Peter Guralnick, Author . Little, Brown $27.95 (748p) ISBN 978-0-316-37794-2
There's no real substitute for the sound of Sam Cooke's music, but the detailed descriptions of his recordings throughout this masterful biography are the next best thing to wearing headphones while you read. Guralnick's first book after
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Peter Guralnick, Author Little Brown and Company $30 (576p) ISBN 978-0-316-33220-0
Given the passion evident in most books about Elvis Presley (1935-1977), the scrupulously dispassionate tone of this new biography, the first of a projected two volumes, is admirable and startling. Guralnick (Lost Highway) lets the facts speak for...
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Peter Guralnick, Author Back Bay Books $17.99 (576p) ISBN 978-0-316-33225-5
Vol. one of Guralnick's exhaustive, two-volume biography details the King's first 24 years, leaving off when his rise is interrupted by his being drafted into the army. (Sept.)
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Peter Guralnick, Author Thunder's Mouth Press $9.94 (244p) ISBN 978-0-938410-64-5
This is the story of Theodore Roosevelt Jefferson, known professionally as the Screaming Nighthawk, a guitarist and blues singer who is growing old with the century. PW found that ``the novel catches very honestly the unique flavor of a black...
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Peter Guralnick. Little, Brown, $32 (752p) ISBN 978-0-3160-4274-1
Acclaimed music historian Guralnick has written landmark accounts of Elvis (Last Train to Memphis), Sam Cooke (Dream Boogie), and the history of American roots music (Lost Highway), and he now turns his considerable skills to the life of Sun Records
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Peter Guralnick, Author, Peter Gurainick, Author Little Brown and Company $35 (784p) ISBN 978-0-316-33222-4
Opening with the 25-year-old Presley's nervous return to the United States in March 1960, this second volume of Guralnick's definitive and scrupulous biography then circles back to describe the singer's military service in Germany, where he...
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Peter Guralnick. Little, $30 (272p) ISBN 978-0-31641-262-9
Music critic Guralnick (Sam Phillips; Last Train to Memphis) digs into his extensive archives in this revealing collection of musician profiles and personal essays. “Many of the subjects of this book,” he writes, “are people that I’ve known for...
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Peter Guralnick. Little, Brown, $38 (752p) ISBN 978-0-3163-9944-9
Though frequently painted as a villain who destroyed Elvis Presley’s career, Colonel Tom Parker was actually a freewheeling business genius who deeply cared for his client, according to this sprawling biography. Drawing from never-before-seen...
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