HIPPEST TRIP AMER

This is amazing read. I strongly recommend to anyone who wants to understand how Soul Train show means to Black America. I grew up seeing Soul Train and I’m glad this book came to existence to share with everyone

I really enjoyed the book, it allowed me to relive the my teenage through adult years with Soul Train. This book to me right back to my living room on Saturday morning, thanks for the trip. However I would have like to seen more pictures in the book...Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

An absolutely fantastic book about the history of Soul Train and how it effected others, helped the black community & a lot of people within the business, and helped evolving the dance/music world.READ IT!

Does SOUL TRAIN deserve a better book than THE HIPPEST TRIP IN AMERICA, journalist Nelson George’s slapdash examination of what was often referred to as the “black AMERICAN BANDSTAND”? Most definitely; however, George creates an enjoyable read but skips around so much, paying little attention to the times, both tumultuous and serene, that made up the late 1960s through the mid-2000s. Lip service chapters are given to the fashion and the music, as well as the shows’ roots, but little is revealed about the late Don Cornelius and the lasting legacy the show has left, with the exception of Questlove, who seems to be the only person who remembers the show fondly. The rest of the big is page after page of dancer biographies with few pictures. With the exception of Rosie Perez and Nick Cannon, none stand out, though there reflections are valid. This is apparently a companion book to the VH-1 special, but George points out that the doc is unavailable on DVD due to music clearance issues. It just seems to me that a big that celebrated the black experience from the days of the 1960s riots through 9/11 should have more sociology and history and less reflections on the history of dance.

This is a history lesson and should be required reading for any music fan. I wish you love peace and soul

So much information I never knew about. Great read!

This book was very entertaining and I recommend this book for anyone who was a fan of Soul Train.

This is a very good book about what happen on the soul train show.