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[Bruce Triggs]

Sorry if I didn't post this here before, I was just asked about this on another thread so figured I'd post it for everybody. Hope that's ok.

My big accomplishment for 2019 was publishing Accordion Revolution: A People's History of the Accordion in North America



Paperback,
6 x 9 in, 440 pgs.
58 historic illustrations
(in English)

ISBN # to Order and to Request at Libraries:
Print: 978-1-9990677-0-0
Ebook: 978-1-9990677-1-7

It's available in most online places. I hope this year to work on getting it out to shops or clubs who'd like to get copies in bulk (significantly more affordably than bookshops can get it one copy at a time.)

More on purchasing locations and details here:
https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/accordion-revolution-buying-the-book/

A description from the back of the book:

Before the dawn of rock 'n' roll, the accordion ranked among North America's most popular instruments. It was taken up by immigrant innovators, blues icons, jazz titans, country & western yodelers, the highest-paid instrumentalist in vaudeville, and the “first” rock ’n’ roll band.

A disastrous combination of economics, demographics, and electronic instruments nearly erased the instrument from mainstream culture. With the squeezebox as tour guide, Accordion Revolution uncovers this hidden history at the roots of popular music.

It's a social history of the squeezebox and the cultural changes that surrounded it. Covers all kinds of boxes, in almost all of the cultural genres in North America.

There's a Table of Contents with all the regional genres and styles here:
https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/table-of-contents/

People have said Nice Things about it:

"A rollicking journey that enhances the joy of the instrument I hold in my arms every night!”
— Jenny Conlee, The Decemberists


“Bruce Triggs gives the accordion the scholarship it deserves, demonstrating its overlooked, yet important impact on our music history.”
— Krist Novoselić, Accordionist with Giants in the Trees, and Nirvana


“Given the general, pretty much universal level of mockery of the accordion, this a book that I never thought I’d see written. Well done.”
 — James Fearnley, The Pogues


“I give it five out of five bellows-shakes.”
— Renee de la Prade, Producer, Accordion Babes Pin-Up Calendar

I opened an online shop to sell it too, and flaming button-box pins based on designs from the book.
http://accordionbruce.etsy.com/

[Chris Rayner]

I have read this as an ebook.  It’s good.  Perhaps a little more detail than I need on the nooks and crannies of US popular music accordion developments in the early to mid twentieth century, but interesting and well written.

[Gary P Chapin]

Perhaps a little more detail than I need on the nooks and crannies ...

Since when is "need" ever a part of the box player's world? 

[Chris Rayner]

Perhaps a little more detail than I need on the nooks and crannies ...

Since when is "need" ever a part of the box player's world? 

Oh, need is a locally defined, even personal term.  Beyond food and shelter.  And clothes in many climates.