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Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick
55.00 AUD
Category: Music
One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time, Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themes--the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to white audiences, who wrote his own songs, who controlled his own bu ...Show more
Johnny Cash: the Last Interview and Other Conversations by Johnny Cash; Peter Guralnick (Introduction by)
27.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
Johnny Cash seemed like the stuff of legend when he was alive, and even more so as he achieved something close to sainthood in death. The interviews collected here bring us closer to the actual man: brilliant, falliable, introspective, and longing for redemption.Mythmaker, philosopher, sinner, and saint ...Show more
Last Train To Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
26.99 AUD
Category: Music
LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS is arguably the first serious biography that refuses to dwell on the myth of Elvis. Aiming instead to portray in vivid, dramatic terms the life and career of this outstanding artistic and cultural phenomenon, it draws together a plethora of documentary and interview material to cre ...Show more
Looking To Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing by Peter Guralnick
26.99 AUD
Category: Music
By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling new book of profiles is a culmination of Peter Guralnick's remarkable work, which from the start has encompassed the full sweep of blues, gospel, country, an ...Show more
Sam Phillips - The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll by Peter Guralnick
32.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
Rock 'n' roll was born in rural Alabama, 1923, in the form of Sam Phillips, the youngest son of a large family living in a remote colony called the Lovelace Community. His father had a gift for farming, which was brought to an end by the Depression. His mother picked guitar and showed the kind of forbea ...Show more
Searching For Robert Johnson by Peter Guralnick
22.95 AUD
Category: Music
Explores the life and legend of blues singer Robert Johnson, whose music influenced Muddy Waters and an entire generation of rock 'n' roll artists.
The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World by Peter Guralnick, Colin Escott
79.99 AUD
Category: Music
A fascinating look at the history of Sun Records, the label that started Rock n’ Roll, told through 70 of its iconic recordings. In Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s, there was hard-edged blues playing on Beale Street, and hillbilly boogie on the outskirts of town. But at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio ...Show more
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