Sidereal Days The History of Rock and Roll A Romance Book 2

By Earl B. McElfresh
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Published: April 13, 2012
Words: 43,246 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781885294401

Short description

Olean, NY 1960. Orlando P. Jones finds a guitar, forms a band and finds his soul. His band, the Sparrows, plays everywhere, on the streets, in dodgy bars, on the stage of the Ed Sullivan Show. The four part series Sidereal Days follows their bumpy career as they meet and mingle with music legends. Hidden amid the fiction are rock & roll facts—find them. In Book 2 fame hovers, a legend looms.

Extended description

Olean, NY 1960. Orlando P. Jones finds a guitar, forms a band and finds his soul. His band, the Sparrows, plays everywhere, on the streets, in dodgy bars, on the stage of the Ed Sullivan Show. The four part series Sidereal Days follows their bumpy career as they meet and mingle with music legends. Hidden amid the fiction are rock & roll facts—find them. In Book 2 fame hovers, a legend looms.

What you don’t know about rock & roll might fill a book.

How many eggs did Jerry Lee Lewis sell to get himself to Memphis to record “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Goin’ On”? (Read more) Olean, NY 1960. Orlando P. Jones finds a guitar, forms a band and finds his soul. His band, the Sparrows, plays everywhere, on the streets, in dodgy bars, on the stage of the Ed Sullivan Show. The four part series Sidereal Days follows their bumpy career as they meet and mingle with music legends. Hidden amid the fiction are rock & roll facts—find them. In Book 2 fame hovers, a legend looms.

What you don’t know about rock & roll might fill a book.

How many eggs did Jerry Lee Lewis sell to get himself to Memphis to record “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Goin’ On”?
Carl Perkins wrote “Blue Suede Shoes” on what strange sort of paper?
How often had The Beatles performed together by the time they first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show?
Why would Bob Dylan go to the Brooklyn Paramount to see Bobby Vee?
Who was Elston Gunn and why haven’t you ever heard of him?
What star was married by a Justice of the Peace at a filling station?
The Beatles dominated the American charts in 1964. Which member of the “Rat Pack” also went to number one in 1964?
What’s the strange sound at the beginning of Barrett Strong’s recording "Money"?
How did World War II help bring about rock & roll?
Why were Japanese conquests in World War II directly responsible for the 45 single and sock hops?
Why is a red light on when a song is being recorded?
The electronics on The Ed Sullivan Show were a strange color. Why?

What you don’t know about rock & roll might fill a book.
And it does!
Sidereal Days, The History of Rock & Roll, A Romance by Earl B. McElfresh.
It’s a lot more than a novel.
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rock and roll fiction, 50s early 1960s rock and roll, patsy cline

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