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[Robert Gordon] ☆ It Came From Memphis ☆ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. It Came From Memphis It Came From Memphis doesn't focus on Elvis, Al Green, or the Sun/Stax studios. Gordon limns, with respect and the fascination born of true devotion, the story of white teenagers caught in the middle of an extraordinary confluence of music, entrepreneurship, to usher in an exciting new musical form. The result is a rock 'n' roll and Memphis -- its alma mater.. Robert Gordon begins where most chroniclers of the music world end and spins a magical fairy tale peopled with Delta bluesmen, a p
| Title | : | It Came From Memphis |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743410459 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
It Came From Memphis doesn't focus on Elvis, Al Green, or the Sun/Stax studios. Gordon limns, with respect and the fascination born of true devotion, the story of white teenagers caught in the middle of an extraordinary confluence of music, entrepreneurship, to usher in an exciting new musical form. The result is a rock 'n' roll and Memphis -- its alma mater.. Robert Gordon begins where most chroniclers of the music world end and spins a magical fairy tale peopled with Delta bluesmen, a peanut vendor, a matinee cowboy, a professional wrestler, and a manic deejay. Instead it creeps into the shadows cast by those institutions, concentrating on artists like Jim Dickinson and Alex Chilton, and bands like the MarKeys and Big Star
He lives in Memphis with his wife and two daughters. He is the author of a forthcoming biography of Muddy Waters and director of the companion documentary. . He produced the Al Green CD box set Anthology, and his liner notes were nominatied for a Grammy&@174;. Robert Gordon has written for major music publications in the United States and England, and has contributed to several books. As a filmmaker, he directed the award-winning bl
Great book A great book on all things Memphis in the 50-60s - both the good and bad.. Rocking through Memphis I enjoyed the first half of this book the most. Gordon's descriptions of the 1950s and 60s music scene in Memphis are really vivid, insightful, and a lot of fun. The quirky qualities of the area, such as the wild on-air patter of Dewey Phillips, the professional wrestling of Sputnik Monroe, the wack-o antics of Harry Fritzius (a deejay who appeared in public wearing a gorilla mask, hence the name "Harry"), and the stories about the Bitter Lemon Coffee Shop and Gal. An indispensable masterpiece of music history. Bachelier Robert Gordon has performed a valuable service to music history in penning "It Came From Memphis" and correctly amplified attention to names known to cognoscenti but are overshadowed by the overly familiar. Indeed, Gordon could increase his scope for a second and third volume with little trouble. Gordon's focus on the offbeat musical offerings paired with the critically respected Chilton, Dickinson, and Lewis, captures the spirit of Memphis music that emerges in t
Where Guralnick interprets a musical tradition that is already firmly embedded in the American psyche, Gordon gives voice to a clandestine tradition that otherwise might go forgotten. You might not be familiar with the Insect Trust or Mudboy and the Neutrons, but Gordon argues--with empathy and wit--that you should be. Enter Robert Gordon, a Memphis native and keen chronicler of the city's secret history. But music is only part of the story here. King, Elvis, Al Green et al.--in favor of its great unheralded eccentrics. While Memphis has been the muse for some truly classic books (Peter Guralnick's Sweet Soul Music, to name just one), the rhetoric surrounding "The Birthplace of Rock & Roll"--also "The Home of the Blues"--can be as daunting as a walk down the ravenously gentrified blues theme park that is Beale Street. Gordon's It Came from Memphis all but ignores the Bluff City'
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