Popular Music, Popular Myth and Cultural Heritage in Cleveland: The Moondog, the Buzzard and the Battle for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781787691568)

Brett Lashua is Reader in Leisure and Culture at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He previously held academic posts at the University of Liverpool's Institute for Popular Music, and with Cardiff University's School of Social Sciences. He earned his PhD from the University of Alberta, where he collaboratively designed and delivered Edmonton's The Beat of Boyle Street community youth music program. He received his Undergraduate Degree in History, and a Master's Degree in Youth Recreation, both from Kent State University. Before his academic career, Brett was the drummer with a number bands performing in the northeast Ohio area.