Story of America's First Integrated Rock - N - Roll Band (ePub)

Picture yourself in the 1950s of South Philly. The trials of life continue as you seek to make everyday work. You and your family are in survival mode. What will you do and how will you make it? How will you feel? Will there be any time for happiness during life's trials and tribulations?

John finds a way. He finds a way to buy a guitar that he does't even know how to play. He finds a way to teach himself the guitar. He finds a way to graduate school early because it is demanded of him from his family. And he finds a way to practice his guitar during business hours and around customers demanding their chicken parts!

Through it all he finds a way towards excellent musicianship. He finds a way to start his own band and makes it perfectly clear to everyone that although there are black and white members, nobody should be treated differently. Johnny La Torre and the Rhythm Rockets is born! This is the band that does great and has jumpin', happy, dancing crowds packing the caberet halls! The public loves this new band and John doesn't care that there are hardly any white people there! As far as he's concerned music is the answer to bring everyone together.

Enjoy this story and all the rich history it delivers. Take a step back in time and laugh and learn a little of years gone by. Share in the ups and downs of John's Journey of his band.

He's proud of his band and all that they accomplish. And although his band comes close to making it big in the music industry, John is not completely disappointed. He knows his band has achieved an even bigger success...social success. - Johnny La Torre and the Rhythm Rockets: America's First Professional, Racially Integrated, Rock - N - Roll Band.