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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316332739
ISBN-139780316332736
eBay Product ID (ePID)24918
Product Key Features
Book TitleSweet Soul Music : Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'NB, Genres & Styles / Blues
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic
AuthorPeter Guralnick
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-073851
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal781.6/44/0922
SynopsisA gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music., Renowned music writer Peter Guralnick takes on rhythm and blues in "the best history of '60s soul music anyone has written or is likely to write" ( New York Times ). A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music. "One of the ten books [I] couldn't live without."--Ta-Nehisi Coates
LC Classification NumberML3537.G87 2012
