- Hardcover: 228 pages
- Publisher: Music Sales Ltd (Feb 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 002870679X
- ISBN-13: 978-0028706795
- Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 18.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,195,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Looks at fifty years of change in country music, highlighting the careers of record label owners, producers, stars, and sidemen who have played a role.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format: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!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This well-researched document celebrates the fact that overrated Motown wasn't the only "God" of 60s soul music.
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