Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music
by Gerri Hirshey
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Examines the lives behind the legends of a musical phenomenon that shaped America in the sixties.Tags
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A vibrant exploration of soul music's evolution through intimate interviews
Focuses on Atlantic, Motown, and Stax. Brief mentions of other, regional scenes. Most of the interviews took place when the artists were 15, 20 or more years removed from their career peaks which made from some interesting contrasts between those still plugging away versus those not. Also intersting knowing all that has happened since the book came out in 1984, 36 years ago. The prose tends to the purple. Some quotes are given in dialect, and seemed unevenly applied. Enough repetition that it came across as a bunch of separate magazine articles that had been smashed together.
Wonderful book which is a real must for anyone into the soulful sounds of the 60s and 70s.
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Mrs. Hirshey's picture of James Brown, the Elvis Presley of soul music, is one of the most vivid portraits of a pop musician ever written, and her coverage of Motown and Atlantic Records is both breezy and definitive.
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During the past two years the 33-year-old freelance writer has sampled more than her share of midnight munchies as she traveled from her home base in Manhattan to Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Atlanta, Memphis and whistle-stops such as Barnwell, S.C., James Brown's birthplace. Over the months she haunted revival shows and nightclubs and "nattered away" backstage with show more performers until dawn. The result of those peregrinations appears this month in Hirshey's breezy, anecdotal new book... show less
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Gerri Hirshey has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, GQ, Esquire, The Nation, and New York, among other publications. She is the author of several books, including Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music and We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The True, Tough Story of Women in Rock. Hirshey lives show more in New York City. show less
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- Music, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History, Teen
- DDC/MDS
- 784.5 — Arts & recreation Music Instruments and instrumental ensembles and their music [formerly: voice and vocal music] [formerly: Popular music]
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- ML3537 .H57 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Popular music
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- English, French
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- Paper, Ebook
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