruption, the book weaves its way through a year when soul music came of age and the underground counterculture flourished. LSD arrived in the city with hallucinogenic power and local guitar band MC5 – self-styled holy barbarians of rock – went to war with mainstream America. A summer of street-level rebellion turned Detroit into one of the most notorious cities on earth, known for its unique creativity, its unpredictability and self-lacerating crime rates. The year 1967 ended in social meltdown, rancour and intense legal warfare as the complex threads that held Detroit together finally unravelled.Features the true story of DETROIT, now a major motion picture.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPolygon
    Release dateOct 6, 2016
    ISBN9780857903341
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    Stuart Cosgrove

    Stuart Cosgrove originally from Perth, was media editor with the NME and a feature writer for a range of newspapers and magazines. In 2005 he was named Broadcaster of the Year in the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards and in 2012 he won numerous awards including a BAFTA and Royal Television Society award for Channel 4’s coverage of the London Paralympics 2012. The second book in his soul trilogy, Memphis 68, won the Penderyn Music Prize in 2018.

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      "Detroit 67: The year that changed soul" is the first in a trilogy describing the contributions of (mostly) African American artists to the world music scene. This work focusses on the importance of Motown, the disintegration of The Supremes, the emergence of artists like Stevie Wonder and the work of Berry Gordie in a year of turmoil in the motor city - think the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr, dreadful weather, virulent flu, the war in Vietnam, and riots in the streets. Cosgrove engaging and personable writing style allows the reader to get a feel for the artists' personal struggles and an understanding of exactly how hard these people worked, in less than supportive conditions. A must for music lovers. I have read the books out of sequence and this does not impact the understanding and value of each individual work.