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Goin' Back to Memphis is the first comprehensive history of Memphis music-making as it developed over the last hundred years, told in the words of the performers, record producers, and composers themselves. The author brings a special perspective to how black and white musicians have worked together to forge a unique musical style with elements of country, boogie, blues, rock, and gospel. You'll meet memorable figures on the music scene, from "Fiddlin" Abe Fortas, who led a popular dance band in Memphis in the twenties and thirties and went on to become a trusted advisor to President Lyndon Johnson; radio engineer Sam Phillips, who started the Sun label to record local blues performers and ended up discovering Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins; housewife Estelle Stewart Axton, who with her brother launched Stax Records, one of the most important purveyors of '60s soul; and producer Willie Mitchell, who helped launch the career of Al Green. Beale Street has long been the capital of Memphis music - and also a center for gambling, womanizing, and street-level politics. Dickerson shows how the many forces of Memphis life - from the genteel upper classed to the lowly

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Author

Dickerson, James L

Publisher

New York: Schirmer Books ; London: Prentice Hall International

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780028645063

Category

music

Subjects

Music, History, Arts

Rating

4.9 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14