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Possible Worlds is the website of John Scanlan, a cultural historian and analyst. More.

Forthcoming, Feb/March 2025.

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‘The road has long been one of the most evocative cultural motifs in popular music. In Easy Riders, Rolling Stones John Scanlan provides a fascinating account of the emerging relationship between music and movement, from its origins in the pre-war Mississippi Delta to its deafening denouement in the rock shows of the 1970s.’ — Matthew Gandy, Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge‘A wonderfully evocative musical odyssey.’ — The GuardianEditions: Reaktion (UK), 2015 University of Chicago Press (US), 2015

‘The road has long been one of the most evocative cultural motifs in popular music. In Easy Riders, Rolling Stones John Scanlan provides a fascinating account of the emerging relationship between music and movement, from its origins in the pre-war Mississippi Delta to its deafening denouement in the rock shows of the 1970s.’ — Matthew Gandy, Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge

‘A wonderfully evocative musical odyssey.’ — The Guardian

Editions:
Reaktion (UK), 2015
University of Chicago Press (US), 2015

Film

Related to ‘Easy Riders, Rolling Stones’: ’Road Music’, a film by Alex Harvey (in production)

Related to ‘Easy Riders, Rolling Stones’:
’Road Music’, a film by Alex Harvey (in production)

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