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Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll

Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll

The Cosmic Genius of Sam Phillips

by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Peter Guralnick and Jay Orr
Paperback
Publication Date: 14/09/2017
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One of the most innovative and inspiring figures in the history of American music, Sun Records founder Sam Phillips introduced the world to Johnny Cash, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Rufus Thomas, and many other brilliant and original artists. His musical tastes and his creative philosophy led him to discover and record artists with singular styles, who sang with raw emotion. The sounds he captured in his small, storefront studio changed popular music forever.

This book was published as a companion to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibition Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll: The Cosmic Genius of Sam Phillips, co-curated by award-winning writer Peter Guralnick, who has previously written acclaimed biographies of both Elvis Presley and Sam Phillips. The richly illustrated book features more than 140 rare photos, and it includes insightful writing from Guralnick and Sam Phillips's son, Knox Phillips.

ISBN:
9780915608263
9780915608263
Category:
Music
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
14-09-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Country Music Foundation Press
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
254x254x5.08mm
Weight:
0.37kg
Peter Guralnick

Peter Guralnick's books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, Feel Like Going Home, Lost Highway, and Sweet Soul Music; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson; and Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. Guralnick won a Grammy for his liner notes for Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, wrote and co-produced the documentary Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll, and wrote the scripts for the Grammy-winning documentary Sam Cooke/Legend and Martin Scorsese's blues documentary Feel Like Going Home. His 2015 book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll was a finalist for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography of the Year, awarded by the Biographers International Organization. His most recent book is Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing.

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