Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Author(s): Peter Guralnick
A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music.
General Information
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- : Southgate Publishers
- : Acorn Press
- : 0.567
- : 01 July 1999
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Peter Guralnick
- : Paperback
- : en
- : 384
- : AVGK