Permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Few Beats Back in Time -- Chapter 2: 23 Skidoo -- Chapter 3: Bee's Knees: The Roaring '20s -- Chapter 4: Swing Cats: The '30s -- Chapter 5: Hep Girls: The '40s -- Chapter 6: Called to Duty: War Years -- Chapter 7: Hip and Diggin' It: Post-War to the '50s -- Chapter 8: Rock 'n' Roll, Baby! The '50s and '60s -- Chapter 9: Trippin' and Groovin': The '70s -- Chapter 10: Bad to the Bone: The '80s -- Chapter 11: Wicked to the Max: The '80s Continued -- Chapter 12: Awesome Times Two -- Chapter 13: Bangin' and Slammin': The '90s -- Chapter 14: Mega to the Max: The '90s Continued -- Chapter 15: Sweet! A New Century -- Chapter 16: And the Beat Goes On (To Be Continued) -- Chapter 17: Honky Tonk Angels -- Chapter 18: Lady Drum the Blues -- Chapter 19: Jazz Chicks with Chops -- Chapter 20: Drummers of a Different Beat -- Conclusion: Not by a Long Shot! -- Appendix: Selected Discography, Video Links, and Online Resources -- Bibliography -- About the Author
Summary
Combining archival research with personal interviews of over 50 female drummers representing more than eight decades in music history, Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country paints a vivid picture of their struggles to overcome discrimination not only as professional musicians but in other parts of their lives. Looking back several centuries, drum historian Angela Smith outlines the evolution of the woman drummer from pre-biblical times when women held important leadership roles to their silencing by the church during the middle ages to their changing role as they sp
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Includes discography (pages 237-238), bibliographical references (pages 240-250), and index
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