Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom

A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 07/01/1999
ISBN: 9780316332736
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.10d

Review Citations: Library Journal 08/01/1999 pg. 149
New York Times 01/30/2000 pg. 24