Looking to Get Lost - Adventures in Music and Writing

"This is a book about the whirlwind of creativity, the passionate drive to make art born of individuated experience that is both unique and unduplicatable... This singular new book of profiles represents not so much a summation as a culmination of Peter Guralnick's groundbreaking work over the years, covering not only the vast sweep of the American musical landscape but its profound personal impact on the author as well."--Adapted from jacket flap.

About the author

Peter Guralnick's books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, Feel Like Going Home, Lost Highway, and Sweet Soul Music; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson; and Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. Guralnick won a Grammy for his liner notes for Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, wrote and co-produced the documentary Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll, and wrote the scripts for the Grammy-winning documentary Sam Cooke/Legend and Martin Scorsese's blues documentary Feel Like Going Home. His 2015 book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll was a finalist for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography of the Year, awarded by the Biographers International Organization. His most recent book is Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing.

Summary

By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll and Blues Hall of Fame inductee, essays on the role of inspiration, timing, and fate that led to the creative successes (and failures) of his favorite artists

Product details

• Authors: Peter Guralnick, Guralnick Peter
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2021
• EAN: 9780316412629
• ISBN: 978-0-316-41262-9
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 48 mm
• Weight: 860 g
• Illustrations: 125 b/w photos run w/ text
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Blues, Soul and Funk, SELF-HELP / Creativity, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues, Self-help & personal development, History of Music, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'n B