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Atria
November 2001
On Sale: October 30, 2001
336 pages
ISBN: 0743410459
EAN: 9780743410458
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Non-Fiction Biography
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. It Came From Memphis doesn't
focus on Elvis, Al Green, or the Sun/Stax studios. 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. 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.
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