{"product_id":"feel-like-going-home-portraits-in-blues-and-rock-n-roll-paperback","title":"Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues and Rock 'n' Roll - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Guralnick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis vivid celebration of blues and early rock 'n' roll includes some of the first and most illuminating profiles of such blues masters as Muddy Waters, Skip James, and Howlin' Wolf; excursions into the blues-based Memphis rock 'n' roll of Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, and the Sun record label; and a brilliant depiction of the bustling Chicago blues scene and the legendary Chess record label in its final days. With unique insight and unparalleled access, Peter Guralnick brings to life the people, the songs, and the performance that forever changed not only the American music scene but America itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Guralnick has been called \"a national resource\" by Nat Hentoff for work that has argued passionately and persuasively for the vitality of this country's intertwined black and white musical traditions. His books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, \u003ci\u003eLast Train to Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003eCareless Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Of the first Bob Dylan wrote, \"Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe. This book cancels out all others.\" Of the biography as a whole, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003edeclared in a lead review, \"It must be ranked among the most ambitious and crucial biographical undertakings yet devoted to a major American figure of the second half of the twentieth century.\" Other books include an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, \u003ci\u003eSweet Soul Music, Lost Highway, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFeel Like Going Home; \u003c\/i\u003ethe biographical inquiry \u003ci\u003eSearching for Robert Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e; and the novel, \u003ci\u003eNighthawk Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. His latest book, \u003ci\u003eDream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke\u003c\/i\u003e, has been hailed by the \u003ci\u003eSan Fransisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003eas \"monumental, panoramic...an epic tale told against a backdrop of brilliant, shimmering music, intense personal melodrama, and vast social changes.\" He is currently at work on a biography of Sam Phillips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.26 x 6.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762336203040,"sku":"9780316332729","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f37aab7f8f50e756ab2d4b16d9f0fcff.webp?v=1780219809","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/feel-like-going-home-portraits-in-blues-and-rock-n-roll-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}