- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Music Sales Ltd (18 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0028650336
- ISBN-13: 978-0028650333
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,559,809 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This work examines the history of 50 years of significant change in country music through the lives, eyes and careers of the independent record labels, producers, stars and sidemen who made this change possible. The author draws on years of research, personal interviews, documents and rare recordings to recover the stories of one-hit wonders, overnight successes and riches-to-rags tragedies from half a century of country and early rock music.
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THE official guide to Stax Records,
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This review is from: Soulsville USA (Hardcover)
Rob Bowman has captured it all in Soulsville, U.S.A. I challenge anyone to write a more compelling, intelligent, and thorough account of the greatest record label ever. Booker T. and the MGs, Otis Redding, Albert King, Sam and Dave, Rufus Thomas, the Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes, and the Staples Singers were part of a sound like no other, and Bowman captures every bit of it. With enough technical music insight to intrigue the novice without wasting the expert's time, Bowman tells the inspirational and ultimately saddening story of Stax Records with a reserved passion. Motown was good, but Stax was great.
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Excellent, and exhaustive, history of 1 of Soul's best.,
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This review is from: Soulsville USA (Hardcover)
Bowman's love for the music and personnel of the Stax label is plainly clear as he weaves its exciting, sometimes turbulent, history into a story that is as entertaining as it is informative. The interviews with the involved parties is what makes the book what it is, elevating the history from what could be a dry textbook, to a feel of a story told over dinner. The demise of Stax is truly a heartbreaking story that reflects America's, and specifically the South's, experience of the time. Fantastic work!
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Memphis Sound Finally Gets Its Due,
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This review is from: Soulsville USA (Hardcover)
This well-researched document celebrates the fact that overrated Motown wasn't the only "God" of 60s soul music.
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