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Careless Loveby Peter GuralnickISBN 0316332224 (0-316-33222-4)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Careless Love'Book summary:Until Peter Guralnick came out with Last Train to Memphis in 1994, most biographies of Elvis Presley--especially those written by people with varying degrees of access to his "inner circle"--were filled with starstruck adulation, and those that weren't in awe of their subject invariably went out of their way to take potshots at the rock & roll pioneer (with Albert Goldman's 1981 Elvis reaching now-legendary levels of bile and condescension). Guralnick's exploration of Elvis's childhood and rise to fame was notable for its factual rigorousness and its intimate appreciation of Presley's musical agenda.
Picking up where the first volume left off, Guralnick sees Elvis through his tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Germany, where he first met--and was captivated by--a 14-year-old girl named Priscilla Beaulieu. We may think we know the story from this point: the return to America, the near-decade of B-movies, eventual marriage to Priscilla, a brief flash of glory with the '68 comeback, and the surrealism of "fat Elvis" decked out in bejeweled white jumpsuits, culminating in a bathroom death scene. And while that summary isn't exactly false, Guralnick's account shows how little perspective we've had on Elvis's life until now, how a gross caricature of the final years has come to stand for the life itself. He treats every aspect of Presley's life--including forays into spiritual mysticism and the growing dependency on prescription drugs--with dignity and critical distance. More importantly, Careless Love continues to show that Guralnick "gets" what Presley was trying to do as an artist: "I see him in the same way that I think he saw himself from the start," the introduction states, "as someone whose ambition it was to encompass every strand of the American musical tradition." From rock to blues to country to gospel, Guralnick discusses how, at his finest moments, Elvis was able to fulfill that dream. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000by Peter Guralnick , Douglas WolkISBN 0306809990 (0-306-80999-0)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cookeby Peter GuralnickISBN 0316013293 (0-316-01329-3)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Elvis Presley: A Life in Music The Complete Recording Sessionsby Peter GuralnickISBN 0312185723 (0-312-18572-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elvis Presley: A Life in Music The Complete Recording Sessions'Book summary:The definitive story of Elvis's recording career -- filled with unseen photos and unexpected revelation
In the last decade, the image of Elvis Presley has been changed forever -- spurred in part by a major CD reissue campaign covering Presley's entire recording career. Once merely a subject of scandal, Elvis Presley is coming back into focus for what he was: the greatest performer of our time.
Elvis Presley: A Life in Music completes the picture. Ernst Jorgensen -- the man behind RCA's reissue program -- has been given unlimited access to the Presley recording vaults, and with this book he puts us in the studio for every late-night session of his 24-year career. Far more than a recording-sessions guide, A Life in Music reveals -- in an in-depth narrative and hundreds of photographs -- a figure far savvier and more complex than we've known: instinctive musician, driven perfectionist, a one-man industry brought down by the very system built to support him. The most complete picture we've ever had of Elvis Presley the artist, this book is a musical landmark. [via]
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Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues & Rock 'N' Rollby Peter GuralnickISBN 0140148833 (0-14-014883-3)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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- Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues & Rock 'N' Roll: ISBN 0316332720 (0-316-33272-0)
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Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presleyby Peter GuralnickISBN 0316191213 (0-316-19121-3)
Softcover, Fenn & Company, Ltd., H. B.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley'Book summary:There's no mention of sequins, drugs, or peanut butter in this understated biography of the teenaged Elvis, a serious and worthy attempt to answer the question, "Who was this guy before he was an icon, the voice of a generation, the King?" The essential clarity and honesty of Guralnick's prose clearly limns the eager, malleable boy whose immense talent changed the course of American music. [via]
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- Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley: ISBN 0316332259 (0-316-33225-9)
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Lonely Avenue : The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomusby Alex Halberstadt, Peter GuralnickISBN 0224073680 (0-224-07368-0)
Softcover, Random House
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Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomusby Iris Chang, Alex Halberstadt, Peter GuralnickISBN 0306813009 (0-306-81300-9)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus'Book summary:One of the most original, influential, and commercially successful American songwriters, Jerome Felder, aka Doc Pomus (1925-1991), gave the world a dazzling legacy of musical hits during rock n rolls first decade. A role model for generations of writers and performers, Doc was renowned for his mastery of virtually every popular style, from the gutbucket rhythm and blues of “Lonely Avenue to the symphonic soul of “Save the Last Dance for Me to the pure pop of “Viva Las Vegas. His songs-“This Magic Moment, “A Teenager in Love, “Hushabye, “Little Sister, “Turn Me Loose, and many others-have been recorded by everyone from Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, and B. B. King to Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, and Bruce Springsteen, with sales exceeding $100 million. Doc was ready-made for literature. His collaborator Mort Shuman once described him as an “entire rollicking soul neighborhood rolled into one man. Garrulous, profane, hilarious, and Rabelaisian, Doc was never inhibited about offering his opinions and his friendship. His confidants, collaborators, and discoveries included Duke Ellington, John Lennon, Dr. John, Jimmy Scott, Bette Midler, and Lou Reed. In the words of renowned producer Jerry Wexler, “If the music industry had a heart, it would be Doc Pomus. Despite, or more likely because of, his successes, few acquaintances knew that this writer of jukebox hits led one of the most dramatic and unlikely lives of his time. Spanning extravagant wealth and desperate poverty, suburban domesticity and the depths of New Yorks underworld, worldwide fame and near-total obscurity, enduring love and persistent loneliness, Docs story remains one of the great untold American lives. Its chapters comprise a back-room history of rock n roll, touching on more than a half-century of American popular music-from the blues Doc performed with Lester Young to his collaborations with the luminaries of New Yorks punk scene, shot through with vivid portraits of virtually every major player. Lonely Avenue is the first biography of this American original, so elegantly rendered that it reads like a novel, and fortified by full, exclusive access to Doc Pomuss family, friends, voluminous journals, and archives.[via]More editions of Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus:
Lost Highway: Journeys & Arrivals of American Musiciansby Peter GuralnickISBN 0316191221 (0-316-19122-1)
Softcover, Little Brown & Company
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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journeyby Holly George-Warren, Robert Santelli, Peter Guralnick , Christopher John FarleyISBN 0060525444 (0-06-052544-4)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journeyby Peter Guralnick , Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren, Chritopher John Farley, Martin Scorsese, Chuck D., Alex GibneyISBN 0060525452 (0-06-052545-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Sweet Soul Musicby Peter GuralnickISBN 0140148841 (0-14-014884-1)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedomby Peter GuralnickISBN 0316191256 (0-316-19125-6)
Softcover, Little Brown & Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom'Book summary:This masterful exploration of American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef. In incisive portraits based on searching interviews with these legendary performers, Peter Guralnick captures the boundless passion that drove these men to music-making and that kept them determinedly, and sometimes almost desperately, on the road. [via]
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