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It came from Memphis / Robert Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Robert, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rock music--History and criticism--Tennessee--Memphis.
- Rock music.
- Blues (Music)--History and criticism--Tennessee--Memphis.
- Blues (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, Tennessee : Third Man Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- Like no other music history, It Came From Memphis dishes its tuneful tale with a full context of social issues. From institutional racism to cowboy movies, from manic disc jockeys to Quaalude motorcycle gangs, this story is as unvarnished a history of rock and roll as ever has been written. The Memphis aesthetic is to invert expectations: artists seek imperfection, embracing mistakes and doing it all wrong by forging their own paths to get it exactly right. A storyteller's storyteller, Robert Gordon puts you in the shotgun seat, riding with the old coots and the young rebels as they pass a bottle and a blunt. Memphis changed the world, this book can change you.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781734842265
- 1734842261
- OCLC:
- 1511104740
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