Petrusich’s inquiry is where Americana music originated. "This is why I decide to climb into my scratched-up Honda Civic and start driving, leaving New York City to learn more about where the songs I love come from and, when I am very lucky, why" (Petrusich 16). Petrusich, like any other human, has many question about the past. She travels to the South in order to better understand why music started and how it changed. Starting in New York and making her way south, to Memphis, she questions how streets received there names as well as other things.
Petrusich is very detailed in her writing. She gives thoroughly background of every person she mentions. Her details are extremely important though because she is trying to define what Americana is. If she was vague in her writing then her meaning of Americana would also be vague. In Chapter 4 when Petrusich was in Graceland, she described Elvis’s mansion, the main street, as well as the hotel she was in in depth. We can visualized the setting better and can also make interferences on the music being made at the time.
Petrusich also never disrespected any one or their opinions. Though the patrons and some customers were dressed up as Elvis, Petrusich respected them. She understands that Elvis was there fan when they were younger. It is no different then individuals dressing up today to see a present concert. She also tells us myths of Elvis’s house and leaves it up to us to believe them or not.
-ZK
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