From the underground dancefloors of the Seventies to the global charts of the Nineties, LGBTQ artists and audiences shaped music’s sound, style, and spirit. In Mighty Real, veteran journalist Barry Walters chronicles its LGBTQ history from the Velvet Underground to the 21st century.
Wondrous ... He writes thoughtfully and insightfully about the artists and what it is about their material that taps into gay themes and culture ... A bodacious, playfully addictive history for music lovers one and all, no matter their gender or orientation.
Meticulously researched and entertainingly written ... Walters has written a wide-ranging, somewhat idiosyncratic—but thoroughly readable—slice of Americana that is absolutely not to be missed by pop culture mavens, LGBTQ+ readers, or anyone who wants to know how the music business finally came out of the closet.
Read Mighty Real by Barry Walters, and see if your toes don’t tap ... This is a hefty book, but the chapters are browse-able and generally short enough to read in under five minutes. It’s nostalgic, yet also serious in the history it presents. This is the kind of book you want to leave near your album collection, or wherever you get your tunes.
