Red Hot and Blue
Fifty Years of Writing About Music, Memphis, and Motherf**kers
Published on 7. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-64160-106-1 (ISBN)
Description
"[A] collection of over fifty years of writing about the South and its music by Stanley Booth ... Booth's close contacts with many of the musicians he writes about provide a gateway to truly understanding the music and culture of Memphis and other blues strongholds in the South. Subjects include Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, William Eggleston, Ma Rainey, Blind Willie McTell, Graceland, Beale Street and much more"--Publisher's website.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
462 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64160-106-1 (9781641601061)
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Person
Stanley Booth is the author of The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones, Keith: Till I Roll Over Dead and Rythm Oil: A Journey Through the Music of the American South. He has written for Rolling Stone, Esquire and Playboy, among other publications. He wrote the first serious articles about Elvis Presley and Otis Redding in 1967 and won the Playboy Best Nonfiction Award for his 1970 piece on Furry Lewis. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee.