Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians

by Peter Guralnick

Overview

This masterful explorationof American roots music—country, rockabilly, and the blues—spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef. In incisive portraits based on searching interviews with these legendary performers, Peter Guralnick captures the boundless passion that drove these men to music-making and that kept them determinedly, and sometimes almost desperately, on the road.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316332743
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	07/01/1999
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	13 Years

Editorial Reviews

Published in 1971 and 1979, respectively, these titles continue Guralnick's analysis of American music. Feel Like Going Home concentrates primarily on blues artists, with some borderline rockers thrown in, while Lost Highway covers a wide array of artists from several genres, including everyone from Hank Snow to Elvis to Merle Haggard. Both volumes were hits with critics and have a place in popular music collections. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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