It Came from Memphis: Updated and Revised
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert Gordon, Peter Guralnick (Foreword by), Hanif Abdurraqib (Foreword by)Publish date:2020-11-10Pages:392
Language:EnglishPublisher:Third Man BooksISBN-13:9781733350150ISBN-10:1733350152UPC:9781733350150Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:History & Criticism, Genres & StylesBook Topic:Rock, Soul & R&BSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCT2B91NKR
Like no other music history, It Came From Memphis dishes its tuneful tale with a full context of social issues. From institutional racism to cowboy movies, from manic disc jockeys to Quaalude motorcycle gangs, this story is as unvarnished a history of rock and roll as ever has been written. The Memphis aesthetic is to invert expectations: artists seek imperfection, embracing mistakes and doing it...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Third Man BooksISBN-13:9781733350150ISBN-10:1733350152UPC:9781733350150Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:History & Criticism, Genres & StylesBook Topic:Rock, Soul & R&BSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCT2B91NKR
Robert Gordon is a writer and a filmmaker, a Grammy winner and an Emmy winner. He's a native Memphian who has been exporting the city's authentic weirdness since long before his first book, It Came From Memphis (1995). He's been nominated for six Grammys; his win was for the liner notes to the Big Star box set Keep an Eye on the Sky. His Emmy was for Best of Enemies, the 2015 documentary about...
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Robert Gordon, Peter Guralnick (Foreword by), Hanif Abdurraqib (Foreword by)
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