Guralnick chronicles the rise of “race music” stations in the Deep South, a world in which Phillips was also deeply involved. Both acts slipped through Phillips’ fingers, as did Howlin’ Wolf, who Phillips considered “the greatest talent, the most profound artist” he ever met, Presley included. Before founding Sun Records, Phillips produced “Rocket 88” - what many consider the first rock & roll record - with young guitarist Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm band, who Phillips connected with through a tip from Riley (soon-to-be–B.B.) King, another Phillips discovery. What makes it more illuminating, and arguably truer, is seeing Elvis in the broader context of Phillips’ career. With Presley’s story at its core, Sam Phillips is in some ways the latter’s third volume. This definitive work maintains the high standard of Guralnick’s other books, among them the groundbreaking 1979 country, rock and blues study Lost Highway his 1986 Sweet Soul Music and the doorstop double-volume Elvis bio, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love.
for each of us to be as different as our individuated natures allowed us to be" as Guralnick points out, Phillips succeeded in giving each of his musicians the freedom to express themselves fully on records that changed the musical landscape forever.Texas AG Ken Paxton's Impeachment Riles Trump and His Minions Phillips's message from the start was "the inherent nobility not so much of man as of freedom, and the implied responsibility. Drawing on extensive interviews from his 25-year friendship with Phillips, as well as on interviews with many of the musicians Phillips produced (Howlin' Wolf and Ike Turner among others), Guralnick energetically tells the must-read tale of a Southern boy intent on enacting his vision of freedom and justice through music. his production of the jam session with Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley, later released as the Million Dollar Quartet tapes and his tireless work ethic Guralnick portrays a man deeply passionate about giving black musicians opportunities to share their music and voices in a South that seldom allowed them to do so. While he builds the story on the skeleton of the facts of Phillips's life his birth outside of Florence, Ala.
Acclaimed music historian Guralnick has written landmark accounts of Elvis (Last Train to Memphis), Sam Cooke (Dream Boogie), and the history of American roots music (Lost Highway), and he now turns his considerable skills to the life of Sun Records producer Sam Phillips in this delightful and comprehensive volume.
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