Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom

Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom

Traces the history of soul music from the 1950s when rhythm and blues singers began to adopt the sound of gospel and throughout the next 10 years began to reach an unprecedentedly wide audience. The author also wrote “Feel Like Going Home” and “Lost High”.Nat Hentoff has called Peter Guralnick “a national resource,” and for once this isn’t a piece of hype. Guralnick may be a premiere chronicler of American popular music, which he writes about with brains, reverence, and a peculiar tenderness for

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  1. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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    Almost as good as hearing Otis sing., October 15, 1996
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    This review is from: Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom (Paperback)
    Peter Guralnick in his book “Sweet Soul Music” takes the reader through a tour of Southern Soul and R & B when this music was the real voice of a large portion ‘young America’. He differentiates ‘real’ Soul Music from Motown and gives excellent personal recollections of the Stax-Volt and Muscle Shoals sound. The personal interviews with people like Solomon Burke, the Stax-Volt rythm section and the backup musicians and behind the scenes people make this a must for any serious Soul Music fan

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  2. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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    Sad and enlightening. A great book., February 2, 1997
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    This review is from: Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom (Paperback)
    I love this book. Guralnick gets inside the amazing world of Stax and other (mostly Southern) soul music empires. It’s fascinating and in the end a bit heartbreaking..

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  3. 4.0 out of 5 stars
    Peter Guralnick is my most reliable source for music history!, February 28, 2014
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    This review is from: Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom (Paperback)
    Mr. Guralnick’s “Last Train to Memphis” and “Careless love” are my Elvis ‘Bibles” so of course, I trust his opinion on all other realms of musical history. Sweet Soul Music is another book I will treasure!

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