Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll

Guralnick, Peter

ISBN 10: 0316042730 / ISBN 13: 9780316042734

Published by Back Bay Books, New York, 2016

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8vo, 763 pp.

Seller Inventory # 108988

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
• Publisher: Back Bay Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316042730
• ISBN 13: 9780316042734
• Binding: softcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music

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Synopsis

From the author of the critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biography: Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records.

The music that he shaped in his tiny Memphis studio with artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash, introduced a sound that had never been heard before. He brought forth a singular mix of black and white voices passionately proclaiming the vitality of the American vernacular tradition while at the same time declaring, once and for all, a new, integrated musical day.

With extensive interviews and firsthand personal observations extending over a 25-year period with Phillips, along with wide-ranging interviews with nearly all the legendary Sun Records artists, Guralnick gives us an ardent, unrestrained portrait of an American original as compelling in his own right as Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, or Thomas Edison.

About the Author

Peter Guralnick's books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love. 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; the novel, Nighthawk Blues, and Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. His most recent book is Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll.