Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

ISBN-13: 9780349111681 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 784 str.

Peter Guralnick

Opis

The follow-up volume to Last Train to Memphis, this biography refuses to dwell on the myth of Elvis Presley. Instead, it aims to portray in vivid, dramatic terms the life and career of one of the 20th century's great cultural icons.

Recenzje

beautifully written and refreshingly sincere, sets new high standards DAILY MAIL

O autorze

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.