Finally! An appreciation of those massively popular blues-influenced songs delivered by deliciously loud guitars celebrating testosteroned teenage freedom. Packing arenas as industry in the West was rusting out, fans celebrated the now with odes to the power and vitality that should have been their future. Freebird!
George Case is the author of several books on music and popular culture, including Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man, Calling Dr. Strangelove, and Here's To My Sweet Satan. Originally from the steel city of Sault Ste. Marie, he now lives in Ottawa, Canada.