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Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues, Country, and Rock 'n' Roll Peter Guralnick After graduating in Creative Writing from Boston University in 1971, he devoted himself to Rock, Blues, Country journalism. Also from 1971 with two youth works from 1966 and 67 already behind his name, this is his first serious work in rock journalism. Worked, among others, for the magazine “Rolling Stone”. Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues, Country, and Rock 'n' Roll What a debut! A great journey along in 1971 still fairly obscure or again obscure musicians such as Charlie Rich, Johnny Shines, Skip James, Howlin'Wolf, Robert Pete Williams, Muddy Waters and Jerry Lee Lewis. Here writes a man who recognizes and understands the beating heart of 20th century American culture and the similarities between Blues, Country and Rock'n'Roll. Now we say Roots Music. Unlike that of his contemporaries Greil Marcus, Lester Bangs and Nick Tosches, his work is not filled with fan stupid and Rock'n'Roll absurdity (nice too) but with thorough research, interviews and analyzes. He is therefore by far the best writer of his generation. Anyone who is worth his "salt" (sorry for this Anglicism) in music and / or journalism should know his work. A kind of sequel to this book was; (1979). Lost Highway: Journeys & Arrivals of American Musicians The fantastic Soul history book; (1986) Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom And in general opinion the extensive and definitive works about; Elvis Presley; (1994). Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley. (1999). Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley. Sam Cooke; (2005). Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke Joe .
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