Memphis Going Down - Dickerson, James L.
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For over one hundred years, Memphis, Tennessee, has been the center of musical innovation for American popular music. From W. C. Handy to Alberta Hunter and Lil Hardin Armstrong, in the early years, to B. B. King in the late 1940s, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950s, to Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MGs, and Al Green in the 1960s and early 1970s, Memphis music sizzled with a level of creativity unrivaled in the history of American music. For five decades of the city's marvelous music history, author James L. Dickerson was at ground zero as a Memphis journalist,…mehr

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For over one hundred years, Memphis, Tennessee, has been the center of musical innovation for American popular music. From W. C. Handy to Alberta Hunter and Lil Hardin Armstrong, in the early years, to B. B. King in the late 1940s, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950s, to Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MGs, and Al Green in the 1960s and early 1970s, Memphis music sizzled with a level of creativity unrivaled in the history of American music. For five decades of the city's marvelous music history, author James L. Dickerson was at ground zero as a Memphis journalist, magazine publisher, and radio syndication owner, who had unparalleled access to many of the music greats of the latter half of the century. Originally published as "Goin' Back to Memphis," this book was a finalist for the prestigious Gleason Award, previously given out annually by Rolling Stone magazine, BMI, and New York University. Memphis Going Down is an expanded and updated edition with additional text and photos. Memphis Going Down is told in the words of the record producers, performers, and songwriters themselves as they reflect on their lives and music and its impact on popular culture. You'll hear legendary record producers such as Chips Moman, Willie Mitchell, Sam Phillips, and Jim Stewart talk about the ups and downs of the industry. And you'll hear the artists themselves: Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Al Green, Bobby Womack, B. B. King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rufus Thomas, members of the Box Tops, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds go one-on-one with the author in an effort to understand the mysteries of Memphis music.
Autorenporträt
James L. Dickerson is an award-winning writer and journalist who is considered the ultimate authority on the music of the South-blues, country, and rock. He is the former editor/publisher of the once third-largest-circulation music magazine in the U.S., NINE-O-ONE Network. He is the author of Colonel Tom Parker: The Curious Life of Elvis Presley's Eccentric Manager, which was purchased by Warner Bros. for its upcoming Elvis film starring Tom Hanks as the Colonel, and Mojo Triangle: Birthplace of Country, Blues, Jazz and Rock 'n' Roll.