It all started in London. More than fifty years ago, a generation of teens created something that would change the face of music forever.

London, Reign Over Me immerses us in the backroom clubs, basement record shops, and late-night faint radio signals of 1960s Britain, where young hopefuls like Peter Frampton, Dave Davies, and Mick Jagger built off American blues and jazz to form a whole new sound. Author Stephen Tow weaves together original interviews with over ninety musicians and movers-and-shakers of the time to uncover the uniquely British story of classic rock’s birth.

Capturing the stark contrast of bursting artistic energy with the blitzkrieg landscape leftover from World War II, London, Reign Over Me reveals why classic rock ‘n’ roll could only have been born in London. A new sound from a new generation, this music helped spark the most important cultural transformation of the twentieth century.

Tow features interviews with a long list of artists including:
•Jon Anderson, Rick Wakement & Steve Howe of (Yes)
•Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
•Rod Argent (The Zombies)
•Dave Davies (The Kinks)
•Spencer Davis (Spencer Davis Group)
•Peter Frampton (Humble Pie, solo artist)
•Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
•Kenney Jones (The Small Faces; The Who)
•Greg Lake (King Crimson; Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
•Manfred Mann (Manfred Mann)
•Dave Mason (Traffic)
•John Mayall (The Bluesbreakers)
•Ian McLagan of (The Small Faces)
•Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster; Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
•Paul Rodgers (Free & Bad Company)

Among many, many more...

Stephen Tow teaches history at Delaware Valley University, specializing in rock n roll and twentieth-century America. He is the author of "The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge" and resides near Philadelphia with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.

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