Quoted from The Guardian: MOTOWN CITY'S BURNING: DETROIT FROM MOTOWN TO THE STOOGES

"In 1948 John Lee Hooker moved to Detroit, got a job at Ford Motors, and captured the sound of the city through his chugging, mechanical, one-chord blues. So began a remarkable situation in which Detroit's music reflected the city's changing fortunes, from the joy of Motown at the motor industry's height to the suburban revolution of The Stooges and MC'S as the city collapsed into riots and unemployment from 1968 onwards. MC'S manager and leader of the Detroit counterculture John Sinclair is the most compelling figure, although George Clinton of Parliament/Funkadelic gets a brief look-in"

worth watching maybe

just starting on bbc 4 motor citys burning, just watched a hour about marvin gaye .

Edited March 8, 200817 yr by SKEGSOUL

have merged and moved posts

thanks for passing on

can catch it if missed on bbc's online iplayer

link

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/Detroit-t67878.html

have merged and moved posts

thanks for passing on

can catch it if missed on bbc's online iplayer

link

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/Detroit-t67878.html

Repeated tonight 08-03-08 @23:00 on B.B.C.4 followed by Standing In The Shadows Of Motown.

I missed it last night, but did catch The Temptations on Jonathan Ross.

Definitely watching B.B.C. 4 Tonight, even has Soul Deep on @20:30