Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music

Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than ever before and reveals just how strongly the black power movement was felt on the streets of black America. Interviews reveal the never-before-heard story of the Black Panthers' R&B band the Lumpen and how five rank-and-file members performed popular music for revolutionaries. Beyond the mainstream civil rights movement that is typically discussed are the stories of the Black Panthers, the Black Arts Movement, the antiwar activism, and other radical movements that were central to the impulse that transformed black popular music--and created soul music.

Author: Rickey Vincent
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 414
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781613744925
ISBN10: 1613744927
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles | Soul & R&B
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Music | History & Criticism | General

About the Author
Rickey Vincent is the author of Funk: The Music, The People, and the Rhythm of the One and has written for the Washington Post, American Legacy, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He teaches at the University of California-Berkeley. Boots Riley is a rapper, producer, activist, and the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club.