Driving Force: Automobiles and the New American City, 1900–1930
About the Book | Authors | Q&A | Photos | Press Contact Driving Force: Automobiles and the New American City, 1900–1930 is the First Major History of Car Dealers at Work Have you ever wondered how and why Los Angeles became so obsessed with cars? While historians and sociologists have provided numerous explanations, little or no credit has been given to the dealers, who ventured into unknown territory to sell a product regarded by nearly all banks and most businesses as a fad at ... [Read More]
The Backroom Series Volume 2: Meeting and Leaving
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The Backroom Series Volume 2: Meeting and Leaving
About The Backroom Series Volume 2: Meeting and Leaving These songs tell little stories of meeting someone interesting for the first time or leaving someone painfully for the very last time; of happily reconciling with your girl after she returns from a business trip or sadly saying goodbye when you are drafted into the Army; or in the case of Woody Guthrie, leaving the parched town of Pampa, Texas for the crowded, but exciting streets of Downtown Los Angeles in 1937. About The Backroom Series: Unreleased, Unfinished Tracks I have been playing the guitar, singing, and writing songs since ... [Read More]
On The Road with Darryl Holter: Watch the JC Whitney Interview
Welcome to JC Whitney's "On The Road" Podcast! Join us as Darryl Holter shares his journey growing up around cars and insights from his new book, featuring a foreword by Jay Leno. Darryl talks about how LA’s car culture was sparked by visionary entrepreneurs and risk-takers. Learn about the bicycle shop owners who began selling and repairing cars, the carriage retailers, and the automobile enthusiasts who turned the idea of a horseless carriage from a novelty into a necessity, expanding the automobile industry when few believed it would last. And at the end of his interview, Darryl takes out his ... [Read More]
On The Road with Darryl Holter: Watch the JC Whitney Interview
Join us as Darryl Holter shares his journey growing up around cars and insights from his new book, featuring a foreword by Jay Leno.
The Backroom Series Volume 1: Voyages through Time and Space
About The Backroom Series: Unreleased, Unfinished Tracks I have been playing the guitar, singing, and writing songs since I was a kid growing up in Minneapolis. My father, a self-taught guitar player, showed me how to play basic guitar chords and tried to instruct me to read music. But I was impatient and started playing songs by ear, based on what I heard on records and KEVE, the country station, and WDGY, the “modern radio” station that played rock-and-roll. Since 2008 I have recorded about 40 of songs on five albums (available on Bandcamp.com), working with some great musicians and ... [Read More]
On the passing of Spider John Koerner
I was really saddened to learn that John Koerner had died. He was an extremely talented guitarist and folksinger who was a mentor to young Bob Dylan and a fixture in the music scene in Minneapolis, especially on the West Bank (of the Mississippi River). John was the last of the original three-some (including Dave Ray and Tony Glover) that recorded the path-breaking "Blues, Rags, and Hollers" album. He was low-key and down-home in a quiet Minnesota way, but he was very accessible, and I used to see him a lot and talk with him frequently when I lived on ... [Read More]
Driving Force: named WINNER Historical (Non-Fiction) at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Driving Force: Automobiles and the New American City, 1900-1930, was named WINNER Historical (Non-Fiction) at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Darryl Holter grew up playing the guitar and singing country and rock and roll songs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His current brand of Americana music draws from country, blues and folk traditions and often tells stories about people, places and events.