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The book also provides detailed coverage of The Beatles' two Cincinnati shows. We talked to Rosen about the book and those heady days of Cincinnati's music scene. https: //www.cincypeople.com/culture-blog/2022/6/1/old-time-rock-n-roll?fbclid=IwAR0GD9kkqKx9APMvMSenZG47zgBpqB7Jc8DnU_kXbQSudr-iis4G-NnvTqA This is just one evocative moment featured in Lost Cincinnati Concert Venues of the '50s and '60s, a new book by prolific music journalist and former CityBeat Arts & Culture Editor Steve Rosen. Narrowing his focus on two decades that saw Jazz undergo an experimental renaissance while Rock & Roll rose to cultural dominance, Rosen's book shows how a handful of now-defunct venues and local grassroots movements helped some of the most exciting figures in popular music make their mark on the Queen City. Jude Noel CityBeat True to its title, the book is organized by the venues where concerts took place, but venues only matter because of the events they host, and those events are what is really at the heart of Lost Cincinnati Concert Venues of the '50s and '60s. Denny G's Road Trips

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Steven Rosen has worked for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Denver Post, Cincinnati CityBeat and other newspapers. Among his assignments, he served as the Arts & Culture editor at CityBeat and the art and film critic (and a music writer) at the Post. As a freelancer, he has written for Cincinnati Magazine, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, American Songwriter, Documentary Magazine, IndieWire, Variety, Blurt, Rock & Roll Globe and other outlets. He also founded National One Hit Wonder Day and started a music fanzine called One Shot. He is a member of the Cincinnati Vinyl Club and the Rock & Read Music Book Discussion Group. This is his first book.

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