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Memphis Legend

Author : Brian Crawford
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781541353022
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Memphis Legend written by Brian Crawford and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L.T. McCain resigned early from Naval Intelligence because he was tired of the game. He wanted a normal life. He is a big fan of normal. Ten years later, all his hard work has finally paid off. He loves his job as an emergency room doctor, and he is dating the prettiest girl in Memphis. But the last couple of weeks has been anything but normal. The hospital is not happy with how he handled a dangerous situation. Now he's being drawn into investigating the disappearance of someone he hardly knew. To make matters worse, he's a Yankee. The chief of police in the small Tennessee town won't help. And the locals want him to go home. L.T. is in over his head in an investigation he never wanted. Only one problem: justice must be served. Failure is not an option, but when is the cost of justice too high?

It Came From Memphis

Author : Robert Gordon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743410459
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book It Came From Memphis written by Robert Gordon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon's critically acclaimed and richly entertaining exploration of the birthplace of rock and roll is peopled with Delta bluesmen, manic deejays, matinee cowboys and Elvis.

Memphis

Author : Larry E. McPherson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781930066038
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Memphis written by Larry E. McPherson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2002 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is also a city of neighborhoods, schools and universities, libraries and parks, farm landscapes and beautiful natural areas.".

Memphis 68

Author : Stuart Cosgrove
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 085790938X
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Memphis 68 written by Stuart Cosgrove and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE 2018 In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launch pad of musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Al Green and Isaac Hayes, and by 1968 was a city synonymous with soul music. It was a deeply segregated city, ill at ease with the modern world and yet to adjust to the era of civil rights and racial integration. Stax Records offered an escape from the turmoil of the real world for many soul and blues musicians, with much of the music created there becoming the soundtrack to the civil rights movements. The book opens with the death of the city's most famous recording artist, Otis Redding, who died in a plane crash in the final days of 1967, and then follows the fortunes of Redding's label, Stax/Volt Records, as its fortunes fall and rise again. But, as the tense year unfolds, the city dominates world headlines for the worst of reasons: the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.

Timekeeper

Author : Howard Grimes
Publisher : DeVault Graves Books
ISBN 13 : 9781942531401
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Timekeeper written by Howard Grimes and published by DeVault Graves Books. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timekeeper is the first-person insider account of the birth and expansion of the Memphis Sound, told by Howard Grimes, the celebrated house drummer from the early days at both iconic Memphis soul studios, Stax Records and Hi Records. Author Howard Grimes backed Rufus and Carla Thomas, William Bell, Willie Mitchell, Ann Peebles, and Al Green among countless others, and shares his story of artistic and personal tragedies and triumphs in his raw and authentic voice. He was a member of the Mar-Keys and sat in the number one drummer's chair for the Hi Rhythm Section. Howard Grimes' co-author is Preston Lauterbach, the highly-acclaimed author of The Chitlin' Circuit, Beale Street Dynasty, and Brother Robert (about the life of bluesman Robert Johnson). With Lauterbach's help, Timekeeper is more than a waltz through the past; it is a rollicking, boots-on-the-ground up close look at the rise and ultimate fall of the soul era of Memphis music.

Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo, A: Rootworkers, Conjurers & Spirituals

Author : Tony Kail
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467137391
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo, A: Rootworkers, Conjurers & Spirituals written by Tony Kail and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely known for its musical influence, Beale Street was also once a hub for Hoodoo culture. Many blues icons, such as Big Memphis Ma Rainey and Sonny Boy Williamson, dabbled in the mysterious tradition. Its popularity in some African American communities throughout the past two centuries fueled racial tension--practitioners faced social stigma and blame for anything from natural disasters to violent crimes. However, necessity sometimes outweighed prejudice, and even those with the highest social status turned to Hoodoo for prosperity, love or retribution. Author Tony Kail traces this colorful Memphis heritage, from the arrival of Africans in Shelby County to the growth of conjure culture in juke joints and Spiritual Churches.

Memphis Blues

Author : William Bearden
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439642028
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Memphis Blues written by William Bearden and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04-19 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The blues was born in the Mississippi Delta, and since that fateful night in 1903 when W. C. Handy heard the mournful sound of a pocketknife sliding over the strings of an acoustic guitar and the plaintive song of a long-forgotten musician in the hot night of Tutwiler, Mississippi, the blues has been on a journey around the world. From the cotton fields and juke joints of the Delta, up Highway 61 to Memphiss Beale Street, St. Louis, the Southside of Chicago, England, and points beyond, the blues is Americas unique form of music. Blues is incisive in its honesty, elemental in its rhythm, and powerful in its almost visceral sensation. Nearly every style of popular music has its roots in the blues. Muddy Waters said it best: The blues had a baby, and they called it rock and roll. Memphis has become the heart of the blues world, with a re-born Beale Street acting as its spiritual center. People come from the world over to experience its beat, savor its emotion, and feel its power. In the end . . . it aint nothin but the blues.

Memphis and the Paradox of Place

Author : Wanda Rushing
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458755584
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Memphis and the Paradox of Place written by Wanda Rushing and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated as the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis, Tennessee, is where Elvis Presley, B. B. King, Johnny Cash, and other musical legends got their starts. It is also a place of conflict and tragedy - the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination - and a city typically marginalized by scholars and underest...

Explorer's Guide Memphis & the Delta Blues Trail: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations)

Author : Justin Gage
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581579233
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Explorer's Guide Memphis & the Delta Blues Trail: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations) written by Justin Gage and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2009-05-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative guide will lead you through the birthplace of the blues, covering the world-famous attractions, historic sites, funky shops, and gold record legacies of Memphis and the surrounding Mississippi Delta. With a strong focus on modern-day arts and music enclaves, as well as the storied sites where the blues got their start; hundreds of top-notch dining, lodging, and recreational recommendations; over one hundred illuminating photos and maps; and travel logistics, this is the most comprehensive guide to the region to-date.

Last Train To Memphis

Author : Peter Guralnick
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0349144451
Total Pages : 723 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Last Train To Memphis written by Peter Guralnick and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first of two volumes that make up what is arguably the definitive Elvis biography. Rich in documentary and interview material, this volume charts Elvis' early years and his rise to fame, taking us up to his departure for Germany in 1958. Of all the biographies of Elvis - this is the one you will keep coming back to.

Memphis Rent Party

Author : Robert Gordon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632867753
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (328 download)

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Download or read book Memphis Rent Party written by Robert Gordon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Blues, being the wellspring of all American music for over a century, is always worth studying. Robert does it right." --Keith Richards "An emotional map of musical Memphis. If you don't know these characters, let Robert Gordon introduce you." --Elvis Costello "Robert Gordon's book is proof that Southern heritage is American heritage, and all sorts of people--black and white, familiar and strange, dead and alive--are what it is." --Greil Marcus Profiles and stories of Southern music from the acclaimed author of Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion. The fabled city of Memphis has been essential to American music--home of the blues, the birthplace of rock and roll, a soul music capital. We know the greatest hits, but celebrated author Robert Gordon takes us to the people and places history has yet to record. A Memphis native, he whiles away time in a crumbling duplex with blues legend Furry Lewis, stays up late with barrelhouse piano player Mose Vinson, and sips homemade whiskey at Junior Kimbrough's churning house parties. A passionate listener, he hears modern times deep in the grooves of old records by Lead Belly and Robert Johnson. The interconnected profiles and stories in Memphis Rent Party convey more than a region. Like mint seeping into bourbon, Gordon gets into the wider world. He beholds the beauty of mistakes with producer Jim Dickinson (Replacements, Rolling Stones), charts the stars with Alex Chilton (Box Tops, Big Star), and mulls the tragedy of Jeff Buckley's fatal swim. Gordon's Memphis inspires Cat Power, attracts Townes Van Zandt, and finds James Carr always singing at the dark end of the street. A rent party is when friends come together to hear music, dance, and help a pal through hard times; it's a celebration in the face of looming tragedy, an optimism when the wolf is at the door. Robert Gordon finds mystery in the mundane, inspiration in the bleakness, and revels in the individualism that connects these diverse encounters.

Stonebridge Planned Community, Memphis

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Stonebridge Planned Community, Memphis written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elvis Presley: Memphis

Author : Mark Bernardo
Publisher : Roaring Forties Press
ISBN 13 : 1938901002
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Elvis Presley: Memphis written by Mark Bernardo and published by Roaring Forties Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving the story of the King's personal and public life with detailed descriptions of the locations in Memphis that served as the setting for his musical education and evolution, this pop culture guide offers a refreshingly even-handed account of Elvis Presley's life. Elvis came to Memphis as a 13-year-old boy, and within a few years, he was shocking and seducing the world with a mixture of moves and sounds he had first seen and heard in the city's streets, churches, and bars. This comprehensive tour of places on which Elvis left his mark includes the Peabody Hotel, where he had his senior prom; Ellis Auditorium, where he played his first show; the Sun Studio, where he recorded his first singles; Lansky Brothers Clothiers, where he bought his suits; and Graceland, where he lived with his wife Priscilla and died in 1977. Anecdotes about each of the locations and how they shaped Elvis's personal and musical identity enhance the travel information, while street maps and a handy size make this book an invaluable companion to Memphis visitors and lovers of rock and roll.

Devils Unto Dust

Author : Emma Berquist
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062642804
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Devils Unto Dust written by Emma Berquist and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep together. Keep your eyes open. Keep your wits about you. The desert is unkind in the best of times. And the decade since the Civil War has been anything but the best of times for Daisy Wilcox—call her Willie—and her family. This tense, heart-pounding alternate history about a young woman fighting to survive the unthinkable will keep fans of Westworld and The Walking Dead reading late into the night. A horrifying sickness has spread across the West Texas desert. Infected people—shakes—attack the living, and the surviving towns are only as safe as their perimeter walls are strong. The state is all but quarantined from the rest of the country. Glory, Texas, is a near ghost town. Still, seventeen-year-old Willie has managed to keep her siblings safe, even after the sickness took their mother. But then her good-for-nothing father steals a fortune from one of the most merciless shake hunters in town, and Willie is left on the hook for his debt. With two young hunters as guides, Willie sets out across the desert to find her father. And the desert holds more dangers than just shakes. This riveting debut novel blends True Grit with 28 Days Later for an unforgettable journey.

Memphis Barbecue

Author : Craig David Meek
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781626195349
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Memphis Barbecue written by Craig David Meek and published by History Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A history of Memphis told through barbecue"--

Memphis Mayhem

Author : David A. Less
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1773055674
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Memphis Mayhem written by David A. Less and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memphis gave birth to music that changed the world — Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how music and culture collided to change the state of music forever “David Less has captured the essence of the Memphis music experience on these pages in no uncertain terms. There's truly no place like Memphis and this is the story of why that is. HAVE MERCY!” — Billy F Gibbons, ZZ Top Memphis Mayhem weaves the tale of the racial collision that led to a cultural, sociological, and musical revolution. David Less constructs a fascinating narrative of the city that has produced a startling array of talent, including Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Al Green, Otis Redding, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Justin Timberlake, and so many more. Beginning with the 1870s yellow fever epidemics that created racial imbalance as wealthy whites fled the city, David Less moves from W.C. Handy’s codification of blues in 1909 to the mid-century advent of interracial musical acts like Booker T. & the M.G.’s, the birth of punk, and finally to the growth of a music tourism industry. Memphis Mayhem explores the city’s entire musical ecosystem, which includes studios, high school band instructors, clubs, record companies, family bands, pressing plants, instrument factories, and retail record outlets. Lively and comprehensive, this is a provocative story of finding common ground through music and creating a sound that would change the world.

As Seen

Author : Zoë Ryan
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300228627
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book As Seen written by Zoë Ryan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exhibitions have long played a crucial role in defining disciplinary histories. This fascinating volume examines the impact of eleven groundbreaking architecture and design exhibitions held between 1956 and 2006, revealing how they have shaped contemporary understanding and practice of these fields. Featuring written and photographic descriptions of the shows and illuminating essays from noted curators, scholars, critics, designers, and theorists, As Seen: Exhibitions that Made Architecture and Design History explores the multifaceted ways in which exhibitions have reflected on contemporary dilemmas and opened up new processes and ways of working. Providing a fresh perspective on some of the most important exhibitions of the 20th century from America, Europe, and Japan, including This Is Tomorrow, Expo '70, and Massive Change, this book offers a new framework for thinking about how exhibitions can function as a transformative force in the field of architecture and design.