Hound Dog: A Song by Big Mama Thornton and Interpreted by Elvis Presley and Others reggae bassist/guitarist and founding member of

bassist/guitarist and founding member of Sonic Youth—one of the most successful bands to emerge from the post-punk New York scene—despite being famously reserved

and the birth of rock as the voice of a generation—and one of the defining moments in twentieth-century music

passionate listener

c’est la chronique d’une passion dévorante

unpublished interviews with Coltrane and bassist Jimmy Garrison

Hound Dog: A Song by Big Mama Thornton and Interpreted by Elvis Presley and Others reggae bassist/guitarist and founding member ofAuthor: Eric Weisberg Many listeners first heard "Hound Dog" when Elvis Presley's single topped the pop, country, and R&B charts in 1956. But some fans already knew the song from Big Mama Thornton's earlier recording, a giant but exclusively R&B hit. In Hound Dog Eric Weisbard examines the racial, commercial, and cultural ramifications of Elvis's appropriation of a Black woman's anthem. He rethinks the history and influences of rock music in light of