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Peter Guralnick


Born
in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States
December 15, 1943

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Biography, Music


Peter Guralnick is an acclaimed American music critic, author, and screenwriter best known for his deeply researched works on the history of rock and roll. He earned a master’s degree in creative writing from Boston University and soon began writing about blues, country, soul, and early rock music. His two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love, is considered a definitive account of the singer’s life. Guralnick also authored landmark biographies of Sam Cooke and Sam Phillips, earning praise from critics and musicians alike. He has written liner notes for legends like Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Rich, winning a Grammy for his notes on Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club. His documentary scripts in ...more

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Last Train to Memphis: The ...
4.17 avg rating — 10,219 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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Careless Love: The Unmaking...
4.38 avg rating — 4,791 ratings — published 1999
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Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm an...
4.24 avg rating — 2,368 ratings — published 1986 — 31 editions
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Sam Phillips: The Man Who I...
3.99 avg rating — 1,118 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions
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Dream Boogie: The Triumph o...
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Lost Highway: Journeys and ...
4.21 avg rating — 829 ratings — published 1979 — 18 editions
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Searching for Robert Johnson
3.88 avg rating — 756 ratings — published 1989 — 18 editions
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Feel Like Going Home
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Looking to Get Lost: Advent...
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The Colonel and the King: T...
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“He constructed a shell to hide his aloneness, and it hardened on his back. I know of no sadder story.”
― Peter Guralnick
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“pure plasticity in an informational age that required a protean hero.”
― Peter Guralnick, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
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“Which to me means that one must respect not just the story but the way in which it develops; judging the past by the standards of the present sheds little light on understanding, it represents no more than the I-told-you-sos of history.”
― Peter Guralnick, Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
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