Dream boogie: the triumph of Sam Cooke (129 page)

—Stephen Wright,
New York Times Book Review

Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

“Peter Guralnick’s two-volume life of Elvis Presley is not simply the finest rock-and-roll biography ever written; it must be ranked among the most ambitious and crucial biographical undertakings yet devoted to a major American figure of the second half of the twentieth century.”

—Gerald Marzorati,
New York Times Book Review

“We all know how the story ends, but Guralnick still manages to break our hearts in the telling.”

— Stephanie Zacharek,
Newsday

“Hypnotic. . . . Nothing written about Elvis Presley comes close to the detail, authority, and uncondescending objectivity that Peter Guralnick has brought to his two-volume biography.”

— Andy Seiler,
USA Today

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

“This is the best history of ’60s soul music anyone has written or is likely to write, but it is much more than that. . . .
Sweet Soul Music
is as important for what it says about America, class and race issues, and the ’60s as for its outstanding musical insights. Sooner or later, it is going to be recognized as a classic; the time to read it is now.”

— Robert Palmer,
New York Times

“A stunning chronicle. . . . What Guralnick has written is cultural history—a panoramic survey of a lost world. . . . [That] world now lives on in the pages of this heartfelt history—one of the best books ever written on American popular music.”

— Jim Miller,
Newsweek

Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues and Rock ’n’ Roll

Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians

Nighthawk Blues