Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm And Blues And The Southern Dream Of Freedom - Softcover
In a narrative that captures all the tumult and liberating energy of a country in division and transition, Sweet Soul Music is the story of the birth of modern rhythm-and-blues.
Guralnick records the rise and fall of Stax Records - the Memphis powerhouse label that produced a string of classics from the likes of Otis Redding and Booker T. and the MGs - and other labels such as Atlantic, as well as profiling such major artists as Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Solomon Burke and Al Green.
This is a fascinating tale of a decade that produced some of the finest music ever.
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Sweet Soul Music
Rhythm and blues and the Southern dream of freedom.
"[Among] my all-time top favourite books."
Rob Fleming in High Fidelity
In a narrative that captures all the tumult and liberating energy of a country in division and transition, Sweet Soul Music tells the engrossing story of the birth of modern rhythm and blues. Guralnick records the rise and fall of Stax
Records - the Memphis powerhouse label that produced a string of classics from the likes of Otis Redding and Booker T. and the MGs - and the colourful lives and times of such artists as Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, James
Brown, Solomon Burke and Al Green.
Sweet Soul Music is a fascinating account of the decade that produced some of the finest music ever by a writer who is widely regarded as the greatest contemporary chronicler of American vernacular music. It makes for essential reading.
"The best history of '60s soul music anyone has written or is likely to write, but it is much more than that." Robert Palmer, New York Times
"Buy this book! In years to come it will seem like a bargain compared with all the wonderful records which you will have to buy after reading the vivid accounts of Sweet Soul Music." Elvis Costello
"Stunning . . . panoramic . . . a heartfelt history - one of the best books ever written on American popular music." Newsweek
"No one I've read writes as well about musicians and their music as Peter Guralnick, and Sweet Soul Music is my favourite Guralnick book." Roddy Doyle
"Guralnick has written a vastly important book." Charles Shaar Murray, NME
A fascinating tale of a decade that produced some of the finest music ever . In a narrative that captures all the tumult and liberating energy of a country in division and transition, Sweet Soul Music is the story of the birth of modern rhythm-and-blues. Guralnick records the rise and fall of Stax Records - the Memphis powerhouse label that produced a string of classics from the likes of Otis Redding and Booker T. and the MGs - and other labels such as Atlantic, as well as profiling such major artists as Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Solomon Burke and Al Green.
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- PublisherCanongate Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1841952400
- ISBN 13 9781841952406
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages438
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Book Description 15.5 x 23.5 cm. 438 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. In a narrative that captures all the tumult and liberating energy of a country in division and transition, Sweet Soul Music is the story of the birth of modern rhythm-and-blues.Guralnick records the rise and fall of Stax Records - the Memphis powerhouse label that produced a string of classics from the likes of Otis Redding and Booker T. and the MGs - and other labels such as Atlantic, as well as profiling such major artists as Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Solomon Burke and Al Green.This is a fascinating tale of a decade that produced some of the finest music ever. (Publisher) Considered to be one of the best written accounts on 60s soul music, this publication is ideal for anyone with an interest on this topic. Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 100118AB
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