The phrase "The beat goes on" conjures up the bass and tom-toms on the song made famous by Sonny and Cher, and a time when Baby Boomers took notice of their right to decide their future. On the transistor radio, marking the minutes, hours, and days of their lives, a gentle giant ruled the radio airwaves, "Cousin Brucie". Bruce Morrow is a happy tour guide to stir our memories, because he was right there `with us' as we journeyed through the past four decades. Our cousin, our friend.
His latest book is a brilliant compendium of the roots of rock, 50s, 60s, into the 70s. Large, colorful photographs, many of them rare and unpublished, make you want to look for the next page. Multigenerational rock in Music, TV, and Radio are fully represented. Political heroes, cars, and stars fill the pages, with Morrow's anecdotes and insights into musicians he knows as friends--a fast read. Accented by Morrow's trademark humor and commentary along the path, there's even a `rock and roll' dictionary to explain to the Gen X'ers why things are copacetic if you don't have enough bread and have to put the kibosh on cruising the drag cause the music's too loud and the night's out of sight.
TV shows such as The Avengers, James Bond movies, and album covers by the 12-year-old genius, Stevie Wonder fill the pages. There's emphasis on Beatlemania, but Brucie properly includes all of the British invasion. Famous 60s/70s Hollywood couples are discussed; fun cars are pictured. Anecdotes and memories fill the pages with "remember when".
Co-author Maloof's contributions are masterful, yet invisible, keeping the convertible cruiser, with Brucie at the wheel flying `straight' on down the boulevard. Groovy, baby, now let's park this wagon, grab the boards, and hang ten, because after all, surf's up! And bring that radio along with you `cause cousin Brucie is on the air (Sirius/XM satellite).
Cousin Brucie's 250 Most Influential Artists feature covers a wide range: Carole King , Seals & Crofts, Otis Redding, James Taylor, Janis Joplin, The Buckinghams, Spiral Starecase, Jackie Wilson, The Moody Blues, Kool & the Gang, Brenda Lee, Steely Dan, Tower of Power, Frank Zappa, and, of course, Sonny & Cher. "Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain...la di da di dee, la di da di diee...and the beat goes on, yeah the beat goes on, on, on".
This review appeared previously in "Keep Rockin'" Magazine, September, 2010.
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