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Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger
Robert Palmer was one of America's most famous music critics from the '70s to the '90s, particularly via his position as the New York Times' first full-time writer and pop critic, which he occupied between 1976 and 1988. He wrote several books on rock and blues, the best and most important of which was Deep Blues, a valuable overview of how the music evolved from country acoustic forms to electric urban forms in the 20th century. Palmer's involvement in music took several guises; he was most successful at writing, but was also a musician and recording artist, a teacher, a record producer, and a writer, music director, and consultant for film and television documentaries.
Palmer grew up in Arkansas, where he quickly developed a love of both White and Black roots music despite the segregated conditions of his environment. As a teenager he became a professional musician, playing his saxophone in rough juke joints. Already he was exhibiting a catholicity and eclecticism of taste, performing jazz, country, R&B, Duane Eddy and the Ventures. Palmer moved to New York in 1967 where he embarked on careers in both writing (at first for Go magazine) and music, as alto saxophonist and clarinetist for the Insect Trust. This band, way too eclectic to categorize or market, made a couple of albums drawing from folk, soul, psychedelic rock, jazz, and more, disbanding around the early '70s. In the early '70s, Palmer became a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, and several years later assumed his high-profile position at the New York Times. Palmer's Times writing lacked the color of the best rock journalism, which can be probably be ascribed at least as much to the paper's serious, stodgy format as Palmer himself. However, Palmer did know his music, and although versed in ethnomusicology, was able to write about rock in ways that were both understandable to the general reader, and diligently structured enough for a daily establishment to print. He was also of a generation that had grown up with rock from a young age; prior to the '70s, rock criticism, especially at daily papers, was sometimes inappropriately assigned to older writers with neither a grounding in, nor even an affection for, the music. Palmer also maintained more or less equal interest in contemporary sounds and popular music history. As a historian, his major contribution was his book Deep Blues, the most enjoyable (though not by any means a complete) history of major aspects of American blues. Palmer wrote several other specialized books that were not nearly as well circulated, including A Tale of Two Cities: Memphis Rock and New Orleans Roll, Baby That Was Rock and Roll: The Legendary Leiber and Stoller, and volumes on the Rolling Stones and Jerry Lee Lewis. Palmer also taught courses on American music at several universities, and was writer and music director for the documentary films The World According to John Coltrane and Deep Blues (he also narrated and produced the soundtrack for the latter, which was of course based on his book).
In the '90s, Palmer devoted a lot of time to promoting Mississippi blues, particularly as the producer of several CDs for Fat Possum, which specializes in the kind of electric juke-joint blues that is too raw for even the more commercial-minded independent blues labels to handle. He was also the chief advisor for a ten-part television series on the history of rock & roll, which was broadcast in the U.S. (on PBS) and the U.K. (on the BBC). He wrote the series' companion book, Rock & Roll: An Unruly History. This was related to, but did not duplicate exactly, what was covered on the television programs. Both the series and the book, however, suffered from a curiously incomplete and fragmented scan of important rock performers, mini-genres and trends. What Palmer covered in the book, he covered fairly well. But it was pretty unbelievable that a television series purporting to be a history of rock & roll barely mentioned, or ignored, important figures like Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, the Smiths, and many more. Despite Palmer's reputation, the book should be treated (as Palmer does make clear in the introduction) as a look at some of rock's more important aspects, not as a comprehensive history of the music. Shortly after the broadcast of this series, Palmer became seriously ill with a liver ailment, and died in late 1997.
Robert PalmerBirth nameRobert Franklin Palmer Jr.Born( 1945-06-19)June 19, 1945, United StatesDiedNovember 20, 1997 (1997-11-20) (aged 52),Genres,Occupation(s)Writer, musicianInstruments,Associated actsRobert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was an American writer, and producer.
He is best known for his books, including Deep Blues; his music journalism for and magazine;: 161 his work producing recordings and the of the film; and his playing in the 1960s band the. A collection of his writings, Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer, edited by, was published by on November 10, 2009. Omega speedmaster reduced serial numbers. Contents.Early career Palmer was born in, the son of a musician and school teacher, Robert Palmer Sr. A civil rights and peace activist with the in the 1960s, the younger Palmer graduated from Little Rock University (later called the ) in 1964.
Soon afterwards he and fellow musicians Nancy Jeffries, Bill Barth, and Luke Faust formed a group, the, blending, and blues with. The band recorded its first, self-titled album on in 1968.
Palmer continued playing clarinet and saxophone from time to time in local bands in areas where he lived throughout the rest of his life.Later period In the early 1970s, Palmer became a contributing editor of. He became the first full-time writer for a few years later, serving as chief at the newspaper from 1976 to 1988.He continued to work as a journalist for film magazines and Rolling Stone; meanwhile, he began teaching courses in and at colleges, including at the. In the early 1990s, he also began producing blues albums for artists, like.
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^ Pareles, Jon (November 21, 1997),. ^ Chris Nelson (November 21, 1997). Archived from on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 11 April 2012., &, (:, 2011), p.
161. ^ Chris Nelson (September 18, 1997). Archived from on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
Retrieved 11 April 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2017. Sisario, Ben (November 15, 2009). The New York Times.
Retrieved 8 August 2017.Sources. Dougan, John. Accessed Dec.
9, 2004. Wertheimer, Linda (November 20, 1997). Accessed Dec. 9, 2004.
Decurtis, Anthony (2009). Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer. Retrieved 2015-06-19 – via The New York Times. (1993). Archived from on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
at. Includes digitized photographs collection.
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Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta by Robert Palmer and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com.
Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger
Robert Palmer was one of America's most famous music critics from the '70s to the '90s, particularly via his position as the New York Times' first full-time writer and pop critic, which he occupied between 1976 and 1988. He wrote several books on rock and blues, the best and most important of which was Deep Blues, a valuable overview of how the music evolved from country acoustic forms to electric urban forms in the 20th century. Palmer's involvement in music took several guises; he was most successful at writing, but was also a musician and recording artist, a teacher, a record producer, and a writer, music director, and consultant for film and television documentaries.
Palmer grew up in Arkansas, where he quickly developed a love of both White and Black roots music despite the segregated conditions of his environment. As a teenager he became a professional musician, playing his saxophone in rough juke joints. Already he was exhibiting a catholicity and eclecticism of taste, performing jazz, country, R&B, Duane Eddy and the Ventures. Palmer moved to New York in 1967 where he embarked on careers in both writing (at first for Go magazine) and music, as alto saxophonist and clarinetist for the Insect Trust. This band, way too eclectic to categorize or market, made a couple of albums drawing from folk, soul, psychedelic rock, jazz, and more, disbanding around the early '70s. In the early '70s, Palmer became a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, and several years later assumed his high-profile position at the New York Times. Palmer's Times writing lacked the color of the best rock journalism, which can be probably be ascribed at least as much to the paper's serious, stodgy format as Palmer himself. However, Palmer did know his music, and although versed in ethnomusicology, was able to write about rock in ways that were both understandable to the general reader, and diligently structured enough for a daily establishment to print. He was also of a generation that had grown up with rock from a young age; prior to the '70s, rock criticism, especially at daily papers, was sometimes inappropriately assigned to older writers with neither a grounding in, nor even an affection for, the music. Palmer also maintained more or less equal interest in contemporary sounds and popular music history. As a historian, his major contribution was his book Deep Blues, the most enjoyable (though not by any means a complete) history of major aspects of American blues. Palmer wrote several other specialized books that were not nearly as well circulated, including A Tale of Two Cities: Memphis Rock and New Orleans Roll, Baby That Was Rock and Roll: The Legendary Leiber and Stoller, and volumes on the Rolling Stones and Jerry Lee Lewis. Palmer also taught courses on American music at several universities, and was writer and music director for the documentary films The World According to John Coltrane and Deep Blues (he also narrated and produced the soundtrack for the latter, which was of course based on his book).
In the '90s, Palmer devoted a lot of time to promoting Mississippi blues, particularly as the producer of several CDs for Fat Possum, which specializes in the kind of electric juke-joint blues that is too raw for even the more commercial-minded independent blues labels to handle. He was also the chief advisor for a ten-part television series on the history of rock & roll, which was broadcast in the U.S. (on PBS) and the U.K. (on the BBC). He wrote the series' companion book, Rock & Roll: An Unruly History. This was related to, but did not duplicate exactly, what was covered on the television programs. Both the series and the book, however, suffered from a curiously incomplete and fragmented scan of important rock performers, mini-genres and trends. What Palmer covered in the book, he covered fairly well. But it was pretty unbelievable that a television series purporting to be a history of rock & roll barely mentioned, or ignored, important figures like Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, the Smiths, and many more. Despite Palmer's reputation, the book should be treated (as Palmer does make clear in the introduction) as a look at some of rock's more important aspects, not as a comprehensive history of the music. Shortly after the broadcast of this series, Palmer became seriously ill with a liver ailment, and died in late 1997.
Robert PalmerBirth nameRobert Franklin Palmer Jr.Born( 1945-06-19)June 19, 1945, United StatesDiedNovember 20, 1997 (1997-11-20) (aged 52),Genres,Occupation(s)Writer, musicianInstruments,Associated actsRobert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was an American writer, and producer.
He is best known for his books, including Deep Blues; his music journalism for and magazine;: 161 his work producing recordings and the of the film; and his playing in the 1960s band the. A collection of his writings, Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer, edited by, was published by on November 10, 2009. Omega speedmaster reduced serial numbers. Contents.Early career Palmer was born in, the son of a musician and school teacher, Robert Palmer Sr. A civil rights and peace activist with the in the 1960s, the younger Palmer graduated from Little Rock University (later called the ) in 1964.
Soon afterwards he and fellow musicians Nancy Jeffries, Bill Barth, and Luke Faust formed a group, the, blending, and blues with. The band recorded its first, self-titled album on in 1968.
Palmer continued playing clarinet and saxophone from time to time in local bands in areas where he lived throughout the rest of his life.Later period In the early 1970s, Palmer became a contributing editor of. He became the first full-time writer for a few years later, serving as chief at the newspaper from 1976 to 1988.He continued to work as a journalist for film magazines and Rolling Stone; meanwhile, he began teaching courses in and at colleges, including at the. In the early 1990s, he also began producing blues albums for artists, like.
Ets major field test economics. The ETS ® Major Field Tests are comprehensive undergraduate and MBA outcomes assessments designed to measure the critical knowledge and understanding obtained by students in a major field of study. What Is the ETS Major Field Test? The ETS Major Field Test is administered by colleges and universities as a way to measure students’ performance within certain subject areas, in order to compare the institutional performance against other institutions and make curriculum and instructional changes if needed. The ETS ® Major Field Test for Economics consists of 90 multiple-choice questions, some of which are grouped in sets and based on materials such as diagrams, expository paragraphs, sets of equations and tables of data. Test Description Sample Test Questions. For information about the data and how to use it, see the Comparative Data section. Sample Reports.
^ Pareles, Jon (November 21, 1997),. ^ Chris Nelson (November 21, 1997). Archived from on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 11 April 2012., &, (:, 2011), p.
161. ^ Chris Nelson (September 18, 1997). Archived from on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
Retrieved 11 April 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2017. Sisario, Ben (November 15, 2009). The New York Times.
Retrieved 8 August 2017.Sources. Dougan, John. Accessed Dec.
9, 2004. Wertheimer, Linda (November 20, 1997). Accessed Dec. 9, 2004.
Decurtis, Anthony (2009). Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer. Retrieved 2015-06-19 – via The New York Times. (1993). Archived from on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
at. Includes digitized photographs collection.