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performed by Detroit rocker Mitch Ryder, such as "Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Jenny Take a Ride" are among the most well loved of the twentieth century, but his fascinating life story is unknown to

many.
It Was All Right is a portrait of Ryder built on firsthand "road stories"a rockandroll travelogue that is also an insider's look at fame and popular culture in America.


Born inin Hamtramck, Michigan, Ryder has been in the music business foryears, made more than two dozen albums' worth of recordings, and given upward of,performances.
In It Was All Right, author James A, Mitchell has collected an impressive array of anecdotes from Ryder's extraordinary life in music, including Ryder's stories of his first gigs in Greenwich Village clubs, singing with a black trio in the early days of the civil rights movement, jamming with Jimi Hendrix, and attending private parties thrown by the Beatles.
Mitchell also chronicles Ryder's more recent career, as he struggled to regain his popularity among American audiences after thes and returned home to the Detroit music scene in thes.


In all, Ryder's abundant commentary and Mitchell's easy narration combine to give readers a fastpaced tour of a turbulent musical journey that is still unfolding.
Whether blending musical genres or dabbling in political activism, Ryder's oneofakind experiences will intrigue music fans and anyone interested in musical or cultural history.
Nononsense account of the career of Mitch Ryderone of the the great voices and musical talents to come out of Detroit in thes.
Based on Ryder's recollections and anecdotes, the book tells the story of Ryder's struggle not just to make a life in music but to develop as a musician and achieve the full scope of his talent and potential.
That this is a "struggle" has to do with the nature of the music industry and the commercialization of rock, which is more interested in packaging and exploiting celebrity than cultivating and encouraging creative and performing art.
Good golly, a good read, James A. Mitchell is the author of The Walrus and the Elephants: John Lennons Years of Revolution December, Seven Stories Press But for the Grace: Profiles in Peace from a Nation at War, Mansion Field It Was All Right: Mitch Ryders Life in Music, Wayne State University Press and Applegate: Freedom of the Press in a Small Town, University Press of America.
A reporter and editor for than thirty years in New York, Michigan, and as a US Army soldier journalist, Mitchells works on a wide range of subjects have appeared in dozens of newspapers and magazines.
James A. Mitchell is the author of "The Walrus and the Elephants: John Lennon's Years of Revolution" December, Seven Stories Press "But for the Grace: Profiles in Peace from a Nation at War", Mansion Field "It Was All Right: Mitch Ryder's Life in Music", Wayne State University Press and "Applegate: Freedom of the Press in a Small Town, University Press of America.
A reporter and editor for than thirty years in New York, Michigan, and as a US Army soldier journalist, Mitchell's works on a wide range of subjects have appeared in dozens of newspapers and magazines.
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