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It Came From MemphisRobert Gordon begins where most chroniclers of the music world end and spins a magical fairy tale peopled with Delta bluesmen, a peanut vendor, a...Read More
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Daily Times Leader, May 14, 2012
...of the Year Award for the boxed set, “Smokestack Lightning.” The Geffen boxed set has a foreword by Peter Guralnick, the best selling author of a highly acclaimed two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, “Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love," and...
Zimbio, February 20, 2012
...com Pictures of Elvis and Priscilla Video Editing: AngelaSuny Book Review: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, Careless Love, Peter Guralnick Article by Connie Limon This is probably about the best account of Elvis Presley’s years beginning with army...
Zimbio, January 6, 2012
...Pop list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description From Elvis' foremost biographer, Peter Guralnick, author of the bestselling two-volume biography, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love, and Ernst Jorgensen,...
Here Is The City, December 15, 2011
...17. The Ego's Nest - Dave Charters 18. Dream Boogie - The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick 19. The Prime Minister - Peter Hennessy 20. Nelson - The Man & The Legend - Terry Coleman 21. Dealings - Felix Rohatyn 22. Margaret Thatcher - John Campbell...
Express Milwaukee, December 6, 2011
...internationally heralded blues star through his role in the post-World War II folk/blues revival. The respected music scholar Peter Guralnick, in his foreword, defines Broonzy's importance: “Sometimes it seems as if Big Bill Broonzy must have supplied...
Southern Living, December 5, 2011
...make you wish that email had never been invented. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick The Story: See behind the music in this non-fiction account of Presley’s rise to fame in a post-wartime America wrestling with racism...
All About Jazz, November 6, 2011
...1911-1938) is found strewn over cultural dissertations, obscure articles in obscure publications, recording liner notes and the internet. Peter Guralnick's slim, elegant volume Searching for Robert Johnson (Dutton, 1989) is an excellent if not too brief...
NPR, March 1, 2012
...us what inspired him to write "Sensitive Man": The song came about when I was reading Dream Boogie, Peter Guralnick's book about Sam Cooke. I thought it was such a great book, and this song called "Sensitive Man" came almost fully formed after I read it....
NPR, March 1, 2012
...us what inspired him to write "Sensitive Man": The song came about when I was reading Dream Boogie, Peter Guralnick's book about Sam Cooke. I thought it was such a great book, and this song called "Sensitive Man" came almost fully formed after I read it....
KUNC 91.5 FM, March 1, 2012
...us what inspired him to write "Sensitive Man": The song came about when I was reading Dream Boogie, Peter Guralnick's book about Sam Cooke. I thought it was such a great book, and this song called "Sensitive Man" came almost fully formed after I read it....
Boston Magazine, March 1, 2012
...good ear, “congratulations on the award, Mr. Berry!” He replied ,”I heard that !” We chatted with author Peter Guralnick and his wife, Alexandra. So, as others came in — Costello; author and director of MTV Networks Bill Flanagan and his...
Examiner.com, February 27, 2012
...Kennedy, Paul Simon, Shawn Colvin, Al Kooper, Peter Wolf, and writers Salman Rushdie, Bill Flanagan, Tom Perrotta, and Peter Guralnick. On February 24, 2012, Richards was one of the performers at the "Howlin' for Hubert" concert (a tribute to the late...
Press-Citizen, February 23, 2012
...s been covered by the likes of Keith Richards, Levon Helm and Irma Thomas. Of Gordon, noted author/musicologist Peter Guralnick wrote, “Think of John Lee Hooker tied to the hard, imagistic poetry of William Carlos Williams, and you get a little bit of...
Zimbio, February 20, 2012
...com Pictures of Elvis and Priscilla Video Editing: AngelaSuny Book Review: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, Careless Love, Peter Guralnick Article by Connie Limon This is probably about the best account of Elvis Presley’s years beginning with army...
