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Nov 23, 2015 · In his new book, Sam Phillips, music writer Peter Guralnick profiles the founder of the Sun Records label. Guralnick says Phillips rejected perfection in favor of spontaneity and...
He is a recent inductee in the Blues Hall of Fame. Other books include an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, Sweet Soul Music, Lost Highway, and Feel Like Going Home; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson; and the novel, Nighthawk Blues.
Peter Guralnick (born December 15, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American music critic, author, and screenwriter. He specializes in the history of early rock and roll and has written books on Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, and Sam Cooke.
Oct 30, 2020 · Culture. Peter Guralnick Talks About His Obsession With the Blues, the Real Meaning of Country Music, and Selling His Record Collection. The legendary music journalist and Elvis biographer on his...
Dec 3, 2015 · Guralnick, a veteran scholar of vernacular American music whose eight previous books include a majestic and definitive two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, first met Phillips in 1979 (for...
Dec 15, 2016 · Peter Guralnick is the author of over ten books, including the award-winning biographies of Elvis Presley and Sam Cooke. His work has prompted wide-ranging critical acclaim from the likes of music critic Nat Hentoff, who has referred to Peter as a “national resource,” to Bob Dylan, who noted of Last Train to Memphis that “this book ...
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Dec 20, 2012 · This concluding volume recounts the second half of Elvis' life in rich and previously unimagined detail, and confirms Guralnick's status as one of the great biographers of our time.
