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Event: Illustrated Talk: How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n Roll by Elijah Ward 
Date: Wed, July 29 
Time: 7:30 PM 
Place: Woods Hole Public Library, 581 Woods Hole Rd. Woods Hole 
Free 



Elijah Wald: “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock `n` Roll” 



Local resident and author Elijah Wald will be speaking about his new book, “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock `n` Roll” at the Woods Hole Public Library on Wednesday, July 29 at 7:30 PM. In addition to writing numerous books, Wald is also a musician, journalist, teacher and Grammy award-winner. In “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock `n` Roll,” Wald revisits original sources, such as recordings, period articles, memoirs and interviews, in order to highlight how music was actually heard and experienced over the years. The evening will include a lively discussion, which promises to shake up our staid notions of music history, as well as live and recording music. 




Elijah Wald started playing guitar in the 1960’s after seeing his first Pete Seeger concert at age 7. Since then, he has performed in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He has recorded two albums: Songster, Fingerpicker, Shirtmaker and Street Corner Cowboys . In the early 1980s, Elijah began writing for the Boston Globe , and was in charge of the newspaper’s “world music” coverage for most of the 1990s, as well as contributing articles to various other newspapers and magazines. His books include Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues , Josh White: Society Blues , Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music , Dave Van Ronk's memoir The Mayor of MacDougal Street , River of Song: Music Along the Mississippi , which accompanied the PBS series of the same name, and Narcocorrido , a survey of the modern Mexican ballads of drug smuggling and social issues. His latest book is How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music . He has won a Grammy Award for his album notes to The Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Box , for which he was also nominated as a producer, and his books have won many awards, including an ASCAP-Deems Taylor award and an honorable mention for the American Musicological Society’s Otto Kinkeldey award. In the last few years, Elijah has been teaching at the University of California Los Angeles, performing music when possible, and contributing occasional pieces to the Los Angeles Times , along with various other writing projects and speaking engagements. 





“How the Beatles Destroyed Rock `n` Roll” has been received with raved reviews. Tom Waits praises, "I couldn't put it down. It nailed me to the wall, not bad for a grand sweeping in-depth exploration of American music with not one mention of myself. Wald's book is suave, soulful, ebullient and will blow out your speakers." And the New York Times Book Review calls the book “an impressive accomplishment." 

Jennifer S. Gaines 


Woods Hole Public Library 
Woods Hole, MA 02543 
508-548-8961 


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