Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: From Rock and Roll in Canada to ‘Canadian’ Rock and Roll 1
5. 1. Lonely Boys and Wild Girls: Rock and Roll in Canada in the 1950s 26
6. 2. Guess Who?: Beatlemania and the Race to Be British 56
7. 3. From ‘Tom Dooley’ to ‘Mon Pays’: Folk Music and the Nation 75
8. 4. ‘California Dreamin’: Why Canadian Musicians Were Not ‘Helpless’ in the United States, 1965–70 101
9. 5. ‘Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out’: Psychedelia, Regionalism, and How a Band from the Prairies Had Wheatfield Soul 121
10. 6. ‘Legislated Radio’: Industry, Identity, and the Canadian Content Regulations 139
11. 7. ‘Oh What a Feeling’: Canadian Content and Identity Politics in the 1970s 159
12. 8. ‘The Nation’s Music Station’: Television and the Idea of Canadian Music 179
13. 9. ‘Takin’ Care of Business’: How Multinationals Underwrote the Canadian Music Industry 199
14. 10. ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It for You’: Bryan Adams and the Waking Up the Neighbours Controversy 220
15. Conclusion 237
16. Notes 245
17. Bibliography 297
18. Illustration Credits 319
19. Index 321