Quick Red Fox Press is a Canadian book publishing company specializing in Canadian history, culture, and nostalgia.
Jukebox Books is an imprint of Quick Red Fox Press, publisher and distributor of Hawkins, Hound Dog, Elvis, and Red: How Rock and Roll Invaded Canada.
Archived: Many thanks to Gary Kendall, bassist in the Downchild Blues Band, for choosing a presentation copy of Hawkins, Hound Dog, Elvis, and Red for pioneering Canadian black musician Bobby Dean Blackburn, honoured at the 2022 Maple Blues Awards. Bobby Dean's story is chronicled in the book. Thanks also to Book City (Toronto) for their assistance in this regard.
Jukebox Books is an imprint of Quick Red Fox Press, publisher and distributor of Hawkins, Hound Dog, Elvis, and Red: How Rock and Roll Invaded Canada.
Archived: Many thanks to Gary Kendall, bassist in the Downchild Blues Band, for choosing a presentation copy of Hawkins, Hound Dog, Elvis, and Red for pioneering Canadian black musician Bobby Dean Blackburn, honoured at the 2022 Maple Blues Awards. Bobby Dean's story is chronicled in the book. Thanks also to Book City (Toronto) for their assistance in this regard.
1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz “Raindrop” Prototype. Darin Schnabel © 2020. Courtesy RM Sotheby’s.
Time-travel back to an era of Cadillac tail fins, T-Bird opera windows, jukeboxes, drive-ins, and cottage country dance pavilions. The inside story of how 1950s rock and roll invaded Canada and set the stage for the British invasion of the 1960s.
Praise for Hawkins, Hound Dog, Elvis, and Red: How Rock and Roll Invaded Canada, by Greig Stewart:
“A great book.”
⸺Doug Chappell
“Essential reading.”
⸺Nicholas Jennnings
“The real story. A must-read.”
⸺Red Robinson
“Rich with anecdotes, lore, and legend.”
⸺Bobby Dean Blackburn
“I’ll tell you, Greig, you brought me back some good memories.”
⸺Ronnie Hawkins
Continued . . .
Time-travel back to an era of Cadillac tail fins, T-Bird opera windows, jukeboxes, drive-ins, and cottage country dance pavilions. The inside story of how 1950s rock and roll invaded Canada and set the stage for the British invasion of the 1960s.
Praise for Hawkins, Hound Dog, Elvis, and Red: How Rock and Roll Invaded Canada, by Greig Stewart:
“A great book.”
⸺Doug Chappell
“Essential reading.”
⸺Nicholas Jennnings
“The real story. A must-read.”
⸺Red Robinson
“Rich with anecdotes, lore, and legend.”
⸺Bobby Dean Blackburn
“I’ll tell you, Greig, you brought me back some good memories.”
⸺Ronnie Hawkins
Continued . . .
“A great book. Covers a previously obscure part of the story of rock & roll coming to Canadian radio and the bands that played it. A wonderful read.”
⸺Doug Chappell, Richie Knight and the Mid-Knights
“Informative, entertaining, and very well researched.”
⸺Roger Farr, Bobby Dean and the Gems
“Reading this was like cruising the Miracle Mile in my ’58 Chevy Bel Air. The boomer generation can finally dip into this treasure trove of facts and memories. I really can’t get over the way the backstory of an era can be brought to life in such a natural, entertaining, and believable chronicle. A story that needed telling. What a great accomplishment.”
⸺Duff Roman, C.M., DJ at CKEY Toronto during the 1963 “Great Radio War” with CHUM
“I’ve never read―in such amazing detail, and with such clarity and insight―the particular story of how rock ’n’ roll came to Canada―until now. A must-read for music fans.”
⸺Gene Stevens, Zoomer Radio
“By charting the roles of key radio and record personnel as well as the rise of pioneering bands like the Prowlers, Gems, Consuls and Midnights, Stewart has added important new layers of understanding to the history of how rock and roll first developed in Canada. And that makes Hawkins, Hound Dog, Elvis and Red essential reading for any fan or scholar of the music.”
⸺Nicholas Jennings, author of Lightfoot; Before the Gold Rush; Fifty Years of Music: The Story of EMI
“Timely in its release and a pleasure to read."
⸺Dr. John Carter, Ontario History, The Journal of the Ontario Historical Society
“Written with the passion of a fan, the understanding of a musician, and nostalgic affection for an era.”
⸺Martin Melhuish, author of Oh, What a Feeling: A Vital History of Canadian Music: The Next Generation
Includes in-depth index.
ISBN: 978-1-7751876-1-5
Hardcover, 424 pages (416 + 8 pages photos), $44.95
⸺Doug Chappell, Richie Knight and the Mid-Knights
“Informative, entertaining, and very well researched.”
⸺Roger Farr, Bobby Dean and the Gems
“Reading this was like cruising the Miracle Mile in my ’58 Chevy Bel Air. The boomer generation can finally dip into this treasure trove of facts and memories. I really can’t get over the way the backstory of an era can be brought to life in such a natural, entertaining, and believable chronicle. A story that needed telling. What a great accomplishment.”
⸺Duff Roman, C.M., DJ at CKEY Toronto during the 1963 “Great Radio War” with CHUM
“I’ve never read―in such amazing detail, and with such clarity and insight―the particular story of how rock ’n’ roll came to Canada―until now. A must-read for music fans.”
⸺Gene Stevens, Zoomer Radio
“By charting the roles of key radio and record personnel as well as the rise of pioneering bands like the Prowlers, Gems, Consuls and Midnights, Stewart has added important new layers of understanding to the history of how rock and roll first developed in Canada. And that makes Hawkins, Hound Dog, Elvis and Red essential reading for any fan or scholar of the music.”
⸺Nicholas Jennings, author of Lightfoot; Before the Gold Rush; Fifty Years of Music: The Story of EMI
“Timely in its release and a pleasure to read."
⸺Dr. John Carter, Ontario History, The Journal of the Ontario Historical Society
“Written with the passion of a fan, the understanding of a musician, and nostalgic affection for an era.”
⸺Martin Melhuish, author of Oh, What a Feeling: A Vital History of Canadian Music: The Next Generation
Includes in-depth index.
ISBN: 978-1-7751876-1-5
Hardcover, 424 pages (416 + 8 pages photos), $44.95
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Signed copies are available from Georgian Bay Books:
https://quickredfoxpress.com/georgian-bay-books.html
Quick Red Fox Press Customer Care: 647-381-3838
We are not experiencing higher than usual call volumes, only usual call volumes, and our menu options have not recently changed.
Email: glenellis@quickredfoxpress.com
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Vancouver author Tom Locke's Moments in Time volumes. Highly recommended.
https://www.amazon.ca/Moments-Time-Stories-About-Artists/dp/1777827302
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1777827337
https://www.mitstories.com/product/moments-in-time-2/
https://www.amazon.ca/Moments-Time-Stories-About-Artists/dp/1777827302
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1777827337
https://www.mitstories.com/product/moments-in-time-2/
