{"product_id":"music-in-oregon-portland-and-beyond-paperback","title":"Music in Oregon: Portland and Beyond - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Blecha\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo centuries of Oregon's homegrown music history are explored and documented in this new retrospective. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRare photographs evoke bygone days, digging deep into the area's rich folk and country roots; old-timey 1890s brass bands; Roaring Twenties dance orchestras; 1950s jazzniks, rockabilly cats, and doo-wop groups; 1960s \"Louie Louie\"- fueled garage rockers andpsychedelic hippie bands; 1970s blues dudes and punk pioneers; 1980s New Wave artistes, metalheads, hip-hop heroes, and pop stars; and Oregon's quirky post-grunge, alt-rock, and Americana movements. Discover how a scrappy backwoods region built a fiercely independent music scene that has produced scores of beloved musicians along with gold and platinum record award-winning stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Blecha\u003c\/strong\u003e has directed the Northwest Music Archives historical preservation project since 1982 and served as a staff historian with the Historylink.org online encyclopedia since 2001. An award-winning author and lifelong musician, he was also a founding senior curator at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture. Blecha has been acknowledged as \"the premier expert in his chosen field\" (\u003cem\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, 1988) and \"the leading expert on Northwest music\" (\u003cem\u003eVintage Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e, 2000). As a mere lad way back in 1964, he bought the \"Louie Louie\" 45 by Portland's Kingsmen--and things have never really been quite the same since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48901080744185,"sku":"9781467163453","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7EJQmbjl2g9781467163453.webp?v=1787749399","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/music-in-oregon-portland-and-beyond-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}